ShrinkyDinkMe22

Thanks :-)

Yeah my barbaric surgeon said Barretts is a contraindication for the sleeve and he wouldn't do it and won't do it for anyone that has it. He is a great guy and I really wanted him to perform mine. So when all his happened I of course was so excited But now I'm also scared lol. It's all so real now.

These last 24 hours have been crazy. For some who might remember back in September I was diagnosed with Barretts and told I could either have rny or find a new surgeon who would still do the surgery. Well I got a second opinion and I do not have Barretts! The test was wrong. My Dr called me at 8pm last night at home to discuss and said I could have the surgery. So I went from probably not having it to they submitted my case to insurance today! Wow I'm a mixed bag of emotions right now!!!! I just had to share with you all. I will hopefully be sleeved by the end of the year. Woohoo.

Thanks!

thanks ladies. i truly appreciate it. today has been a little light at the end of the tunnel that i felt like was closing in on me .

had my second opinion today regarding my barrett's esophagus diagnosis and found out that he and my surgeon spoke prior to my appointment today (big plus in my book). the new dr today is 99% sure that i do not have barrett's and that i should still be able to get the surgery (YAY!!!). he said, which i also read online, that you can usually see barrett's visually and not just by biopsy. he and the surgeon both reviewed my pictures and the 2nd opinion dr said i should be able to go ahead with it. he is going to redo the egd just to make sure. so i am scheduled to have that november 19th. i'm trying to not get too excited yet as i still have to jump through this hoop but its looking promising . thanks all just had to share.

Whenever someone mentions Chicago I have to chime in. I'm in the Northwest burbs Howdy neighbors!

I was part of that Facebook group and it's gone now... Anyone know what the deal is?

http://medicalpolicy.hcsc.net/medicalpolicy/home?ctype=POLICY&cat=Surgery&path=/templatedata/medpolicies/POLICY/data/SURGERY/SUR716.003_2012-02-01#hlink

Yeppers

Thanks.

No reason to be sorry . I'm just shocked at how much they are charging. Was curious if this is standard. No wonder out system is so screwed up.

Was your performed at a dr office or hospital? I'm watching the charges roll Into my insurance the last week. I had mine at a hospital as out patient. It's almost 11k worth of charges so far! I think that's crazy! I was under for 8 minutes! My sis had one about a year or two ago at an office and I just found out hers was only 2k. I know I won't owe that 11k but a percentage. But to me that's still crazy!

Yes! I experienced that as well the next day. My guess is the dr was probably holding our mouths while we were knocked out. Made the muscles sore. But I'm just guessing.

Mine was the same as Boston George. Only difference was they gave me Propofol to knock me out. I bring that up bc I too was FREAKING put about my egd. Mainly bc I had never been knocked out before. When the dr was trying to calm me Down before he started he made a terrible joke and said 'don't worry Michael Jackson used Propofol'. And thn I said yeah but he never woke up! Everyone laughed and he started and it was over literally in 10 minutes. It's a piece of cake and I too wish someone told me what the above poster said. Good luck.

What do you want to know exactly? I had mine 9/21

I had to take the t/f test. Mine was around 338 questions or something like that. He said I passed with no problems. I also had a sit down meeting with him right after to discuss my fam, support system, how long I've been overweight etc.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002128/

So i had my follow up apt with the surgeon today to discuss my EGD findings. He showed me the scope pictures and pathology report. He said my pipes are textbook clean with the exception of one very tiny area that was slightly inflamed but just barely noticeable. That's where he took the biopsy from and that came back positive for Barrett's. Inhad no dysplasia or scaring which is awesome. He is against doing the surgery on me if I have Barrett's due to the fact if I develop esophagus cancer down the road you need your stomach so that they can remove te cancer and then make a new esophagus out of you stomach. But our plan right now is to treat the barrett's/reflux for two-three months and then rescope to see if maybe the first test was wrong. He is sending me to a different doctor to do the second scope. He keeps saying I'm such a great candidate for the surgery but he is being very conservative and feels very strongly about this being a contraindication to the sleeve. And for that I appreciate him that much more. Even though it's going to make my process a bit longer. He did state that he has had patients whos test first showed barretts and then later it didn't. Thanks to everyone who has helped me on the couple threads I posted and also those that have emailed me. I truly appreciate it. I'll see ya around.

That's awesome. You look great!

My surgeon at my consult said that some people that have reflux/gerd going into surgery that sometimes it can get worse after surgery. That's probably why the did your scope. To see how bad it is. My dr called me last week ad told me from my biopsy that I have Barrett's which in the medical field is a contraindication to having sleeve. But I have found online just over a dozen people who had Barrett's prior to surgery and were still able to get sleeved. I meet with the dr tomorrow! I'm so nervous. Good luck to you and keep us posted.

Good luck!!!! I'm the same as you. Up until my egd on the 21st of last month I've never been knocked out before. I have had IV's before. Good luck so excited for you.

What is the test they want to do? H pylori? I know my dr checked for that during my egd. But my office also does some sort of oral test to also check for that. But you can't take ppi for a least a week before.

I told mine as a heads up that I will be having surgery before the end of the year and that I will be out for 2-3 weeks. And I left it at that. That way they are not shocked when I do/if I get a date. They had plenty of notice.

i always forget about torrid. maybe because i have a lb credit card