Before & after patient weight loss stories

Julie Tedder - Gastric Band Patient

Weight Loss: 17 Stone

Before

Read Julie''s story as she shares her own personal feelings before and after obesity surgery. Two years ago I was morbidly obese.

I felt ugly, unattractive and the weight was starting to interfere with my life. At 26st 11lbs my weight was becoming a real health problem and of course my family worried about me. My eldest son had been searching on the internet for about a year looking for weight loss surgery in Britain. The Hospital Group came up as the leading provider in the UK, and that gave me the confidence to contact them.

I needed and wanted the surgery. I called the number and was amazed by how helpful the Patient Care Co-ordinator was. She had had weight loss surgery herself and understood how I felt. Within a week I'd had my medical consultation and booked surgery. The final motivation was getting stuck in the turn styles at Wimbledon dog track, that humiliation was it! I needed and wanted the surgery NOW!

I've never looked back I had my adjustable gastric band inserted on the 13th April 2004 and my first band fill 3 months later when I was used to my new diet. I've never looked back. I feel like a new person. Now, just 2 years later I've lost 17 stone and I'm a size 10! I am a normal human being again and treated as such. My kids, Dave 20, Dan 19, Paul 17, Rebecca 14 and my baby Luke 11 are all over the moon. They have the mum I always should have been. My parents are so proud they've got the daughter back who's been missing for 35 years, and my husband feels he has a new wife - a confident sexy person who can do anything.

After