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Thank you Michelle, very useful.:-)

I'm going with New Look Holidays, same surgeon as did my arm lift and neck / face lift last August. Very pleased with them. Final surgery will be lower body lift in August. After losing 100kg there was / is a fair bit of excess skin!

Hello Julsci Any advice on the best support needed post boob-op? I go to Slovakia in Feb for a breast lift and augmentation, along with thigh lift and could do with advice re best bra to get for wearing post-op whilst things are healing. Thanks in advance

Best advice I would give is take plenty of photos now and on the way down. You will never be this big again, and it's good to look back and reflect how far you've come, further down the line. Take measurements too. Next best advice - throw/give away all those too big clothes apart from 1 item...

Not sure if you should be eating chicken 3 days after a fill. I was banded by Paul Super on the NHS, and am on liquids for 1 week before another week of puree/soft after a recent refill.

Buy from Charity shops whilst you are shrinking, then you won't feel the pinch (either way):-)

It's precisely this type of view that gives us a bad rep with those who don't believe the NHS should fund bariatric surgery. The NHS didn't cause our loose skin problems. We did.

Bottom right smiley sun. Or you can hit the scales on the bottom left to add to a member's reputation. :)

Similar issues raised on these 2 recent threads that may help:- http://www.wlsurgery.com/wls-banders-faqs/154566-long-term-bander-question.html http://www.wlsurgery.com/wls-banders-faqs/154588-pouch.html

I don't have any problems now as there isn't much fat left under the loose skin, but when I did get sore under my belly - the first sign of soreness - I slathered on the Savlon, job done. I knew going into this there wouldn't be any NHS funding for skin removal so I set up an aggressive saving...

An update (as also posted on Mandie's 'Pouch' thread... OK. Had a barium swallow under X-ray today, and they took 1ml out of my band leaving me with 6½mls. The relief was instantaneous. There is no 'pouch' or any other distortion - just restricted space down my oesophagus within the confines...

OK. Had a barium swallow under X-ray today, and they took 1ml out of my band leaving me with 6½mls. The relief was instantaneous. There is no 'pouch' or any other distortion - just restricted space down my oesophagus within the confines of the band. I asked the consultant if it was a common...

Mandie - I have exactly the same symptoms and have an emergency X-Ray barium swallow arranged for Friday to see what the problem is (my last fill was 10 months ago) I'll update this thread with any relevant advice if I have developed a similar problem.

Hi Michelle I have sort of the opposite problem. Some background: I was banded nearly 2 years ago so I count myself as a seasoned bander. I was at 20 stone, after losing 6½ stone during a 2 year 'pre-op' with ww. I am now under 10 stone, with a BMI in the low 20's and frankly getting bony in...

Holy thread revival Batman!!!

I went to Slovakia with New Look Holidays. Very pleased with results. £1420 arm lift. Face / neck lift at same time. £2120. 1 week stay. Booked for thigh lift and breast lift /augmentation in Feb 14.

In the old days I would occasionally do the food shopping on-line, and your previous purchases are already listed as 'favourites'. It is horrifying to look at that list now and see what cr*p I used to buy on a regular basis - cream cakes, cookies, biscuits, frozen desserts, battered...

This is why WW works for me - that weekly support and weigh in - being answerable to someone else. Try cutting out all the lattes and cappucinos for a week. Swap them for Americanos / espressos. They don't use skimmed milk in Costa / Starbucks - only SS, so you may be consuming far more...

Give you a good talking to. The dominatrix kit doesn't go down well in public so you'll never experience that. (Sorry)

Yes. Real hunger is when a tomato or apple will stop the urge to eat. Head hunger is when only a cake or biscuit will do.