HAD to share my happy but sad news with you all. I had my banding op on March 19th 2010,my top weight ever was 28st 2lbs,down to just over 26 and a half stone at surgery,with no life to speak of to be honest and type 2 diabetic to boot. I went to see my consultant today and weighed 19st 5lbs..which already feels like a miracle to me lol..but the best thing of all? ALL my diabetes medication has been stopped,i no longer need it. It was an amazing feeling,i thank god every day i was given the opportunity of having this operation because it has in not even 8 months yet,changed so much in my life.

It was while i was discussing this with my consultant,that he informed me i just got in in time for this surgery,because all the funding has been so severely cut once again,that if i was asking for it now,i wouldnt of gotten it and infact,he had over a hundred patients on his books that now will never have the chance to have the operation. It made me feel incredibly sad,its ridiculous that for the people who are crying out for the help and who are willing to make the changes to make this op work,that the help just isnt going to be given. We help people in need in our society,as we should,drug abusers,alcoholics,all manner of problems and it really makes me sad that bariatric surgery often gets such little sympathy and funding..usually because its assumed that fat people are out of control pigs that cant live a second without their heads in the fridge!

Im not saying either,that some people dont abuse the operation once given it,but for most of us,all we need is a helping hand and the chance to make a change to our lives and our situations and for the sake of lack of money,its so sad that so many people will not even be offered it.