“The pre-op support and the follow-up planning were more thorough than anything the NHS waiting list would have given me.”
I'd been on an NHS waiting list for bariatric surgery for almost three years with no clear timeline, and my health was getting worse while I waited. As a nurse myself, I wanted to be sure whatever I chose privately met a genuinely high clinical standard, not just a fast one.
My coordinator sent me the bariatric programme's protocols, surgeon credentials and post-op support structure before I committed to anything — which, frankly, was more transparency than I'd gotten from some private options in the UK.
I spent twelve days in Thailand: pre-op assessment, the gastric sleeve procedure itself, four nights in hospital, and follow-up consultations before I was cleared to fly. The dietitian support was structured and detailed, with a written plan I could hand to my GP when I got home.
A year on, I've lost the weight I was aiming for and my coordinator helped arrange remote check-ins with the surgical team along the way. It felt like a proper clinical pathway, not a one-off procedure.
Laparoscopic gastric sleeve, 4-night hospital stay, with a structured 12-month remote follow-up plan.
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