Has anyone been to turkey for a gastric band?

OP have a look into Saxenda or Ozempic. They are weight loss injections available in the UK under private prescription x

@Cherrysoup Lithuania been part of the EU have eu regulation standards expected in the UK and other EU hospitals.

It still a lot cheaper but better care and English speaking surgeons.

try the drug saxenda

ive been on it 4 weeks and lost a stone almost

it suppresses appetite and really works. pricey, but thats always the case. i got a private prescription

then you can reassess when you've lost some weight

I know a girl who went to Turkey for one a few months ago. She has no problems from the surgery. Recovery was straight forward. She now just struggles with the mental/emotional struggles with food. She still has the urge to eat a lot so eats more than she should and gets sore. Also need to rest and nap more.

@Cherrysoup I’ve sent you a PM 🙂

I had a sleeve in the UK, and they private hospital still made me use the nhs for a little issue!
I wouldn’t go to Turkey, look up Dr Taimer Egypt I know a number of people that went to him and he comes highly recommended

I would massively appreciate anyone pm’ing me their experience in Turkey.

I’ve requested to join. I think if I don’t do something drastic now, I’ll be in a wheelchair in future. 😥

Also I'd like to point out that 2 weeks post op I ended up in a UK hospital as I had a very weird thing happen with my wound.

Basically the fat under one of my incisions had started to break down due to trauma of the area and the UK Dr said that the surrounding fat cells started to do the same in a chain reaction. They thought it was an infection at first as it was 'dripping' but it was absolutely nothing negative, they said my body just had an unusual response.

They were absolutely lovely to me and never made me feel bad about going to Turkey. I ended up with a scan and a few appointments. They wished me luck with my journey and said after my scan that my sleeved looked fantastic.

I don't feel bad using them post op as before I went to Turkey I was on the NHS wait list for a sleeve and I was also prediabetic and had hypothyroidism (untreated)

So I saved the a HELL of a lot of money in them doing the op or a lifetime of insulin and thyroid meds vs a scan on return!

I'm sure some people do come back and need NHS revisions but a hell of a lot more come back with zero complications and become much healthier people!

Hiya.

I did last August.
Have lost 6 stone in 8 months.

I went to Turkey as I just couldn't afford UK prices and NHS waiting times were too long with no guarantee of being approved.

I felt like at 37 my time to get healthy was running out, I didn't want to wait.

I was nervous. Heard many horror stories but my experience was fantastic. I absolutely would do it again a million times over.

My Dr was an angel. The staff were caring and lovely. I had loads of preop tests.

It just couldn't have gone better.I'm a completely different person now.

Number one do not have a band, they are shit; do your research and have a sleeve but I honestly don’t think you’d need that at 17 stone.

A friend went to turkey and had a sleeve. She had a horrendous time post surgery due to language barrier/cleanliness (blood on sheets/used dressing in the shower / oxygen mask had been used etc) there had been some complications pre surgery as she’d had a band previously and the doctor had to use Google translate to explain everything!

What if you need blood? What if there are complications and you don’t understand them? What if they can’t do the surgery and do something else instead and can’t let you know?

Oh OP - if you've got savings for surgery, please consider spending that money instead on a dietician, a personal trainer and a therapist.

It might all take a bit longer, but you'll develop life-long healthy habits, and you can then use those tools and knowledge to give your child a healthy lifestyle and attitude.

The two ladies I mentioned upthread had very different experiences between Turkey and Lithuania.
The end results aren't that different they're both reborn and feeling great.

i have a medical 'gastric band'...injection daily. very effective so far..

Here is a link to the item news.sky.com/video/primary-school-teacher-left-in-vegetative-state-after-rhinoplasty-in-turkey-went-wrong-12590188

If you saw the news yesterday there was an item about surgery in Turkey. So many botched ones and then people having to have NHS treatment when they get back in some cases to save their lives. It was awful

Gastric bands aren’t really recommended these days due to the high failure rate.
I had a gastric sleeve done in Turkey last November, on the back of a AMA thread on here! Very positive experience, at less than a third of the cost in the UK. From what I’ve heard the care I received was probably better than I’d have got had I gone private in the UK. I paid just under £4k including flights.

I’ve still a way to go, but I’ve lost a third of my original body weight, and feel amazing. It’s not an easy way out by any means, there are still “head issues” you have to deal with, but for me it was the right thing to do.

OP feel free to PM me if you want to ask anything specific.

For those asking (in an arsy fashion) about follow up care on the nhs, my GP is very happy to carry it out (3 monthly blood tests) due to the amount of money I’m saving the nhs having had this surgery privately. I was off my nhs prescribed blood pressure meds within a fortnight of the surgery, and I’ve also managed to get off the nhs prescribed antidepressants I’ve been on for 19 years. There’s also the future saving to the nhs as I won’t suffer from obesity related illnesses.

The band isn't done by many places any more as it's proven to be troublesome.

I've had sleeve surgery done in Turkey and am over the moon with the results! I've lost almost 9 stone and have very little excess skin. I've gone from a size 24 to a 10/12 and feel and look so much happier and healthier. Dont get me wrong, I was scared to go do it as I've heard the horror stories but was amazed at the care team and surgical team and then the aftercare team at the hospital I chose.

The only downside for me is that I've developed gallstones which are now a weekly occurance for me and the NHS waiting list is 4+ years for urgent cases, mine's has been classed as routine so god knows when I'll be able to have them removed. Now I'm looking at travelling back to Turkey to have them removed but again I'm scared, simply because it's not an easy choice but when you are at your wits end, either with your weight, loose skin or gallstones, you do what you need to and that's why I went to Turkey in the first place. I really wish people would understand this and not just scream how utterly stupid we are to even consider it and share horror stories. Not many people react the same if you said you were going into an NHS hospital to have something done and lord knows how often they fuck up!

Your 4 years younger than me. Your taller than me too! What size are you in clothes?

Have you struggled with weight a long time?
I wouldn't risk it OP in UK or Turkey.

Can you not try a personal trainer before taking other drastic routes?

I'd look into other options than a band. I've looked after a few patients who have had nasty gastric band complications years down the line. Think gastric sleeves are more common now.

Go easy on yourself btw OP, your body is literally growing another human right now!

The restricted diet afterwards would make you lose the weight without the surgery, it's tough going.