Anyone know of Dr De Bruyne Chris

[Freckles 0]

All you girlies that are fed up and feel a bit let down that the weight hasnt fallen off yet, dont give up on your band

You havent found your sweet spot yet, and you will believe me.

You wont feel hungry, just as well cos you wont be able to get hardly anything down anyway, and this is what I am looking forward to.

I say this from experience, if only I had known then what I know now.

I didnt get regular fills, cos of the cost and I thought I had reached my sweet spot. I know now that the only time I felt right was after the long haul flights, like I have told you before.

For the 2 weeks I was in Florida, which was the last long-haul before my band broke, all I could get down was Soup, and ( I am ashamed to admit to this, but I did need something ) was Peanut Butter M & Ms.

And when I got back I had dropped about 10lbs.

I thought this is it!!!! But it wasnt, my band loosened again and I stopped losing it. I should have had a fill straight away then, but I didnt notice the signs for a while.

Thought I would give you back heart girlies, cos when you find your sweet spot, it is easy to lose it, how do you think all those other people have done it.

After all they didnt have the will power before, thats why they opted for the band, so the only way they lost it was because of the band.

Anyone else got anything to add, or maybe the benefit of their experience, please tell us, its good to talk and discuss and to stop us feeling like failures.

[Freckles 0]

Sorry Sammy babe, I wont be travelling to London, a bit too far for me I think, from Cheshire.

Shame cos I would like to see you, your Mum and Harrison again.

Manchester would be ideal, but I think maybe I'll have to opt for Sheffield.

[wishfull 1]

Another 2 lbs lost yippppeeeeeee, doesnt sound a lot but it all helps, im down into the 13 stone, fit in size 16 jeans.. things are looking good x Thanx freckles, what you have said makes sense x

[odgemodge 0]

Hi Fatpants,

You said that you go to edinburgh for your fills? any chance of some info on that as I live in Elgin and have no idea where my nearest place is for fills! i get banded in just over a week and need to book one asap!!!!

If you could help that would be ace!

Thanx

Jo x

[wishfull 1]

Hi odgemodge if you phone julie on 07872963503 she is the lady who takes the bookings for fills with dr chris or frederik, try and get 1 for 4 weeks after your op as you will need it BUT dont tell julie your only going to be 4 weeks post op cos she thinks its to soon even tho dr chris says its ok x

[fatpants 0]

Hi Fatpants,

You said that you go to edinburgh for your fills? any chance of some info on that as I live in Elgin and have no idea where my nearest place is for fills! i get banded in just over a week and need to book one asap!!!!

If you could help that would be ace!

Thanx

Jo x :thumbup:

Hi Jo,

Are you going to Belgium for your op?

I did enquire privately but the charge £300 per fill! I know they do the op in Aberdeen on the NHS, I don't know if you could get fills there on the NHS or privately.

Chris goes to edinburgh once a month to do fills, I got my first fill on the 23 April, my husband and I made a night of and drove down to Edinburgh, I'm going for my 2nd fill on the 28 May, I'm taking the train and coming back the same day, the return journey costs £22.50, the fill cost £90. When I went in April he said it's best to have the first 3 fills in quick succession, so I guess I'll be going back on june 25th.

Phone Julie on 07872963503, if shee has no appointments, jush push a little and she'll slot you in, it only takes 5 minutes and some time to drink a glass of Water to make sure you haven't been over filled. Any time your in the Ness drop me a message and we can meet up, OK

Fatpants

[odgemodge 0]

Hi Jo,

Are you going to Belgium for your op?

I did enquire privately but the charge £300 per fill! I know they do the op in Aberdeen on the NHS, I don't know if you could get fills there on the NHS or privately.

Chris goes to edinburgh once a month to do fills, I got my first fill on the 23 April, my husband and I made a night of and drove down to Edinburgh, I'm going for my 2nd fill on the 28 May, I'm taking the train and coming back the same day, the return journey costs £22.50, the fill cost £90. When I went in April he said it's best to have the first 3 fills in quick succession, so I guess I'll be going back on june 25th.

Phone Julie on 07872963503, if shee has no appointments, jush push a little and she'll slot you in, it only takes 5 minutes and some time to drink a glass of Water to make sure you haven't been over filled. Any time your in the Ness drop me a message and we can meet up, OK

Fatpants

Thanks for that! I think i'll phone her next week and see what date i'll be looking at!!!!!! I'll defo meet you in inverness sometime that would be great! Are you on Facebook group!!!

[bobobaldy 0]

Hi just for all you pre bansters about to get done if you are going to get your fills done off someone else make sure you you ask dr chris or frdrich what size and capacity your band is before you leave.

I have had a lot of trouble trying to find out what size mine is.

For all the good care i got off dr chris and his team in belgium the after care i have recieved since i had the op is realy poor.

When i had my op at the end of oct i was told i would get my first fill at the end of nov they were over booked so i had to wait till dec.

When i got my fill in dec i was in and out his office in 5 min.

I went back in to recption to book jan fill only to be told that that jan was fully booked and i would have to wait till feb for my next fill.For me that was unaccetable so that is why i went to wls group for my fills.

I got the package off them unlimited fills for six months which i thought was a good deal.On my first visit i was in wendys office for 35 min which was a big change from 5 min.

She asked me loads of questions about how i was doing and i asked her loads of questions that i wanted to ask dr chris but did not have the time to.

She gave me lots of advice on diet and what i should be eating after fills and the coming months which i found realy helpfull.

As the months went on i was nearly up to my capacity of the band 9-11cc.I was sitting at 8.75 with no restriction at all.So wendy asked me to email dr chris to ask my capacity of my band just to check this was the capacity as he has this info on his laptop.

