No NO NO!! the PCT said NO

[gingernutter]

No NO NO!! the PCT said NO! now I have to make another plan. I will up date you all soon.

 

[Fashionably Late]

I am so incredibly sorry. Can BOSPA help you fight your case even further?

 

[margaretmc]

Hi Sarah
I`m so very sorry hun that is awful . Dear God how the hell can they turn you down with all the information you give them . Take care lol
Margaret xx

 

[mandyl]

whats wrong with them bloody idiots

 

[fatbutnot4long]

did u not have any luck with luton. im a patient there and finding it reqally helpfull. my gp sorted out the pct bit but i was accepted straight away no problems - im 23 21 stone and have always been fat. im going in for a bypass sometime between now and september but im doing it 2 become a mummy - my life wish that at the mo just isent possible. im on the lcld at the mo and ive lost 6lbs in 2 days! im also havin my op in luton and fins them a real help x

 

[shelbell]

unbelievable.

 

[ladybird_gal]

Have you asked them why they've turned you down? ((((hugs)))) x

 

[j.u.s.t.l.i.z.]

oh thats not good im so sorry to hear this, keep up the fight, dont let them win x

 

[tesmaralda]

Sarah am really sorry to hear that you have not been successful you know where I am if you need to chat. Sending you big hugs. XxxxxxxX

 

[Snowcrystal]

Oh Ginger I am so sorry....

I just looked up Luton PCT and found something you might be interested in as there are things about the complaints they have received regarding the refusal of bariatric surgery...you have to to to 5.5 I think...I don't know if if will help, but I hope it will....Please don't give up.

http://www.lutonpct.nhs.uk/w3cms/web/downloads.asp?ResDocID=536

reading this, it looks like they made some changes around May 2009

~hugs~

 

[Gail-michelle]

The Barstewards

 

[thinkbethin]

Sarah I'm so sorry this has happened again. Please don't give in you have a right to fight for a healthy life. After all its your life not theirs so give them some grief!!

 

[BlondeMoment]

So sorry you have been turned down again....seems so unfair the way different PCT`s work ,can i ask without being to personal what your weight and height is?...i had a bmi of 55 and i am 5`8 when i first went to my doctors and asked about wls.
I know you have listed all the reasons for needing weight loss surgery,but is this all off your own back,would it be in your favour if you have the doctors backing and could they help you fight the appeal?

 

[zetacatty]

Oh no! I am SO sorry to hear this. It sounds incredible that they turned you down.
I notice on your post you said you'd had treatment for carpel tunnel syndrome. This is a pointer towards hypothyroidism. Have you had your thyroid checked? It won't help you get wls but thyroid medication might help you feel a bit better. Anything is better than what you are going through right now. Big hug, Zxx

 

[thinkbethin]

Sarah, what job do you do?? Maybe if its affecting your work then you could let the PCT know this is getting to be a real problem and that you may have to leave your job. How much more could they want from you Sarah?

 

[Caroline101061]

I found out yesterday at my Whittington support group that the London boroughs of Islington, Camden and Barnet are not refusing lternatively, get the local MP and the press involvedany applications for funding. o you know anyone with an address there you could use? Would mean registering with a new GP and lots of tooing frowing but you would get funding. A

 

[Sambucca]

Oh Sarah, Im so disappointed for you. Im appalled that with all your medical conditions you cannot get surgery. Have they given you a reason?

I just wondered whether a sleep apnoea test might be worth a shot (sorry if you have tried that already)

DOnt know what else to say hun so will just send hugs (((Sarah))) and keep my fingers crossed that you win the lottery so you can go private. xxx

 

[tashaliza]

hi ginger, i'm so sorry i hope that you dont give up, just keep on trying....... you deserve it.
love tasha xxx

 

[zns]

Im sorry. Is moving to a different PCT an option? xx

 

[helen144]

Im so sorry !!!! Dont give up please dont and we will always be here to support you xxxx