lauriearnold

yeah i had a Tummy Tuck and breast lift and Lipo to my side flanks and something in me didn't feel right either. the only thing i knew was for sure was that i was eating more and wasn't feeling full. i switched lap band dr's cause the one in memphis was a horrible man and he wouldn't run any tests on me, just kept telling me i was just eating too much. when i switched dr's last month, my old dr wouldn't tell my new dr anything so they did the fluro to see what type band i had and how much was in it and that's when they found the stomach prolapse(what the fluro tech called it). now i'm on all liquids for a while and then get to move to creamy with no kind of chunks whatsoever until Wednesday. then i can slowly start adding 3 oz of soft food

yes 2muchfun my stomach migrated through it over the past year. They don't know how or why but said it happens and there's nothing they can really do about it but to take it out. He told me that this is a chance you take when you do the lap band and have a foreign object in your body. After a while your body starts to reject it and that's what has happened. No saving it at all!!

yeah it's not a good feeling to know you've done everything like your suppose too and still have your band slip. they can't explain why, they say it just happens over time. I'm 8 years out and never had a problem. they just did a fluro on me last week to see how things were going cause i felt like i was eating more and they found it. it will NOT correct, no replacement cause stomach is damaged and insurance won't pay for anything else cause bmi is 30. just really scared right now.

thank you so much you guys for all your information. i'm not gonna give up yet!! i'm going to keep on until they get sick of me

i they are really being a butt and not getting in any hurry. glad this isn't an emergency yet!!! that's what i'm afraid of, they're going to wait so long and i'm going to be in the ER having major surgery over this when it doesn't have to be.

ive been dealing the UHC since May now waiting to see if they are going to pay for my revision but after talking to them today they said #1 my bmi is only 30 and #2 my insurance will only cover 1 bariatric surgery for lifetime. It's still at the insurance waiting patiently to find out. i guess what i'm needing to know if anyone with UHC had a revision with a bmi less then 35 and UHC cover it???

so far so good. The plication appears to be doing well and it might get me through the rough spots. I haven't gained any weight and I am back out walking 2 miles plus a day. I am feeling much better. I do miss my band and I am very sad that it is gone. I had done a lot of research and I was sold on the band. I guess it was just not in the cards for me to keep it. The doctor said I had had a "significant slip" and that almost 1/3 my stomach had come up through the band. With all the Vomiting the stomach became swollen and well, there was no way it was going to go back down and behave. The blood I was throwing up was the lining of my stomach and the part that was through the band was going to die if he did not remove the band. Scary stuff !!! So, I move on - bandless - but still with plication (thank heavens). I am still getting weekly shots of B12 and B1 as I was very run down. But, I have to look on the bright side - 124 fat, ugly, unhealthy pounds are gone. I need to maintain and loose a few more but keep up the good, healthy habits I got over the past 2 1/2 yrs. My knees thank me every day..I can do this..I hope..
Melinda in Florida

NO, NO, NO Juliannabaca you did NOT offend me in anyway girl. Please don't think you did cause you did NOT!!! I hope and pray your second surgeon can get this ok'd for you. We all have to stick together and hope and pray for nothing but good news for you too!!

went for psych evaluation yesterday and talked to the dr and his insurance girl that deals with insurance and both seem to think there will be no prob with insurance approving a revision due to me being 5 ft and still have 35 lbs to lose and bmi is 30.5 and still in the obese category. they are now working with insurance and hope to find out something soon juliannabaca@yahoo.com. I will keep you informed as i find out.

