The Chopster
Member
Hello,
My name is Sharon and back in 2011 I had a gastric band through The Hospital Group at Dolan Park in Tardebigge. I initially was doing well but never seemed to find my sweet spot and only lost about 2 1/2 stone suffering with a lot of stickage so I made bad food choices with slider foods.
11 years later and I still suffer with stickage, especially with eating out so I have decided to get rid of the evil band and have a bypass.
I contacted The Hospital Group (now called Transform) and spoke to a lady and was emailed some information and the cost was nearly £15,000 with the nearest clinic being Solihull about an hour from me. I follow a girl on IG and she had had her surgery done by Simon Monkhouse at Spire Gatwick so I contacted him. Unfortunately he does not do band to sleeve/bypass proceedures as you need an ICU but he recommend Tonic.
I had details send (cost £12,000 for a sleeve or £12,600 for a bypass) and had a consultation with a surgeon called Omer Al-Taan. He answered all my questions and we discussed things I hadn't considered and he recommended a bypass as a) I am type 2 diabetic and b) I have suffered from acid reflux for years. His normal place of work is Luton but I am having the op at Spire Bushey near Watford as the date available was perfect for me. It's 2 1/2 hour drive but can't be helped.
My op date is 26th August with the LRD starting 14th August (should be 14 days but I am away in London for the weekend).
My name is Sharon and back in 2011 I had a gastric band through The Hospital Group at Dolan Park in Tardebigge. I initially was doing well but never seemed to find my sweet spot and only lost about 2 1/2 stone suffering with a lot of stickage so I made bad food choices with slider foods.
11 years later and I still suffer with stickage, especially with eating out so I have decided to get rid of the evil band and have a bypass.
I contacted The Hospital Group (now called Transform) and spoke to a lady and was emailed some information and the cost was nearly £15,000 with the nearest clinic being Solihull about an hour from me. I follow a girl on IG and she had had her surgery done by Simon Monkhouse at Spire Gatwick so I contacted him. Unfortunately he does not do band to sleeve/bypass proceedures as you need an ICU but he recommend Tonic.
I had details send (cost £12,000 for a sleeve or £12,600 for a bypass) and had a consultation with a surgeon called Omer Al-Taan. He answered all my questions and we discussed things I hadn't considered and he recommended a bypass as a) I am type 2 diabetic and b) I have suffered from acid reflux for years. His normal place of work is Luton but I am having the op at Spire Bushey near Watford as the date available was perfect for me. It's 2 1/2 hour drive but can't be helped.
My op date is 26th August with the LRD starting 14th August (should be 14 days but I am away in London for the weekend).
