Case Study 10 Age - 39 Location - Ireland  Occupation - Kennel Manager  Procedure - Gastric Band Weight Lost - 11st "When I first got married neither of us could cook, so we lived on takeaways. Over the next few years I started to gain a lot of weight, I went to slimming clubs and even had hypnotherapy." "But then I changed to a desk job in a catering company, where I tested new recipes and the weight came back on even more." "My husband once told me how massive my backside had become!" "When we returned to Ireland to live after being in Reading, none of my old friends recognized me!" "After trying everything a gastric band was my only hope." "With the portion control that a gastric band gave me and going the gym, I'm now back to a size 12 after 20 years!" "I've gone from a size 32 to a size 12 and best of all my husband fancies my again!"