Well it's been a long time since I was here (been homeless for over 2 months but nearly ready to move in to my new house).
Weight has been coming off at different rates each week but my total is now 74lbs, 54lbs since surgery. Thats a total of 5st 4lbs or 3st 12lbs since surgery and an average...
Again I would think that 4 weeks is being optomistic. I had key hole surgery on 13th August and went back to work after 4 weeks. I too have an office job working 4 days a week and to be fair I found last week (my first week back) really hard and only managed 3 days, this week I'm trying to...
At sunderland they don't check you for smoking although they will ask at your pre-op assessment it's really best for your healing if you stop as smoking slows down the healing process
I would do everything in your power to loose the weight you've put on. Sunderland are well known for refusing patients who have put on weight. It's very do able, I've lost 20lbs in the past four weeks preparing for my pre-op appointment and surgery. Also waiting times between endoscopy and...
I'm not sure how to work out these things but here are the links
Complete Meal Replacement
Bariatric Complete Meal Replacement 2lb
Bariatric Basics 2lb
Bariatrics Advance 2lb
HTH
Hi Chris
I'm sure each hospital have different rules and regulations but I know my hospital insist that once you have had an initial appointment with them you are definitely in the process regardless of whether or not you loose a lot of weight. Maybe a call to your consultants secretary will...
At my hospital it's always 10 days, at some hospitals it's longer but if your hospital is generally just doing it to shrink the liver I doubt it will be for longer than two weeks
I've waited just under 5 months between endoscopy and op date. I wasn't put on list until I had endoscopy though, some people are put on the list before they have their endoscopy so it's the date you are put on the list that matters not the date of endoscopy. I know the consultants have been...
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