My insurance doesn't cover it, but i have oppted to pay cash for it (if i get approved for RNY). it is supposed to help keep you from streatching out your pouch and is supposed to decrease the chance of regain because it helps you to keep the full fealing years after surgery....that is what i gather so far. I just wanted to know if anyone has had one and how they feel about their decision. PS if i have got the facts wrong...set me straight please. i want to know what i am getting myself into. thanks for any reply!

My insurance doesn't cover it' date=' but i have oppted to pay cash for it (if i get approved for RNY). it is supposed to help keep you from streatching out your pouch and is supposed to decrease the chance of regain because it helps you to keep the full fealing years after surgery....that is what i gather so far. I just wanted to know if anyone has had one and how they feel about their decision. PS if i have got the facts wrong...set me straight please. i want to know what i am getting myself into. thanks for any reply![/quote']

I'm gonna look this up. I never heard of it.

Silastic Ring in Gastric Bypass The successful utilization of silastic gastric rings to control the stoma size in vertical banded gastroplasty, has led bariatric surgeons to use both silastic rings and Marlex bands in gastric bypass procedures, (eg. Fobi Pouch) to maintain the stoma size and reduce stretching. Ring circumference is typically larger than that provided for in primary bariatric procedures, so that their regulatory effect is only triggered after some degree of stretching of the pouch has occurred. A Silastic Ring Gastric Bypass with a 6.0 cm ring achieves equivalent weight loss to one with a 5.5 cm ring, but with better quality of eating, and less prospect of requiring ring removal. However, there remains a small proportion of patients in whom a 6.0 cm ring is poorly tolerated. For this reason a 6.5 cm ring should be tested.

Thanks for the reply. I have read more and think I an going to God through with it. I wonder what size he uses...