jj87
Active Member
About time I started my own diary as I will using this to track my food intake also before I (hopefully) get sleeved.
Quick recap about me. Overweight for my whole 29years. Been on many diet programmes since 12years old.
I've PCOS, underactive thyroid and recently diagnosed with hypertension.
Spoke to my GP early 2016 regarding WLS but informedI would need to take part in a 12 week NHS weight loss programme, after attending for a few weeks I found it not to be usefull and started slimming world and gave up on the whole idea of WLS.
December 2016 I attended my GP regarding medication and she asked me if I had thought any more about WLS so told her my experience with the NHS programme and informed her I was doing slimming world. My GP explained to me that slimming world was a tier 2 programme and if I had been attending for 12weeks plus that she could refer me for WLS. Luckily I had just completed 12weeks so after some test such as bloods and a kidney fuction I was referred to Homerton on the 6th of January.
After some confusion I finally received my letter for a assessment and group seminar in June 2017 which I felt was a long wait and after taking some advice and guidance from this forum i was able to get a cancellation appointment for the 20th January 2017 and was also booked in to see the surgical team in April 2017.
I have just received my text confirmation for the 20th about attending.
Seems like it's all becoming slightly real I'm sure a long road to go but glad to be onit.. Look forward to updating my journey and hopefully looking back on my progress.
look forward in sharing it all with you.
JJ87 xxx
Quick recap about me. Overweight for my whole 29years. Been on many diet programmes since 12years old.
I've PCOS, underactive thyroid and recently diagnosed with hypertension.
Spoke to my GP early 2016 regarding WLS but informedI would need to take part in a 12 week NHS weight loss programme, after attending for a few weeks I found it not to be usefull and started slimming world and gave up on the whole idea of WLS.
December 2016 I attended my GP regarding medication and she asked me if I had thought any more about WLS so told her my experience with the NHS programme and informed her I was doing slimming world. My GP explained to me that slimming world was a tier 2 programme and if I had been attending for 12weeks plus that she could refer me for WLS. Luckily I had just completed 12weeks so after some test such as bloods and a kidney fuction I was referred to Homerton on the 6th of January.
After some confusion I finally received my letter for a assessment and group seminar in June 2017 which I felt was a long wait and after taking some advice and guidance from this forum i was able to get a cancellation appointment for the 20th January 2017 and was also booked in to see the surgical team in April 2017.
I have just received my text confirmation for the 20th about attending.
Seems like it's all becoming slightly real I'm sure a long road to go but glad to be onit.. Look forward to updating my journey and hopefully looking back on my progress.
look forward in sharing it all with you.
JJ87 xxx