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Testimonials: Sam's Story

Several months ago, I reached a low point in my life. I weighed 196 kilos and was suffering from chronic reflux disease. This resulted in VERY bad heartburn even though I was on maximum medication. At night, acid would run out the corners of my mouth and burn my lips. I had been told by surgeons that I needed to surgery to correct the problems with my stomach but, at the weight I was it wouldn't work.

This is when my GP – who I have to say has been fantastic through all of this – began a battle for some sort of weight reduction surgery on my behalf. After numerous letters and e-mails to and from the Primary Care Trust, it was decided by them that they wouldn’t fund any surgery as I didn't have 'great need'!

This is when I started researching weight loss surgery myself. I hit a brick wall though, as I was expected to pay anything up to £10,000 for gastric banding surgery and this was even if I could find somebody to do it. This is when 'My Miracle' came along. My sister was reading Woman magazine and came across Sharon's story. The rest is history. I was booked into the hospital for my op less than a month later.

The whole process was trouble free. Everybody was very kind and very helpful, from the Gastric Band Service (De Montagnac Consultants) through to Dr Frering and all the hospital staff. I was never made to feel fat and stupid and even the hospital gowns and TED stockings fitted! My recovery was quick, but better still my heartburn was immediately 90% better and I was able to half my dose of medication. I started to lose weight straight away and now 3 months down the line I am 21 kilos lighter. I feel like a completely different person and my Mum says she thinks I have been taken over by Aliens! I even go to the gym 3 times a week.

I don't think I have enough words to express how happy I am with my surgery and how grateful I am to everybody who has helped me. Hopefully I will now prove my doctor wrong who once said to me that I wouldn’t make 'old bones'.