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Blog 66484

A blog by caesarac in General

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A weight loss surgery blog by caesarac on BariatricPal. 3 entries on surgery, recovery and progress.

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Final update on the leak... I hope!

These past five months have been nothing but hectic on my end. Trying to battle classes, work, and figuring out how I am going to pay for this next surgery, while still maintaining my sanity has been extremely difficult. At first the doctor decided that he wanted to get this surgery done as soon as possible and that he would lend me the money and I would just pay them $100 per month. Sounds nice.. but at the same time I'm already paying for the initial surgery and the port revision surgery payme

Update on the leak...

So I went back to the doctor Friday to find out that the leak is actually in my band.. something that my doctor has never had happen to any of his patients and has rarely ever heard about from other doctors. Luckily, the company of the Realize Band are willing to replace the band for free, but I still have to pay for the hospital fees and anesthesia.. another $2300 after the useless port revision surgery I had 2 weeks ago. I think that I am really just annoyed at the fact that I had no idea that

Just had a port replacement, but they found no leak!

At the beginning of April I all of a sudden had no restriction and was able to eat anything. I went for a fill thinking that I had just waited awhile and that maybe the band just loosened after losing weight, but still no restriction. I went back the next week and got another fill, and yet still no restriction so they decided to check to see how much fluid there was. They were only able to pull out 3cc, when my chart said that I should have had a little more than 9cc. She gave me a fill of 4cc (

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