Anyone know of Dr De Bruyne Chris

[wishfull 1]

Hi TC27 how r u feeling? r u nervous yet or just cant wait 2 get it over and done with. my preop was going well till i ad a email from bridget..she said dr chris does the heavier people 1st and ops on 4 or 5 a day, im thinking bwt doing away with the diet and trying 2 put weight on so i can get done early on in the day lol. Im just not good after aving anaesthetic and the longer i have 2 recuperate the better 4 the flight home.. bet gillian an bigsister r thinking bwt doing the same lol x

[TC27 0]

I should have said that I already have a band, since december 2005.

Was banded in the Spire Southampton...but in Feb 2008 it developed a hole.

So am going to get done again....I loved my band so much, and have put on weight so am now heavier than when I started in 2005.

I think maybe I am the oldest bandster here, cos I have to pay an extra 500 euros because I am an old trout:blink:

Hi Freckles - welcome back to the forum. I would be gutted if my band developed a hole, especially as it has taken so long to save up for the op in the first place. Good luck with your next one and hopefully you can get some compensation from somewhere as it is shocking you have to pay again when the band was oviously faulty before it was fitted. T x

[Freckles 0]

Thanx everyone for your positive replies, to tell you the truth I feel really good about Dr Chris, cant wait to go now.

I expect, nearer the date (when I get one) I'll be bricking it :wink:

But its only for a day or two and then the fat will fall off....cant wait, I have a wardrobe full of clothes that are too tight, even my underwear wont fit me anymore, had to buy fat stuff it really sucks doesnt it.

Well Mmm when you fly the pressure tightens your band hunny, I didnt usually have a problem with flights of 2/3 hours it was the ones over 7hours....and it was both ways.

So came back from New York and Florida etc....thinner than when I went, which is all good, cos those places are full of eateries, and I couldnt eat ...I could inhale though and watch the others eat.

I find it strange that Dr Chris is not charging me extra for removal of the band, so have written asking him to confirm

thanx Wishful for the info.

If i have missed anyone who replied to my posts, I apologise...but there was so many posts after mine...sorry...and thanx again for your good wishes and help

[Freckles 0]

Ooops!!! Forgot to ask, does everyone have to do the pre op diet irrespective of their BMI?

I didnt have to do this when I got my first band.

[wishfull 1]

Ooops!!! Forgot to ask, does everyone have to do the pre op diet irrespective of their BMI?

I didnt have to do this when I got my first band.

Yeh everyone has 2 do the pre op diet cos it shrinks your liver and that makes it easier for dr chris 2 operate x:smile2:

[TC27 0]

Hi TC27 how r u feeling? r u nervous yet or just cant wait 2 get it over and done with. my preop was going well till i ad a email from bridget..she said dr chris does the heavier people 1st and ops on 4 or 5 a day, im thinking bwt doing away with the diet and trying 2 put weight on so i can get done early on in the day lol. Im just not good after aving anaesthetic and the longer i have 2 recuperate the better 4 the flight home.. bet gillian an bigsister r thinking bwt doing the same lol x

Hi Wishfull, I'm mega nervous but excited at the same time and just want it over and done with before I change my mind lol. How about you? I have gained over a stone since booking my op, so the quicker the better as most of my clothes dont fit anymore and I am most deffo not buying new ones until I have lost some weight. I dont know of anyone having their band fitted the same day as me, so hopefully I will be first down - I know what you mean; waiting around wouldn't be good, although I'm usually lucky and dont suffer after having anaesthetic. I hope you get your wish and get your op early in the day and also that you dont suffer too much after the anaesthetic. Wish I was coming with you three - I wouldn't even mind being last!! Dont forget to let us know about every single detail of your experience - even the gory bits if there is any. T x

[Freckles 0]

Thanx Wishful....is that the 3 yogurts and milk? Yuk!!!

im thinking bwt doing away with the diet and trying 2 put weight on so i can get done early on in the day lol.

:laugh: love it!!!!

[gillian 4]

LOL i dont think that will happen do you.. you will still have your stash ov goodies.. bet your case will have ldz ov wispas :thumbup: in it 2 go 2 belgium.. not that i havnt any faith in you lol x

yes i went to makro and bought a catering pack of wispas yesterday for my suitcase and another for the plane journey!..oh, ye of little faith!..your as bad as bigsister! lol!. well just for that, i hope im first op in! my pre op diet is still going not too bad...but seem to have put a pound on!. never mind, that pushes me further up to the top of the op list!..this has turned competative now hasnt it!.. gillian x

[gillian 4]

Hi Gillian, I'm feeling exactly like you, I just want it to be over and done with now:bored:. Three weeks and it will all be over. I ordered my Euros from an internet site yesterday as they were offering a good rate- I'm crossing my fingers and everything else that they deliver the money on time as promised:) I'm never off Youtube after watching Miss Flump's video and not all the stories are positive. I just hope ours is a success and no holes appear!! Hope you and all the other people who have started their pre-op diet are doing well. Good luck to you, bigsister and wishfull - not long now:thumbup: T x

