Eight Years banded

Hislady -

I have been reading some of your posts on this site and you have been a great help to me and you didn't even know it. I think insurance will remove it, I just have to pay to have the revision. I don't want two surgeries, so hopefully we can work something out.

  Depends on the damage. I ve had so much damage with the band  I couldn't revise for a min of six weeks if I wanted to  Band was out last week after 8 years and 130 lb weight loss

After six years, the problems became more and more severe until life threatening. So it had to go. Problems were dialated esophagus. Multiple ulcers and sever gastritis. Huge hiatus hernia requiring mesh to repair, gerd reflux thickened esophagus   Regurgitation and aspirational pnomonia.  Even without any fluid in it, stoma swelled where I couldn't drink fluids.  I had a good eight year run. Best  of luck to you

Hi Steven,

I'm glad you were able to get the band out and I hope you heal well. Your experience is very familiar. I also have ulcers, severe gastritis, hiatal hernia... those bands really do a number on a person's body. I'm sorry you went through it. You're the second person this week who has mentioned having aspiration pneumonia due to the band! Wishing you the best with healing.  Thanks for sharing... I'm sure you've helped someone else who is going through similar things.  

I saw my doctor this am. He took out some of the fluid, explained that all my pain was from the band ( which we already knew that) ordered a EGD test. The barium showed inflammation above my band and I have not been having any eating problems, but I saw it. So, we will do the EGD test, see what it says, see what insurance will say to get it out. IF they do take it out, I'm sure I will have the pay the difference for the revision.  This will just take one step at a time and hopefully with my adventure I can help someone else with the same concerns as me.

On a funny note: When I was having the x-ray, I noticed a heart shaped object by band and asked, " What is that"? Turns out it was the Victoria Secret heart from my bra !!! LOL

That is hilarious snicker doodle ! 

Dint be so sure that your insurance won't pay for a revision !!! I thinning is close to approval . 

What I meant to say before auto correct is... Don't just assume that insurance won't cover a revision, I thought the same thing but I believe I am getting close to an aproval to revise. I also wanna say that I woke up from my lap and surgery complaining of pain in my left shoulder. Of course everyone said it was gas , the only problem is.... It never went away. Every time I ate for 7 years I had shoulder pain, even if I hardly ate a bite . 

Still just waiting to see what insurance says.

I hope you get better news than me. They denied my appeal so I get one more shot at this then I'm contacting the attorney listed on the forum I can't think of the name maybe Nordstrom 

Good luck. I was so sick with my band. All stopped when I had it removed. Have been on an eating mission ever since, which amazed me, it was like a switch was flipped and I was back to what I was like before the band. Hardly surprising I guess snice they had removed it, but it had been there for 8 years, maybe I was lulled into thinking I could eat normally, band or no band. Huge mistake! Rny next Tuesday, happy days. :)

Good luck to you - keep me posted. I'm not really sick, just more in pain. I just want it out and will try for the sleeve next.