grumbletumble
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Hiya 
I started off in the Gastric band section but have ended up here (I'll explain later!) I hope it's ok to join! Here's a little about me....
I'm 37, I live in the south east near Brighton & Eastbourne with my partner & our daughter, who is 3. Life is pretty good apart from the restrictions of my weight, I'm 21 stone (gulp) & have struggled with my weight since I was 8!
From the age of about 18 I started dieting, weightwatchers, lighterlife, slimfast, calorie counting, slimming world, the Cambridge weight plan. You name it, I've probably done it! I had quite good success with weightwatchers & then later on slimming world (which I still think is a great plan!) but I could never stick to it enough to get down to a healthy weight, I always slipped up, then left & carried on chowing down on everything & most recently binging.
This time last year, my Dad told me & my Mum he had cancer, he refused all treatment & was very stubborn about having any doctor involvement. It's been a very tough year of seeing him slowly get eaten away by the cancer & having to care for him & my Mum as well as my daughter. As always food was my crutch, but this time is went into over drive.
My Dad sadly passed away at the end of July, the outcome for me was a lot of bottled up feelings & 5 stone heavier!
Time to sort my life out, seeing as my life seems to revolve around food & the restrictions my size has, that means time to get healthy & smaller!
I've been dipping my toe in the water for about 5 years , looking at surgery, but always thought, well I'm sure I can do it with dieting, which I do for about 6 months, then it all goes wrong & I put the weight back on plus some more!
This time I need to do it properly. I bit the bullet & made an appointment with the consultant!!!
On 9th September, I met with my consultant with a shed load of questions about the gastric band. I had made up my mind, that's what I was going to have done, mainly because that's all I could afford.
The meeting was fab, he was really lovely & explained the whole process of all the treatments on offer, the pro's & cons & what he thought would be best for me as a person.
Hearing the whole she-bang about the band scared me quite a bit, not only could I not lose any weight but quite a few things could go wrong later on & I'd have to have it revised/taken out. All in all we agreed that the best treatment would be the sleeve. My Mum has very, very kindly agreed to pay for my treatment....yay!!!
To qualify to have surgery at Brighton Bariatrics I need to have a BMI of 45.9 or less, I don't at the moment, so he said I should go & get to that bmi then contact them to arrange an op date, then I get to see a psychologist & dietician & it all goes from there!!!
To say I'm excited is an understatement! I've started to roughly do slimming world (as much as I can remember) until I can get to a meeting next week. Once I lose 14lbs (or more) I can contact them. :bliss:
Thank you for reading, I should probably shut up now
:hug99:
I started off in the Gastric band section but have ended up here (I'll explain later!) I hope it's ok to join! Here's a little about me....
I'm 37, I live in the south east near Brighton & Eastbourne with my partner & our daughter, who is 3. Life is pretty good apart from the restrictions of my weight, I'm 21 stone (gulp) & have struggled with my weight since I was 8!
From the age of about 18 I started dieting, weightwatchers, lighterlife, slimfast, calorie counting, slimming world, the Cambridge weight plan. You name it, I've probably done it! I had quite good success with weightwatchers & then later on slimming world (which I still think is a great plan!) but I could never stick to it enough to get down to a healthy weight, I always slipped up, then left & carried on chowing down on everything & most recently binging.
This time last year, my Dad told me & my Mum he had cancer, he refused all treatment & was very stubborn about having any doctor involvement. It's been a very tough year of seeing him slowly get eaten away by the cancer & having to care for him & my Mum as well as my daughter. As always food was my crutch, but this time is went into over drive.
My Dad sadly passed away at the end of July, the outcome for me was a lot of bottled up feelings & 5 stone heavier!
Time to sort my life out, seeing as my life seems to revolve around food & the restrictions my size has, that means time to get healthy & smaller!
I've been dipping my toe in the water for about 5 years , looking at surgery, but always thought, well I'm sure I can do it with dieting, which I do for about 6 months, then it all goes wrong & I put the weight back on plus some more!
This time I need to do it properly. I bit the bullet & made an appointment with the consultant!!!
On 9th September, I met with my consultant with a shed load of questions about the gastric band. I had made up my mind, that's what I was going to have done, mainly because that's all I could afford.
The meeting was fab, he was really lovely & explained the whole process of all the treatments on offer, the pro's & cons & what he thought would be best for me as a person.
Hearing the whole she-bang about the band scared me quite a bit, not only could I not lose any weight but quite a few things could go wrong later on & I'd have to have it revised/taken out. All in all we agreed that the best treatment would be the sleeve. My Mum has very, very kindly agreed to pay for my treatment....yay!!!
To qualify to have surgery at Brighton Bariatrics I need to have a BMI of 45.9 or less, I don't at the moment, so he said I should go & get to that bmi then contact them to arrange an op date, then I get to see a psychologist & dietician & it all goes from there!!!
To say I'm excited is an understatement! I've started to roughly do slimming world (as much as I can remember) until I can get to a meeting next week. Once I lose 14lbs (or more) I can contact them. :bliss:
Thank you for reading, I should probably shut up now
:hug99:
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