gingernutter
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What is the cost of a private by-pass?
thanks everyone. I am surprised that it is not much of a saving in Belguim. I was going to go there but then I received a letter for my consultant around the same time. I am now waiting for funding. I am just concerned about waiting a year or more. My health is suffering.
Shel! you are a mind of info! what would we do without you.
I was told if I went private then any further care required would not be covered by the NHS ?????
Hi,
Just wanted to say that I went to Belgium and paid 9200 EUROS! Depending on the exchange rate, just over £7000. So a lot less than UK prices, and I had the best surgeon in Europe! I went for the "Belgium Option" because I live in Germany...easier to get to than UK, plus I went for the surgeon, not the cost! I wanted the man with the experience of performing over 2000 RNY's!! I went through European Obesity Care, and received excellent pre care with loads of information. But of course I did also research everything myself. You must be mad to go ahead with this and not know all there is to know about this surgery...the good and the bad!
Kel xx
Hi,
Ok wow...I have been totally misunderstood here.....
WL18 stone....I'm very pleased that you had such a great surgeon, and you got it FREE. Some of us are not in a position for certain free ops.I cannot get access to some services, including bariatric, hence why I paid for my surgery, or wait for god knows how long before returning to the UK and start the process of funding etc. Dont get me wrong I am well looked after health wise here, just there was no way I could get a bariatric surgery through the HM Forces system! I fully appreciate you are not to know this, but dont boast about the fact you had your surgery free, just consider yourself a very lucky person! Yeah I am jealous....but nothing I can do about it. Pay or stay obese and in pain for me!
Callyspace, we all refer to our surgeons as the "best" as they have all worked wonders for us! I actually meant to type "one" of the best by the way...I'd never heard of Mr Ammori, Or Mr Shaw before this website. I know people think they are fantastic, the same why I feel about my surgeon, who others havent heard of either! Its just an opinion. My surgeon DR Dillemans, is a leading expert in his field, (google him to find out) and has performed a huge amount of Bariatric surgeries, with only 1 death due to a chest infection, some time after the surgery. So to me, he is pretty good. No I know of no tables, just consider him good going by his results and vast experience. Just to reassure....this is my opinion, not stating that he is the only competent man in the world to perform bariatric surgery.
Anyway, I'll word it differently from now on, "my surgeon is a great guy" to avoid any competition wars, which was not my aim. I was just trying to stop pepole (obviously very badly...) from putting private patients down, and get a point across, as they consider us to receive a poor service, compared to the NHS, because for some reason people think going abroad for surgery means you have a dodgy surgeon? I've had 2 private surgeries now, both in Belgium, and had 2 very good experiences and results.
Hope that clears things up and puts a few minds at rest...All our surgeons are great!
Kel xxx
My surgeon was one of the top 5 in the WORLD, and that was on the NHS FREE.![]()