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my lap band has prolapsed and is unfixable. 2 upper gi's and no fill and no change. SO.....what i'm wondering is, has anybody on here went from band to sleeve and had any leaking like i've been reading or any other trouble switching to sleeve. I don't know if i'm a candidate for it but i'm sure going to try. I've had my band for 8 years now and this is the very first time i've ever had trouble with it. NO SYMPTOMS EVER!!!!! Just found it on a regular upper gi check up. took Fluid out 8 weeks ago and second gi showed no improvement so surgeon said it has to come out. NO chance of reposition due to the prolapse will happen again, it's just a matter of when and how bad it will be second time so he won't do it. would like to know if any complications going from lap band to sleeve?? HELP!! :unsure:

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my lap band has prolapsed and is unfixable. 2 upper gi's and no fill and no change. SO.....what i'm wondering is, has anybody on here went from band to sleeve and had any leaking like i've been reading or any other trouble switching to sleeve. I don't know if i'm a candidate for it but i'm sure going to try. I've had my band for 8 years now and this is the very first time i've ever had trouble with it. NO SYMPTOMS EVER!!!!! Just found it on a regular upper gi check up. took Fluid out 8 weeks ago and second gi showed no improvement so surgeon said it has to come out. NO chance of reposition due to the prolapse will happen again, it's just a matter of when and how bad it will be second time so he won't do it. would like to know if any complications going from lap band to sleeve?? HELP!! :unsure:

Aww man!!!! I am so sorry!!! As you know I am in the same situation. They will only remove my band because my BMI is 23. No reversion to sleeve. I have had my band for three years with no complications until I got a Tummy Tuck. I am soo disappointed!!!!! Keep informed on what they tell you.

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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.

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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 don't think you should have a problem if you have a good doctor that is willing to fight for you!! I found out that the doctor who told me he could do anything was wrong. My new doctor said my BMI would not be an issue if there is something wrong with the band. I believe that I never had a slipped band. I will find out on Thursday. I am not sure what the reason was for the doctor to tell me my band slipped. All I can think of is that he didn’t want anything to do with me and my band. There is another patient that is having similar problems with this doctor but so far, we are the only two. Everyone just loves this doctor. It almost like cult and he is the profit. I am so angry that he has put me through all this stress!!!!

Good Luck!!! I know that it will all work out for you! :D

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i sure hope not juliannabaca@yahoo.com. i def do have a slip. I've had 2 upper gi's done and the doc has looked at both of them with the radiologist and it's def got to come out. My band is one of the very first one's they started with in 2006 and it doesn't have a buckle where they can go in and just unbuckle it for a few months AND he said this band, being the very first ones ever used, were not designed to stay in as long as i've had it. So, hopefully the insurance will approve the surgery to remove band AND do the sleeve in one surgery. This is a new dr i'm using and he seems to be pretty confident in my insurance company which is United Healthcare so i'm hoping to find out soon.

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I had the original band in 2005 (lost 140 lbs) and just had the sleeve put in on May, 12th..I had the revision of the lap band in 2010 and gained back 60 lbs... band apparently didn't woke. & constantly vomitting. The insurance company did approve the sleeve but I had to go through the six months process. I must say, the recovery was nothing like the revision of the band.. I though did have allot of scar tissue that had to be cleaned up from the band . I went yesterday for my follow up appointment and down 19 lbs... :D

Good luck!

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i sure hope not juliannabaca@yahoo.com. i def do have a slip. I've had 2 upper gi's done and the doc has looked at both of them with the radiologist and it's def got to come out. My band is one of the very first one's they started with in 2006 and it doesn't have a buckle where they can go in and just unbuckle it for a few months AND he said this band, being the very first ones ever used, were not designed to stay in as long as i've had it. So, hopefully the insurance will approve the surgery to remove band AND do the sleeve in one surgery. This is a new dr i'm using and he seems to be pretty confident in my insurance company which is United Healthcare so i'm hoping to find out soon.

Sorry. I guess i didn't explain myself very well. I don't think that you should have a problem with the insurance company as long as you have a doctor that is willing to support you and it sound like you do. I believe that I never had a slipped band. I don’t know why the 1st doctor told me that. The 2nd doctor is willing to fight the insurance company to get the reversion or band fixed but I don’t have one. Sorry, I didn’t mean to offend you in any way.

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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!!

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ok, cruisette i'm confused, lol doesn't take much for me. You got a 2nd band and it didn't take?? or you went from band to sleeve and it didn't take?? where did the 60 lb weight gain come from??

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