jessikahlashes
New Member
Hello, I am new to this forum so have no idea if I am posting in the right place!! I hope everyone is doing well and thought I would join here for someone to chat to about what is going with me at the minute, before I start I thought I'd tell you a little bit about me so here goes!! My name is Jess and I had been overweight my whole life, when I was 6 I was very big and at just 10 used to visit a dietician weekly for help with my weight, joined y first slimming class at 11 and struggled, when I was 12 my mum passed away and as amazing as my dad was at being both my mum and dad for my teenage years, take away food and big portions became the norm in my house! Before I know it I'm 16 and 17 stone, I struggled through school and sixth form with my weight and met my partner when I was 18, we soon fell pregnant with our daughter and I gained 2 stone through my pregnancy, when my daughter was only 5 months old we fell pregnant again with our second daughter! I gained another 2 stone through pregnancy so there I was, 21 years old with my fiancé and 2 beautiful little girls and I weighed 21 and a half stone, realisation hit that I could barely care for myself let alone my 2 girls and my partner was more of a carer. So I decided to go to slimming world and in 17 months lost 11 and a half stone and now I'm 10 stone and have been at target for 2 years, bmi has gone from 45 to 23. Anyway to get to the point of telling you my entire life story!! I thought losing the weight with fill me with confidence and infact I've been opposite, my loose skin stops me doing anything. I don't want to go into it too much but I am very affected by it, don't go out much and have got sores and a few other medical things going on. I went to my gp and broke down and applied for a tummy tuck, I was refused a tummy tuck, 6 months later I went back for several appointments with my gp as mentally I could feel I was breaking, he said he would apply one more time but not to get more hopes up. Last week I received a letter saying funding for a tummy tuck has been agreed as I meet full criteria and I have literally been dancing around for a week, all I ever wanted was to be normal and now I feel I could have that chance, I just wanted to ask of anyone here has had a tummy tuck on the nhs and what the waiting time is like? I received my letter last week saying funding had been accepted and that my gp was to forward the letter to a surgeon who would meet me for an appointment and then do the op, I just want to know how long I'm likely to wait and to hear other people's experiences. Thank you to anyone that replies an I send lots of love to all xxxxx
