Karenmulp
Member
Hello everyone,
I started this process at my doctors 2 years ago. He referred me to SWMS. I then attended a seminar with the knowledge that I would need further appointments with different specialists and had to loose 10% of my weight. I jumped through all the necessary hoops for 9 months. Then one day I received a letter saying I had been removed from the service due to a number of missed appointments. I was devastated. When I rang and told the receptionist I had attended all appointments received, she informed me that there were 2 I had missed. I argues with her, telling her I had not received any but she would not budge and I was told to go back to my gp of I wanted to get back on the service. So I did exactly that but had to start from the very beginning. So in total it's been 1 year and 10 months since I started. I am now at the stage where I think I am nearing the finish line.
I am booked in for an endoscopy on March 3rd and a surgeon appointment on the 28th February. I have now been discharged from SWMS and complete care handed over to North tees hospital in stockton on tees. I have met Lorraine who told me I needed no further assessments so should be plain sailing from here.
I am doing this because I have had 3 spinal operations and I have been told that my weight could be contributing towards the pain. I am hoping to take away some of the pain in my back and knees so I can be more able and go back to work.
My questions to everyone are:
1. How many of you got sedated for the endoscopy? And what is the sedation like?
2. I'd like to know people's journeys and if you think I am any closer to getting my surgery now?
Thank you in advance for taking the time to read such a long post. Just wanted to give people a good idea of where I am at this stage xxx
I started this process at my doctors 2 years ago. He referred me to SWMS. I then attended a seminar with the knowledge that I would need further appointments with different specialists and had to loose 10% of my weight. I jumped through all the necessary hoops for 9 months. Then one day I received a letter saying I had been removed from the service due to a number of missed appointments. I was devastated. When I rang and told the receptionist I had attended all appointments received, she informed me that there were 2 I had missed. I argues with her, telling her I had not received any but she would not budge and I was told to go back to my gp of I wanted to get back on the service. So I did exactly that but had to start from the very beginning. So in total it's been 1 year and 10 months since I started. I am now at the stage where I think I am nearing the finish line.
I am booked in for an endoscopy on March 3rd and a surgeon appointment on the 28th February. I have now been discharged from SWMS and complete care handed over to North tees hospital in stockton on tees. I have met Lorraine who told me I needed no further assessments so should be plain sailing from here.
I am doing this because I have had 3 spinal operations and I have been told that my weight could be contributing towards the pain. I am hoping to take away some of the pain in my back and knees so I can be more able and go back to work.
My questions to everyone are:
1. How many of you got sedated for the endoscopy? And what is the sedation like?
2. I'd like to know people's journeys and if you think I am any closer to getting my surgery now?
Thank you in advance for taking the time to read such a long post. Just wanted to give people a good idea of where I am at this stage xxx
I didn't have an endoscopy so I can't answer that question I'm afraid. As for our journeys, they are all so different it's hard to tell where we are a lot of the time. I'd recommend reading the diaries people have kept as they might be useful for you? It sounds like it's not been the easiest road for you so far so fingers crossed it's a much smoother ride from here on out x
