Lap Band Revision to the Sleeve

[jcb123 115]

I had my band put in in 2012. I lost 50lbs then I started to have major acid reflex, here there was too much liquid in the band. They ended up taking it all out and I gained all my weight back plus 40 POUNDS Beyond devastated. Scheduled to have my band removed and sleeve conversion on 10/24/17. Praying I am able to lose all my weight but it is scary once you try a bariatric surgery and it doesn't end up working the way it should. My doctors office no longer performs lap band surgery. Wish I was self-pay when I got my lap band and paid $17,000. To have it come out and not have worked is just so mind boggling. Such is life I suppose........

Edited October 10, 2017 by jcb123

[vsulize2 1]

I finally received a call from my surgeons office to schedule my surgery (January 3rd), now they will submit that to my insurance to see if it's approved. This is such a huge hassle to get this going. My surgeons office took 5 weeks to review my chart before scheduling and submitting to insurance. So now I have to wait another 2 months to do anything else. My band was removed a year ago now and I've regained 88% of my weight.

[jcb123 115]

Hi All, I had the lap band back in 2009 and in 3 years I lost 103lbs. At that time I started trying to have a baby and that proved to be very difficult. After many miscarriages I finally had a baby 4 years later (after 2 round of IVF. During my struggles with infertility things seemed off with my band though I was preoccupied with trying to conceive and I didn't really care too much. Due to an ectopic pregnancy I had emergency surgery to have a fallopian tube removed and even that surgeon said that she took at look at my band and it "didn't look right" to her. Now that my baby is a year old I've been thinking about going back to my baratric surgeon. As of right now I've gained half of my weight loss back. I also just got a letter from my surgeon's office stating that greater than 50% of band patients are having revisions due to ineffectiveness of the band, food intolerance, band slipping, and heartburn/erosion. I'm pretty sure I have all of those things.

I'm a little nervous about a new surgery but I can't live the way I have been living anymore.

I had my lap band put in in 2012. Lost 50lbs was experiencing severe reflux and it had to be completely drained. I was self pay so there went $17,000 down the drain [emoji15] I just had my lap band conversion to the VGS on Tuesday and my insurance paid 100% thank god. It’s tough but I know it will all be worth it. Good luck.

[KarenOR 180]

On 9/9/2017 at 9:02 AM, breprih said:

Hi All,

I had the lap band back in 2009 and in 3 years I lost 103lbs. At that time I started trying to have a baby and that proved to be very difficult. After many miscarriages I finally had a baby 4 years later (after 2 round of IVF. During my struggles with infertility things seemed off with my band though I was preoccupied with trying to conceive and I didn't really care too much. Due to an ectopic pregnancy I had emergency surgery to have a fallopian tube removed and even that surgeon said that she took at look at my band and it "didn't look right" to her. Now that my baby is a year old I've been thinking about going back to my baratric surgeon. As of right now I've gained half of my weight loss back. I also just got a letter from my surgeon's office stating that greater than 50% of band patients are having revisions due to ineffectiveness of the band, food intolerance, band slipping, and heartburn/erosion. I'm pretty sure I have all of those things.

I'm a little nervous about a new surgery but I can't live the way I have been living anymore.

How did it go? Did you put rocks in your pockets?