well things are finally on the move!!!!!

[Lel71]

Yay that’s fantastic news, so exciting, you LRD sound pretty good on the whole, at Luton we didn’t have a choice it was milk all the way, we had to do 4 weeks of the milk diet at the very start of our journey and the same milk diet for 2 weeks pre-op, I didn’t find it to bad to be honest.
I wish you luck and can’t wait to follow the rest of your journey xx

Hi
Sorry to jump on your post. I've just been told by my GP my funding has been agreed for my surgery at the L and D. Do you know how long I will.need to wait before i have my appointment?

 

[Bling Babe]

That’s great news, as for timescale I can’t really say things have changed a lot in the past year or so but you should hear soon after he’s referred you xx

 

[Lel71]

Hi. Thanks. I've already been referred. That happened last year and I had to prove I was committed etc but he said I had now been approved for funding but I was so excited to hear the news that I didn't ask him what happens next. Not sure if I go to the L and D and see a consultant and then get a date for surgery or I have to do anything else before I get a date?

 

[Bling Babe]

Aw I see, my GP wasn’t involved at all nice I’d started at Luton and Dunstable xx

 

[Lel71]

But did your GP not refer you to begin with?

 

[Lel71]

I was wondering how long it takes to have the surgery once the funding has been agreed. Does anyone know?

 

[Bling Babe]

But did your GP not refer you to begin with?

Yes he did refer to Luton but that was his only input, funding was agreed by Luton but I was never actually told the funding had been agreed, once I entered tier 4 and attended the MDT I was told that by being there it meant I had been accepted

 

[Sarnie]

Yes he did refer to Luton but that was his only input, funding was agreed by Luton but I was never actually told the funding had been agreed, once I entered tier 4 and attended the MDT I was told that by being there it meant I had been accepted

Yes me too. I was the same as Bling, never got told when the funding part was, just went from T3 to T4, saw surgeon and have me a date. x

 

[Queenykjp]

We are all fruit & nuts mixed in a cake...it makes for a more interesting life I think

Emma did you say cake x

 

[Queenykjp]

Yes me too. I was the same as Bling, never got told when the funding part was, just went from T3 to T4, saw surgeon and have me a date. x

Same as me sarnie, I got to see my surgeon and a date was sent in the post x

 

[Lel71]

Same as me sarnie, I got to see my surgeon and a date was sent in the post x

Same as me sarnie, I got to see my surgeon and a date was sent in the post x

So hopefully my next step is seeing who I need to then a date sent?x

 

[Queenykjp]

So hopefully my next step is seeing who I need to then a date sent?x

Hopefully fingers crossed xx

 

[Lel71]

I do hope so. It's a long road to get this far x

 

[Queenykjp]

I do hope so. It's a long road to get this far x

Completely understand it’s crazy that all the hospitals have different ways of going through the procedure, when I think about it my decision was probably made in April time, but I didn’t get to know til June x

 

[Lel71]

I think I have a really good GP who called me as soon as he received the letter to say funding had agreed and he was really happy for me!x

 

[Queenykjp]

I think I have a really good GP who called me as soon as he received the letter to say funding had agreed and he was really happy for me!x

I’m from up Yorkshire so we didn’t get to know about funding really it was all a different process xx