My Story. My name is Sarah, I am or was a fat person.  Four years ago I weighed 25 stone 5 lbs.  I don’t know how I got this fat, it just sort of happened.  A combination of over eating, eating the wrong foods and drinking too much wine. One morning, despite trying every diet  going I thought, my fat and ugly shape is not going to define my life.  Stop me trying new things, stop me enjoying my family, stop me starting a new relationship and most importantly stop me living a healthy life not one that was slowly killing me. I went to my local GP determined this was a once and for all effort.  I was motivated, eating a healthy diet and confident I could conquer this issue of yo yo dieting.  The GP referred me to The Derby Royal Hospital.  The bariatric team were excellent.  Two years ago I had a gastric band fitted, all worked well until a year ago it slipped and had to be removed in an emergency operation.  I still had  over 4 stone to loose to get to a healthy weight and I knew without the band or support from the bariatric team the weight would return. I consulted  Mr Sherif Awad privately to see if he could help me.  I had done research and felt I wanted to pursue a revisional bariatric procedure and selected a gastric bypass. A big decision but I was determined to complete my goal and finish my journey to become a happy healthy woman. Mr Awad was amazing, he is highly professional, knowledgable, caring and most importantly an excellent surgeon.  The operation was a success it went well, recovery was quick and I felt supported 100% of the journey. Since last August I gave lost a further 50lbs.  Now have only ten to go! I am still under the care of Mr Awad and feel able to share and contact him and his professional team with any question or concern at any time. If you are considering revisional surgery don’t delay, finish your journey reach your goal. Take the next step. Talk to Mr Awad  and start the rest if your life NOW! S.B. Nottingham