I've been referred! I was discharged from Addenbrookes last week, having lost something like 18% of my weight, and they gave me the good news. Now waiting for my first appointment at Luton & Dunstable. Still a long way to go, but it's inching closer :D
Although I went a bit quiet, your kind words made me feel like I was not alone. It helped a lot, and stopped me hating myself a little bit.
I have 4 or 5 weeks left on the weight loss management program, and I are now 21st 10lb. I'm still morbidly obese, but it's slowly coming off. Next stage...
I tried that today and I really quite liked it - reminded me of the chicken soup you get from a vending machine. It made a change from the usual anyway :)
At least with doing the liquid diet at the start, you know what to expect from the pre-op diet, which is what I keep reassuring myself with...
Hiya, my name is Lisa and I've just started Tier 3 at Addenbrookes hospital. I live in Suffolk, and it's taken over a year to get this far (thanks to American GPs not understanding how the NHS works, but that's a different story).
I've not always been fat. When I was a teenager, I maintained a...
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