Anyone know of Dr De Bruyne Chris

[gillian 4]

Hi I am new as well, I am concidering haveing my op in May, through Tullia Law, I have still to pay etc. How did you find the doc etc, are you excited etc x mandy

welcome mandy..we booked through europesurgery, with bridget but you can also book with "ecfs" which is more direct, as it is run by doctor chris and his assistant frederick. who ever you book with,like someone else said youll get the same op by chris, and the same care. a few of us on here did contact Tullia Law but found her a bit pushy, i just emailed her a simple enquiry and you have to put your phone number on..i expected to get an email back, but i was bombarded with phone calls every day for about 2 weeks,so she put me off a bit. Bridget at europesurgery was more approachable. also ecfs is booking direct, they might be a bit slow to answer enquiries etc but lots on here have used their package and everything has gone well for them. they all have different ways, some you pay beforehand, some after, but dont worry, there are no cons either way. evryone is bit worried about going abroad and the hospitals etc, but we have all found the hospital.staff and of course doctor chris and frederick to be excellent..the hospital is like a private one over here, its pristine and modern,very proffessional..no worries there..and doctor chris is a respected bariatric surgeon who does bands all day, hes done more than 4000 without complication, and uses the most up to date bands also. let us know when and if you decide to go ahead with it!? Gillian x

[gillian 4]

Hi mandy, dont worry about asking questions.. we have all been there and asked for as much info as possible so none of us will mind, its a big step but one you wont regret. I got banded jan 16th 09 and so far i have lost 2 stone.. i will be having my 2nd fill 2moro so fingers crossed it will start moving again. If you do book to go with dr chris and his team you will probably find someone on here who will be going at the same time as you, that way a bit of extra support as well as what everyone on here will give you x

yes as wishfull says, you will probably find someone with the same date as you on this forum, if you book. there were three of us went at same time..me, wishfull and my sister "bigsister".. when we got there there were 7 being done in all(6 women,1 man), so there will be others in your room (3 patients per room) who are from uk but not on forum. but those not on forum probably havent found it like you...its a shame cos the support and advice you will get from us here is fantastic! gillian x

[Can't-Weight 0]

Hi mandyfielding,

Welcome to the forum,, im fairly new to this too.

I booked through ecfs which is Dr chris company if im not mistaken......lol

send them a email they are a bit slow on replys, but they will get back to you.

All the best with whatever decision you make.....

I will be getting banded on the 7th April.....:thumbup:

[garrymcfall 0]

Mandy

Just wanted to add to the welcome of my fellow members I was banded on the 13th feb and can only agree with what you have been already told. If you have any questions feel free to ask no matter how silly YOU think they are.

Gx

Edited March 11, 2009 by garrymcfall

[shoes 0]

Hi Guy's & Dolls, got back in one piece doing ok still very sore around the port area chest feels a bit tight cant drink quickly have to sip each day feeling better, you where all so right about Dr Chris Frederick and hes team you could not fault them very professional and explain everything to you i would highly recommend them, i arrived late on Thurday evening about 9pm Frederick Knocked on the door about ten mins later he said he had to speck to three more ladies would i mind if he spoke to us all together i said that would be fine so we all meet up,i was so relived that i wasn't on my own i met Kaka and her daughter and two sisters lovely people,it was great we where all getting done the same day it was a god send we all got chatting it was great we where all on the same journey,the taxi picked us all up at 7am we then had to check in to hosp i was brought to a ward went down about 2pm i have say when i woke up i felt terrible had a lot of pain but it settle after pain relief just slept most of the day ,i could not belief how well i felt the next morning sorry hope i haven't put anyone off but i feel its important to tell the truth, i didn't see any body till the next day when i was brought down for xray it was such a relief to see everyone had got over surgery so well meet another lady who had surgery too i hope you are all ok sorry didn't get to say goodbye my flight was very early Sunday morning Hope Kaka daughter got on ok at work, by the way i have lost over a stone that includes pre op diet happy days,starting to feel hungry on liquid diet, sorry Freckles to hear about your mum hope your feeling ok,the best of look to Sammy,wellcome to newbies to this site its fantastic, thanks again for all your good wishes.anybody have any ? i be happy to help if i can lolx:wink:

[Kaka1875 0]

Mandy

Just wanted to add to the welcome of my fellow members I was banded on the 13th feb and can only agree with what you have been already told. If you have any questions feel free to ask no matter how silly YOU think they are.