Hi TC!..Ihave been pre op dieting all week now, lost nearly two pounds then put one back on again...my stomach knows its going to be punished after all these years of accepting too much so is getting worried!. it must be size of a football at the mo!..it will be size of an egg or summat next week. yes, wish you were going on the same day as us too, the rooms take 3 but i would like to be in another room to wishfull and bigsister, cos theyll tease me...have you seen em picking on me already!, i am so upset!..LOL..its a good job i have broad shoulders isnt it!...(they will hopefully be slim shoulders next year!).. no but seriously it would be nice for you to be going with someone who you know from the forum wouldnt it, I know it makes me feel better even though i was prepared to go completely alone if i had to. If there is 4 to 5 ops a day then there has got to be someone in with you, some poor person who hasnt found this forum yet, but we will all be thinking of you on your day and hoping your doing well, and looking forward to you reporting on here as soon as you can when your back!..ill be on my way in a week..cant believe it! getting nervous like you too! sure your euros will come in time..i have still gotta get some more too. Gillian x

[gillian 4]

Ooops!!! Forgot to ask, does everyone have to do the pre op diet irrespective of their BMI?

I didnt have to do this when I got my first band.

i dont know whether its a calorie diet or a fat free diet? I think its fat free, well im hoping so cos im just eating boiled sweets!..Ill be lovely and slim, but have no teeth!.no, i think its to do with your liver and fat? so im filling up on cereals etc...does anyone else know if its just fat free/low fat diet? Gillian x

[wishfull 1]

It is low fat diet so it shrinks the liver. Dont think i should b speaking 2 u gillian after that.. saying we are picking on you lol. i reckon we will have a gud laugh tho.. either that or b really miserable an sore lol. x

[wishfull 1]

Hi Wishfull, I'm mega nervous but excited at the same time and just want it over and done with before I change my mind lol. How about you? I have gained over a stone since booking my op, so the quicker the better as most of my clothes dont fit anymore and I am most deffo not buying new ones until I have lost some weight. I dont know of anyone having their band fitted the same day as me, so hopefully I will be first down - I know what you mean; waiting around wouldn't be good, although I'm usually lucky and dont suffer after having anaesthetic. I hope you get your wish and get your op early in the day and also that you dont suffer too much after the anaesthetic. Wish I was coming with you three - I wouldn't even mind being last!! Dont forget to let us know about every single detail of your experience - even the gory bits if there is any. T x

Hi TC im not nervous at all but i think i might be come next fri morn.. ill probly b on the loo all morn lol. i havnt put any weight on since booking.. i tried 2 be good cos i didnt want dr chris 2 think what a fat c.. now i wish i had so i cud get done early on.. iv lost 2lb so far on preop so not 2 bad. i havnt changed any money yet and im glad i havnt cos the £ is going up against the euro, it was a bit ov a risk but im glad i did. u shud email em 2 c if ther is any room.. u neva no sum1 may ov cancelled x :thumbs_up:

[Freckles 0]

Gillian, you dont know?:glare::laugh: Arent you on it?

Does this diet last for a week or 2?

Geez, cutting down on the fags, no alcohol, no food, can I have s*x???:thumbup::w00t::laugh:

Been reading some of the 'after op' experiences......a bit scarey for me, as I dont remember having any pain, except when I had to sort of lower myself onto the loo for wee wees.

After the op, I was actually back in my room, painting my nails and yakking to my daughters on the phone, then sleeping, the day and night wizzed by and it was soon time for me to fly home.

I had to ask for a seat belt extension though as my tummy was tender, and the cabin crew were great, it wasnt a problem I just said I had had surgery on my tum.

That was on Flybe.

So I hope I have the same sort of experience this time, I dont feel nervous about the op, as I'll be out of it.

I hope all you girlies who are getting banded soon, have the same experiences as me and will come back and tell us all about it.:thumbs_up:

[wishfull 1]

Hi freckles its a 2 week low fat diet.. the things we put ourselves through.. i gave up smoking bwt 20 mnths ago and put on ldz ov weight.. i did sometimes think bwt smoking again just 2 c if the weight wud come bck off but i didnt my will power took over.. think you can have as much s.. as poss b4 op, hope you can anyway lol x

[Freckles 0]

Thanx Wishful ...well I have promised myself that I will give up after this op as I cant smoke in hospital.

My hubby gave it up for 18 years and then started again, just proves to me that the urge never seems to leave you:eek:

So keep it up hunny, good for you.

I was also wondering if they give you tubes in your nose (oxygen) after the op, as that was my experience, after the op and that night, along with the stockings.

Oxygen does give a feeling of well-being.

Is it normal procedure these days?:thumbs_up: