Elipse Weight Loss Balloon - Monkhouse Surgical

15/03/2022

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/mums-almost-immediate-24lb-weight-23390286

'I feel fitter than I have in a decade. I’m so glad I’ve done this for myself.'

06/12/2021

The Allurion balloon…

03/10/2021

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CUk-9MUpE-m/?utm_medium=copy_link

17/08/2021

Updated webpage

The Allurion weight loss balloon pill If you struggle to lose the weight on diet and exercise alone and have a BMI of 27 or greater the Allurion swallowable pill may be the answer. The Allurion weight loss balloon pill (formerly

06/08/2021

Our incredible patients, Vix and Georgie, sharing their journey on the Allurion programme- outpatient stomach balloon with a dietician led programme to change your relationship with food in the long term … and lose 10-15% body weight ⁣
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06/08/2021

28/07/2021

The Allurion Elipse balloon programme now comes with an additional health coach provided to work on the psychology around eating behaviour. This is for a limited time as we are part of an international trial. The real success from the programme comes from the long term change in relationship with food. We provide a registered experienced dietician for you and assign them for the whole 4 months- no online courses, an actual person!

At our Weybridge site we can also price match any sequential balloon offers you may have seen advertised elsewhere. Sequential balloons are where you have a second balloon after the first- the evidence suggests that weight loss is 50% of the first with a higher intolerance rate so it’s not for everyone but we have seen some great success with sequential balloons.

We remain the only U.K. centre of excellence for the procedure and I have personally placed over 460 balloons.

Below is a Q&A about the Allurion Elipse balloon and a live insertion of a trickier balloon..

Feel free to ask any questions in the comments
Live Q&A on Elipse

https://www.facebook.com/weightlosssurgeryUK/videos/421167205179322/

Live placement of an Elipse

https://fb.watch/4v7lrLVhSZ/

25/07/2021

Fabulous progress for our Allurion Elipse balloon pair Georgie and Vix

04/07/2021

So the NHS is getting busier and busier and the pressures we would normal see on bad winter days are now a daily “summer” occurrence. Last week we had -81 beds which essentially means there were 81 more patients than beds in the hospital. Staff have emerged from the covid pandemic straight into a new problem and quite frankly everyone is exhausted. The good will is fading, the “going the extra mile” mindset is turning into “doing enough to survive” mindset. What I noticed the other day is that there is a suggestion of tunnel vision going on. No longer the panoramic appreciation of the bigger picture, rather a blinkered focus on the immediate surroundings. This worries me and there are going to be casualties

I can see it in my own life. Too busy to notice the subtle signs of mental distress in those around me. I’m not talking overt crisis, I’m talking subtleties. Too busy to notice colleagues behaving differently, too busy to notice patients reaching out, too busy to notice the kids interacting differently. There’s always a plausible explanation-with the kids it’s hormones kicking in, with the work colleagues it’s workplace stress, with the patients it’s lockdown troubles.. but what are we missing? Why is everything that bit different ?

I think I have the answer. It’s because we no longer just stop and be. There’s always something to do. Taking time to do nothing and just observe is so cathartic - somtimes words are not needed, sometimes the conversation is not necessary- but time to hold, hug and time to breathe is everything.
Putting the phone down, turning off the tele, going for a walk. All these easy things to do, make such a difference.

I implore you to do this. Just take time to notice and time to be. Don’t lose the bigger picture before it’s too late. Remove the blinkers and engage the peripheral vision.

Someone near to you needs that hug.

Have a great Sunday x

03/07/2021

Georgie and Vix- besties and both had their Elipse balloons with us. Absolutely smashing their journeys
Now we are offering patients additional psychological support (voluntary) in package too as part of an international trial (only a handful of centres worldwide selected for this)