Gx

Hi Gary

I wonder if you can help me pls - do you get your fills in Glasgow and if so can you give me a number of who to contact? I have tried the Edinburgh booking line (Julie Mackintosh) but she is on holiday at the moment and I have heard that Edinburgh gets booked up pretty quickly so i am afraid that my daughter may not get her first fill as quickly as she'd like & I know that Frederik said there was someone in Glasgow that dealt with fills too.

cheers

k

[garrymcfall 0]

Hi Gary

I wonder if you can help me pls - do you get your fills in Glasgow and if so can you give me a number of who to contact? I have tried the Edinburgh booking line (Julie Mackintosh) but she is on holiday at the moment and I have heard that Edinburgh gets booked up pretty quickly so i am afraid that my daughter may not get her first fill as quickly as she'd like & I know that Frederik said there was someone in Glasgow that dealt with fills too.

cheers

k

K

Like you I called to book the edinburgh fill for the 19th immediately after my op on 13th feb. THe julie one said oh i think that is full, now you can imagine my responce to that, so i made a bit of a fuss and she said just to come at 12. My advice is if she is off is to mail frederik and dr chris i have both email addresses and virtually demand that you get seen, is it you first fill i am not sure. I went down the line of "whats the use in getting band and offering support then reccomending first fill at 6 weeks then you cant do it, completely unaceptable" On the glasgow thing, at my consultation Frederik mentioned about someone there can do it but i never got any more info, i would ask that in mail also. Dont just accept it as i think they rely on that which is no use to man nor beast. Sorry cant be of more help.

Regards

Gx

[Kaka1875 0]

Mandy

Just wanted to add to the welcome of my fellow members I was banded on the 13th feb and can only agree with what you have been already told. If you have any questions feel free to ask no matter how silly YOU think they are.

Gx

Hi Guy's & Dolls, got back in one piece doing ok still very sore around the port area chest feels a bit tight cant drink quickly have to sip each day feeling better, you where all so right about Dr Chris Frederick and hes team you could not fault them very professional and explain everything to you i would highly recommend them, i arrived late on Thurday evening about 9pm Frederick Knocked on the door about ten mins later he said he had to speck to three more ladies would i mind if he spoke to us all together i said that would be fine so we all meet up,i was so relived that i wasn't on my own i met Kaka and her daughter and two sisters lovely people,it was great we where all getting done the same day it was a god send we all got chatting it was great we where all on the same journey,the taxi picked us all up at 7am we then had to check in to hosp i was brought to a ward went down about 2pm i have say when i woke up i felt terrible had a lot of pain but it settle after pain relief just slept most of the day ,i could not belief how well i felt the next morning sorry hope i haven't put anyone off but i feel its important to tell the truth, i didn't see any body till the next day when i was brought down for xray it was such a relief to see everyone had got over surgery so well meet another lady who had surgery too i hope you are all ok sorry didn't get to say goodbye my flight was very early Sunday morning Hope Kaka daughter got on ok at work, by the way i have lost over a stone that includes pre op diet happy days,starting to feel hungry on liquid diet, sorry Freckles to hear about your mum hope your feeling ok,the best of look to Sammy,wellcome to newbies to this site its fantastic, thanks again for all your good wishes.anybody have any ? i be happy to help if i can lolx:wink:

Hi Shoes, great to hear from you - spooky that i'm just on at the same time. Steph is fine although went to work on Monday but I had to collect her mid-afternoon and she is at my house still. Nothing major just the usual that everyone else is going through but especially the wind pain! I now think it was a little optimistic of her to expect to get back so soon. That loss is sooooo fantastic for you - i'm so happy for you - just phoned home to tell her and she sends her best wishes too. She's feeling a little better so her friend is taking her to boots to get weighed as we speak!!! keep you posted.

kxx

[garrymcfall 0]

Hi Shoes, great to hear from you - spooky that i'm just on at the same time. Steph is fine although went to work on Monday but I had to collect her mid-afternoon and she is at my house still. Nothing major just the usual that everyone else is going through but especially the wind pain! I now think it was a little optimistic of her to expect to get back so soon. That loss is sooooo fantastic for you - i'm so happy for you - just phoned home to tell her and she sends her best wishes too. She's feeling a little better so her friend is taking her to boots to get weighed as we speak!!! keep you posted.

kxx

K

I never had scales at home for obvious reasons however i invested in these bad boys (see link) they are great and very accurate they also give you bmi, body fat,muscle mass Water, the ammount of calories you need to sustain weight and visceral fat, now all this mumbo jumbo does help in the weeks that you dont loose weith but you gain muscle if you have been excercising or burn fat. The thing i like was that you get a memory stick with them that you stick in everytime you use them and then into your computer and it shows you all your stats per date and then shows a graph so its easy to track. Now that i have the band i need that ability to se my weight so i dont put on hundreds then think mmmmmm i wonder what weight i am knowing.

