KristeyK

I am in the process of trying to get this danged lap band removed and converted to a sleeve. (Just waiting on my PCP to fax over some records so the dr's office can submit for insurance approval.) Worse comes to worse, the insurance will deny the revision, but I WILL have this stupid thing taken out of me!!! (Was banded in May, 2008.) Like most of you, I have had nothing but heartache with this band. Constant heartburn, hyperemesis (LOTS of vomiting), sliming, hiccups, pain at the port site- just no slippage praise the Lord. (I can only imagine how much MORE that would hurt.) I REALLY wish I would have listened to my surgeon when he tried to shy me away from having the band done. He even went as far to ask me if it was OK to say "told you so" yet. LOL! (We also have a working relationship, so it was indeed in jest.) Anyway, if I am approved, I'll be having it done the last FULL week of August, on my break from nursing school. (It's only a week long break, MAN i hope I heal just as quickly as I have with other surgeries.) The countdown is ON!!! YAY!!!! (I have GREAT insurance, so I am fairly confident that they'll approve the surgery.) I look forward to getting to know everyone!

I'm not an RN YET....last day of school is August 17, 2012. YAY!!!! Wanna talk about feeling like a HUGE (pun intended) hypocrite? I'm doing my med-surg clinical right now. So far, two of my three days have been spent with post-op WLS patients. (One RNY, one VSG.) However, those two and a few others I have gone to "kick out of bed to ambulate" have commented on how nice it was not to have a skinny little thing tell them to get up and move. So who wants to help me with my care plans??? LOL!!!! Oh! And I AM in Arizona. HA HA HA. (Tucson. Blech)

The other surgeon in his office is Patrick Chaisson. He's the one who did my lap band and will be taking it out and doing the sleeve for me. He's WONDERFUL. The entire office, and Gail, are great to deal with.