Guidance please!

[pollybree]

Hi I am waiting for my initial appointment at sunderland royal. I have read that they no longer do banding at Sunderland is this true? Also my bmi is 39, does anyone out there know whether I will qualify for surgery? I have tried every diet and pill going and managed to lose some weight but then piled it back on and more. 5 years ago I was a size 10 then after a six month illness I was unable to excersise and my weight has crept up over the last years and now I am almost 6 stone heavier and its killing my joints and my self esteem. I really need the surgery as I am still young and dont want to get any bigger which will happen without it. Also I am wondering about timescales?

 

[Astraste]

Hi and welcome to the forum. I am 25 and my bmi is 39. I asked my Dr if he could forward me to have wls and he said no. so I have decided to go private. I am found a really good surgeon in Prague and his prices are fantastic. have you looked into going private? X

 

[pollybree]

Hi no not yet, I have been refferred by my gp already. If your bmi is the same as mine why did you not get refferred? Thats crazy! I would get a second opionion

 

[Samsara]

Under my PCT I have to have a BMI of 50 - and apparently they are under discussion to raise it to 55! :/

 

[pollybree]

that is mental so you have to be dangerously overweight before they will do it? Which pct are you under?

 

[pollybree]

Also I thought you had the right to go to any hospital nowadays, If you are willing to go abroad could you not go to a different pct and save some cash, I would enquire about this.

 

[tealovingsleever]

My pct was 50 with no co-morbidities, 40 if you have diabetes, high blood pressure etc.

 

[tracyt84]

Don't take this the wrong way but personally I don't think you'll get the funding approved with a bmi of 39,it has to be much higher with other health problems at the sunderland royal,although your gp referred u,u still have to go through the funding battle etc x good luck x

 

[EJFez]

Check out the Bospa website as due to living in the north east it's not as strict as other areas.

 

[Samsara]

that is mental so you have to be dangerously overweight before they will do it? Which pct are you under?

Oxfordshire :cry:Even with a BMI of 49.8 the GP was reluctant to refer me :sigh:

 

[Samsara]

Check out the Bospa website as due to living in the north east it's not as strict as other areas.

I need to move! :jelous:

 

[Samsara]

Also I thought you had the right to go to any hospital nowadays, If you are willing to go abroad could you not go to a different pct and save some cash, I would enquire about this.

I didn't know about this? You mean you can go to any hospital via the NHS? I thought I could only be referred by my own GP to my own PCT? Or are you talking privately? If I get nowhere with the NHS then I will have to think again... :cry:

 

[Samsara]

My pct was 50 with no co-morbidities, 40 if you have diabetes, high blood pressure etc.

Mine is 50 with co-morbidities :/

 

[EJFez]

You need to look up what Sunderland offer as its different all over the country and will depend on your pct as they have to pay the surgeon.

 

[pollybree]

our pct is 35 to 40, they will consider a bmi of 35 to 39 if you have other health problems ie diabetes, high blood pressure or joint pain which i suffer terribly with my actual bmi is 39.6 so i am on the edge of it anyways, i think i am going to ask to be changed to darlington though because of the waiting lists, anyone had theirs at darlington?

 

[pollybree]

Sorry I just thought you could use any nhs hospital in the country, I might be wrong it may only be regional but I would check it out anyway. good luck

 

[Samsara]

Do you suffer with all three co-morbidities? Sounds like you'll be fine with funding then based on the criteria for your PCT x x

 

[Samsara]

Sorry I just thought you could use any nhs hospital in the country, I might be wrong it may only be regional but I would check it out anyway. good luck

Not sure where I would get clarification on that? But if that really is the case I'll be hopping off to another hospital/PCT with lower criteria and one that offers cosmetics post weight loss surgery! :gimi:

 

[angiemason]

I think your pct is purely for your own area I live in Morecambe and my pct funded me for surgery at Blackpool spire I actually had my surgery at murrayfield spire as Blackpool don't do DS but I've recently had a letter pct are not covering any further than Blackpool now so I was lucky to be done when I was I go for all checkouts at Blackpool even though none of the surgeons there do my op