So i emailed him 3 times over the space of 3 weeks i also sent the same question to fredrich three time .I am still waiting for a reply off dr chris.

I got a reply off of fredrich after the second week only to ask before he can tell me could i please tell him who i am getting my fills off of.

I told him it was wls group and i am still waiting for a reply.

So wendy emailed dr chris and asked him for the information about capacity of my band.He replied the same day to her as her email had wls groups email attached as she fowarded it to me.So he has obviously been ignoring my emails

He told her that anyone who new about band fills should know how much to put in and because i had been given the booklet from the hospital he did not need to provide any more information because this had all the information on it that is needed.

He then told her only the patient by law can have any information on the op and they cant give this information to a third party.But attached to her email was the one i sent him so i am the patient.

So i am still not any wiser to what is the capcity of my band .Sorry to go on so much but i just think people should know this before they go .

[flirtylass 0]

I agree with bobo i have stayed with fred for fills but when i asked him what size my band was i didnt get a answer i also mailed dr chris i was just curious about my band size but i got a reply more aless saying anyone who knew anything about bands should know the size of my band and i looked at my booklet several times and it doesnt state size anwhere i dont know why he just didnt tell me size of my band as i am staying with them for fills and aftercare i was just curious and i thought it was quite ignorant not to provide such a small piece of information about the band... my friend also had the same experience when she asked the size... so take bobo's advice make sure and ask when in the hospital but i have to say the care in belgium is brilliant and i wouldnt think of going anywhere else if i had to do it again but i do feel there should be more aftercare available wls seem to have scales that give u all ur info and they give u alot more advice included with the fills

[wishfull 1]

I was told on my 1st visit for a fill the size of my band.. i think there a bit peed about patients going else where for fills and thats why they wont say, which is a bit childish, you should be able to go anywhere that you feel happy about and not feel as if you have to stay with them for your fills. i must say i never feel rushed when i go for my fills with frederik, he asked me questions about how im doing and about my diet and exercise and asks do i have any questions for him, i would of gone with wls group the only reason would be it would work out cheaper and you can have your fills every 2 weeks, the only thing is there isnt 1 any where near to where i live x

Edited May 1, 2009 by wishfull

[gillian 4]

Sorry Sammy babe, I wont be travelling to London, a bit too far for me I think, from Cheshire.

Shame cos I would like to see you, your Mum and Harrison again.

Manchester would be ideal, but I think maybe I'll have to opt for Sheffield.

well, it would be lovely to see you freckles if you do opt for WLS in Sheffield! me and bigsister are there every month..leeds is good option too, not much further, sometimes we go to both venues every two weeks, as its unlimited fills! x

[gillian 4]

band sizes arent shown on your post op info, but on the heliogast booklet you should have got, there is a barcoded sticker with the date and your name on it i think..it says somewhere on it either 'HAGE' or 'HAGA'. the hage band is the heliogast evolution band, which seems to be the most usual band chris uses for women. it takes 7-9ml fill, and the HAGA is the heliogast advantage band, which is for larger patients or men usually..im not sure on this but i think it takes 12-14ml fill. i know i found this out through some heliogast website, and i did state it correctly about 2 or 3 months back. so see if you can find it on the paperwork you were given post op. thats terrible and not right what he said about anyone who knows anything about fills should know what size it is!..how could they know!? it could be dangerous just guessing, and any reputable fill provider would never guess. i know wendy said she would not fill us without this information, so it must be that important Gillian x

[gillian 4]

Another 2 lbs lost yippppeeeeeee, doesnt sound a lot but it all helps, im down into the 13 stone, fit in size 16 jeans.. things are looking good x Thanx freckles, what you have said makes sense x

well done wishfull!..thats my next goal...the 13s!..hopefully after next fill ill be getting there! x

[Carriejess 27]

band sizes arent shown on your post op info, but on the heliogast booklet you should have got, there is a barcoded sticker with the date and your name on it i think..it says somewhere on it either 'HAGE' or 'HAGA'. the hage band is the heliogast evolution band, which seems to be the most usual band chris uses for women. it takes 7-9ml fill, and the HAGA is the heliogast advantage band, which is for larger patients or men usually..im not sure on this but i think it takes 12-14ml fill. i know i found this out through some heliogast website, and i did state it correctly about 2 or 3 months back. so see if you can find it on the paperwork you were given post op. thats terrible and not right what he said about anyone who knows anything about fills should know what size it is!..how could they know!? it could be dangerous just guessing, and any reputable fill provider would never guess. i know wendy said she would not fill us without this information, so it must be that important Gillian x

When i went for my pre op evaluation the night before surgery dr chris gave this whole speach about the different bands he might use on the day depending on what he thought would be best. However i dont think that anyone on here has a different band to the ones mentioned by gillian. From this thread its obvious that the aftercare offered is not the best but i do agree that the care given in belgium is fantastic. I think the main problem is that they need to employ someone else as frederick cant handle the amount of aftercare patients they have, if they had another member of staff maybe he would be able to spend more than 5 mins with each person which is reasonable if you are giving them £90! The needles and specialist Water only cost me about £200 and i have 100 enough to last the rest of my life!!

[flirtylass 0]

yeah carriejess i think the same they need to have another fill person in ireland they just come once a month to dublin i think it would be great if they came to belfast too and gave the option of getting a fill every 2wks and make fills more accesable as im near 9months out and no restriction if i had to be able to get the fills every 2wks it would of been great benefit to me and others but he is a brilliant surgeon just if they could offer that little bit more aftercare