BEFORE & AFTER PATIENT STORIES

 

The Hospital Group treats thousands of patients each year.  
Many of our specialist team have undergone obesity surgery

themselves. 
Find out more about our patients'' stories below.

Sally Price - Weight Loss Surgery

I used to be a size 24 and now I get into size 10 clothes!

Sally Price - Weight Loss Surgery

Sally Price - Weight Loss Surgery

Sally Price decided that weight loss surgery was the right thing to do...and she has never looked back.

Sally Price - Weight Loss Surgery

Teresa Perks - Gastric Band patient

"I lost almost 12 stone in 12 months!"

Teresa Perks - Gastric Band patient

Teresa Perks - Gastric Band patient

Teresa has four children and after each one she kept piling on the weight. She realised enough was enough and opted for a gastric band to help her finally get back into shape! 

Teresa Perks - Gastric Band patient

Julie Stansfield - Gastric Bypass patient

"I wish I'd had my bypass years ago!"

Julie Stansfield - Gastric Bypass patient

Julie Stansfield - Gastric Bypass patient

 

From shy and reserved to the outgoing Mayor of her town, Julie’s only regret is waiting so long for surgery.

Julie Stansfield - Gastric Bypass patient

Fiona Holdcroft - Gastric Band

"Just look at me now!"

Fiona Holdcroft - Gastric Band

Fiona Holdcroft - Gastric Band

Fiona Holdcroft chose the gastric band - a great decision!

Fiona Holdcroft - Gastric Band

Julie Tedder - Gastric band patient

Weight Loss: 17 Stone

Julie Tedder - Gastric band patient

Julie Tedder - Gastric band patient

 

Read Julie''s story as she shares her own personal feelings before and after obesity surgery.

Julie Tedder - Gastric band patient

Lara Clark - Gastric Bypass patient

"My gastric bypass helped me get over my eating disorder!"

Lara Clark - Gastric Bypass patient

Lara Clark - Gastric Bypass patient

As a teenager, Lara had problems with anorexia before compulsive eating left her the heaviest she’d ever been.

Lara Clark - Gastric Bypass patient

Neil Bayfield

"The weight just dropped off me!"

Neil Bayfield

Neil Bayfield

Desperate to beat his childhood obesity, Neill tried every diet going. But nothing seemed to work.

Neil Bayfield

John Hatchman - Gastric band patient

"For the first time in my life I feel good about myself!"

John Hatchman - Gastric band patient

John Hatchman - Gastric band patient

 

John’s weight issues exacerbated his diabetes and sleep apnoea problems – so he decided to do something about it.

John Hatchman - Gastric band patient

Faye Wells - Gastric band patient

Read Faye's weight-loss diary!

Location: Birmingham

Weight Loss: 9 Stone

 

Faye Wells - Gastric band patient

Faye Wells - Gastric band patient

 

Read Faye’s diary as she tells her story of her battle with obesity and the success she has now achieved.

Faye Wells - Gastric band patient

Andy Wildish - Gastric band patient

"I feel I was a skinny person hiding away in a fat man''s body"

 

Andy Wildish - Gastric band patient

Andy Wildish - Gastric band patient

 

Although Andy was a classic example of a yo-yo dieter, he has now at least achieved success with his weight loss, and is delighted with his new look.

Andy Wildish - Gastric band patient

Jane Croft - Gastric bypass patient

"I lost 14 stone!"
 

Jane Croft  - Gastric bypass patient

Jane Croft  - Gastric bypass patient

 

Read Jane’s story of her life before and after having a Gastric Bypass procedure

Jane Croft  - Gastric bypass patient

Jackie Campbell - Gastric Band Patient

"I am a new woman!"

 

Jackie Campbell - Gastric Band Patient

Jackie Campbell - Gastric Band Patient

 

Read Jackie’s story of how after being overweight for many years she has beat obesity.

Jackie Campbell - Gastric Band Patient

Francine Hodges - Gastric band patient

"I''ve lost nearly 11 stone in a year"

Francine Hodges - Gastric band patient

Francine Hodges - Gastric band patient

 

Read Francine’s diary as she tells her story and shares her feelings after having obesity surgery.

Francine Hodges - Gastric band patient

Sharon Isaac - Gastric band patient

Read Sharon’s story of how she became “Weight-Loss Surgery Patient of the Year”

Sharon Isaac - Gastric band patient

Sharon Isaac - Gastric band patient

 

One woman’s story of her struggle with weight, and how she lost an incredible 9 stones after gastric band surgery.  Sharon Isaac, The Hospital Group’s Weight Loss Winner of the Year, was unable to get pregnant due to her size and feared for her health and life. She tells how gastric band surgery changed all that, what the side effects and results were, and how she learned to live with the band.

Sharon Isaac - Gastric band patient

Helen Howe

I lost half my body weight in just 12 months!

Helen Howe

Helen Howe

Helen had struggled with her weight since the age of 15, and after reaching her heaviest weight at just 23 years old she decided enough was enough and turned to surgery.

Helen Howe

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