Just a wee idea that helps.

MiBody USB Body Fat/Water & Muscle Mass Analyser Scale

Gx

[bobobaldy 0]

Hi Gary

I wonder if you can help me pls - do you get your fills in Glasgow and if so can you give me a number of who to contact? I have tried the Edinburgh booking line (Julie Mackintosh) but she is on holiday at the moment and I have heard that Edinburgh gets booked up pretty quickly so i am afraid that my daughter may not get her first fill as quickly as she'd like & I know that Frederik said there was someone in Glasgow that dealt with fills too.

cheers

k

Hi kaka i dont know if it helps but wls group are in glasgow in the bupa hospital next to great western rd on the 24th of this month.That is when im getting my next fill.Frederick also told me that they were going to start doing fills in glasgow but when i phoned julie mackintosh to book it she said she knew nothing about it .I dont know if it has changed since.And theres never a problem getting appointments with them which is why i switched from dr chris to them.

[shoes 0]

Hi Shoes, great to hear from you - spooky that i'm just on at the same time. Steph is fine although went to work on Monday but I had to collect her mid-afternoon and she is at my house still. Nothing major just the usual that everyone else is going through but especially the wind pain! I now think it was a little optimistic of her to expect to get back so soon. That loss is sooooo fantastic for you - i'm so happy for you - just phoned home to tell her and she sends her best wishes too. She's feeling a little better so her friend is taking her to boots to get weighed as we speak!!! keep you posted.

kxx

Hi Kaka,thats mad we where both on the sane time,Glad to hear Steph is ok glad she came home from work early i say she was very weak, i Know i was very weak on Mon i was thinking about her having to go to work poor love a least shes feeling better keep me posted all the best lolx:smile:

[Freckles 0]

Shoes

Thanx for your kindness, and am so glad you told the truth, because we all need that.

I hope each day will make us a little stronger.

I have just filled one of those vacuum bags with summer clothing to make some space in my wardrobe and my tum is hurting now.

I have an excuse to sit at the pc.:wink2:

Very well done on your weight loss, you are a star.:mad2:

Dr Chris comes across again:thumbup:

[Kaka1875 0]

K

Like you I called to book the edinburgh fill for the 19th immediately after my op on 13th feb. THe julie one said oh i think that is full, now you can imagine my responce to that, so i made a bit of a fuss and she said just to come at 12. My advice is if she is off is to mail frederik and dr chris i have both email addresses and virtually demand that you get seen, is it you first fill i am not sure. I went down the line of "whats the use in getting band and offering support then reccomending first fill at 6 weeks then you cant do it, completely unaceptable" On the glasgow thing, at my consultation Frederik mentioned about someone there can do it but i never got any more info, i would ask that in mail also. Dont just accept it as i think they rely on that which is no use to man nor beast. Sorry cant be of more help.

Regards

Gx

Thanks for this. I have just sent Freddie an e-mail requesting the Glasgow info so i'll see how we go. This will be my daughter's first fill and you're right - how can you be expected to manage the "tool" if you can't get filled. Well "let me tell you" :wink2: said in the style of Rab C!! they'll know all about it if she can't get an appointment :mad2:

anyway i shall keep you all posted.

cheers

k

[garrymcfall 0]

Thanks for this. I have just sent Freddie an e-mail requesting the Glasgow info so i'll see how we go. This will be my daughter's first fill and you're right - how can you be expected to manage the "tool" if you can't get filled. Well "let me tell you" :wink2: said in the style of Rab C!! they'll know all about it if she can't get an appointment :mad2:

anyway i shall keep you all posted.

cheers

k

thats the way you need to be sometimes or you just get walked over and pushed to the back of the queue, keep me posted if your going to be in edinburgh next week.

[wishfull 1]

Welcome back shoes, glad your on the mend.. everyday you will feel better, my port area stung for days but soon healed. Regarding the fills; as long as you know what date they are in glasgow i would just turn up, i wasnt on the list for my 1st fill and still got done no questions asked.. you will defo get done as a few of the other bandsters will tell you, thats the only reason i went.. on there advice. When julie is back phone and make app 4 the next couple of months. I have got my 2nd fill 2moro so hope my weight will start to move again. Well done on your weight loss your doing amazing x