I was banded in 2005 and revised to sleeve in 4/2014....So far I have no regrets and No complications. I am 20 pounds down and have been feeling normal since day 3 of coming home from the one night stay at the hospital...We are all different and we will all have different results and different feelings. I really like my Sleeve and its nothing like the band, no throwing up,no stuck food, no fills and unfills, no being too tight at night. Good luck with your journey and decision.

that is great!!!

thank you so much girls. i will keep you posted. today i am working on the paperwork i have to fill out again and listening to the seminar online. I have to watch it cause at the end i have to take a short quiz about what he talked about so he knows i watched it and it sends him the results. this could take all day today, lol. i am so happy. i will keep you both posted.

ok Laura71 and Juliannabaca@yahoo.com just got back from the dr and he said i have a minor slip but it's just enough that it won't repair itself so since i have the very 1st band they ever come out with and they have no buckle to just go in and pop it off and let it go back to normal in 3 months he suggested to just go the sleeve. So, he's dealing with my insurance and as soon as we find out something they're either going to replace my whole band since it's so old or do the sleeve but the dr is suggesting sleeve so i won't have to deal with all this again. So, thank you so much to everyone for all the prayers!!!! I can't tell you how much i appreciate all of you through this. I will keep you updated Julianna and Laura. Mine didn't go back down Juliannabaca because my band is the first "model", lol, he said they ever come out with and it needs to be either totally replaced or sleeve but he's pushing the sleeve so i won't have that pressure back on my stomach and he's going to do it all the same day. No Mexico for me!!!

it's such a coincidence that i've been thinking about this and i have a friend that messages me on fb that lives 15 miles from me that went to Mexico and had it done 3 months ago, so if i don't get the results i want to hear tomorrow, i'll be going to her dr in Mexico. It was $8700 she said for everything except the flight Laura71. i'll keep you posted tomorrow.

Laura71, so glad your doing so well. i go to the surgeon tomorrow at 10:40 to see where we go from here but i already know he said the band comes out so i'm hoping he'll do some wriggle work with my insurance and get them to pay for the sleeve. keep me posted and i will let you know tomorrow after i get out what the doc said. be good and obey doc, girl.

yeah i had a Tummy Tuck and breast lift and Lipo to my side flanks and something in me didn't feel right either. the only thing i knew was for sure was that i was eating more and wasn't feeling full. i switched lap band dr's cause the one in memphis was a horrible man and he wouldn't run any tests on me, just kept telling me i was just eating too much. when i switched dr's last month, my old dr wouldn't tell my new dr anything so they did the fluro to see what type band i had and how much was in it and that's when they found the stomach prolapse(what the fluro tech called it). now i'm on all liquids for a while and then get to move to creamy with no kind of chunks whatsoever until Wednesday. then i can slowly start adding 3 oz of soft food

i had no symptoms at all except weight gain. they did the fluroscope Wednesday morning and that's how they found mine. she said with me having no chest pain, no reflux, no throwing up that i prob caught it early so i'm hoping liquids will fix it and no surgery.

i too just found out i have a band slippage. they have me on a liquid diet right now. Not sure how bad the slippage is but he said if it was real bad i'd be in the hospital right now having surgery. They fully unfilled me and am now on liquids since Wednesday morning 2/26. is there a chance that my band will go back to normal with me doing Clear Liquids for couple weeks and after that creamy liquids like Protein drink, pudding, Soup, etc.......so is the chance of it fixing itself better then it not??

Laura71, so glad your doing so well. i go to the surgeon tomorrow at 10:40 to see where we go from here but i already know he said the band comes out so i'm hoping he'll do some wriggle work with my insurance and get them to pay for the sleeve. keep me posted and i will let you know tomorrow after i get out what the doc said. be good and obey doc, girl.

oh man, you guys have just given me some hope. please say a prayer for me that my dr will work with me and my insurance to get this done and ins will pay for procedure. i need this so much. i did everything i was told to try and save this band but it didn't work and my heart just broke. i go wednesday so hoping and praying for a good outcome.

yes 2muchfun my stomach migrated through it over the past year. They don't know how or why but said it happens and there's nothing they can really do about it but to take it out. He told me that this is a chance you take when you do the lap band and have a foreign object in your body. After a while your body starts to reject it and that's what has happened. No saving it at all!!

your in my prayers girl

I would love to hear about your experience. I am seriously considering going to Mexico. When are you having surgery?

so sorry Juliannabaca@yahoo.com i believe we caught mine early enough that i think we saved it. i don't ever want mine removed. i have no liquid right now and have a lot more restriction then i did with 3cc of Fluid in me. not going to sleeve either, ins won't pay, bmi too low