Gastric bypass after lap band?
I have my band out now and am try to convert to a sleeve. If the stomach heals OK, I get the insurance to over turn their new policy for one in a
lifetime or get enough to get it in Mexico.
Yes, it is possible.
BAND REMOVED 9-4-12-fought insurance to get sleeve and won! Sleeved 1/22/13! Five years out and trying to get that last 15 pounds back off.
Hello, I'm new to this forum. I to had the lap band surgery. I had it in May of 2010. The results have not been to good, I've only lost 25 lbs and now I'm starting to gain it back. I try to modify my diet but it isn't helping. Can't find a good place for my band adjustments. It is either too loose or too tight. I am in the process of getting mine revised to gastric. To do this you have to be at least 2 years out and you still have to go through pre-surgery tests and classes plus whatever your insurance requires. Don't be afraid to talk to your Surgeon he /she have heard it before and will not judge you, they just want to help. I was approved by my insurance co for the revision which was to happen on Sept. 16th but my insurance co was changed and now I have to re-apply to my new insurance co. Hopefully they will approve it! P.S I had to have an upper GI, blood work, see the nutritionist and the physiologist all over again before she would send in the letter of necessity. But thankfully I don't have to go through it again and they just sent in the letter to my new insurance company. DON"T be ashamed to talk to your Dr about a revision. I have been reading that more and more banders are revising to Gastric.Good luck and keep in touch!! Hope this helps.
on 8/17/13 3:18 am
Hello, I'm new to this forum. I to had the lap band surgery. I had it in May of 2010. The results have not been to good, I've only lost 25 lbs and now I'm starting to gain it back. I try to modify my diet but it isn't helping. Can't find a good place for my band adjustments. It is either too loose or too tight. I am in the process of getting mine revised to gastric. To do this you have to be at least 2 years out and you still have to go through pre-surgery tests and classes plus whatever your insurance requires. Don't be afraid to talk to your Surgeon he /she have heard it before and will not judge you, they just want to help. I was approved by my insurance co for the revision which was to happen on Sept. 16th but my insurance co was changed and now I have to re-apply to my new insurance co. Hopefully they will approve it! P.S I had to have an upper GI, blood work, see the nutritionist and the physiologist all over again before she would send in the letter of necessity. But thankfully I don't have to go through it again and they just sent in the letter to my new insurance company. DON"T be ashamed to talk to your Dr about a revision. I have been reading that more and more banders are revising to Gastric.Good luck and keep in touch!! Hope this helps.
Sorry you are going through this, it is far too common. Many people have no sweet spot/green zone, It's common.
What is gastric? Gastric sleeve? Gastric bypass? Sorry but gastric means stomach. ;o)
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