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Good morning, I suffer from ulcers as well it's on my connection between the stomach and small intestine, and believe me it's so very painful,it flairs up at time sometimes I have go back on the med for the ulcer,but I don't regret the long journey
Hi coleen,my name is lydia,and I had a rny in 02 as well I weighed 336,and I gained back the weight over the years,so I looked into the lab and and I had it in 2013,and ND now I'm down to 155 sometimes it fluctuate, but I know that I don't regret the journey,now I just want to get my arms done,but I don't know how to get my insurance to pay for it
DS= Duodenal Switch the "Platinum of WL surgeries" at the top of the page you have hover your mouse over the Forums and a Drop down will highlight all the Surgeries , just click on Duodenal Switch and view that forum or GOOGLE DS
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Your Dr. needs to do a Flush Fill or even a fill done under Fluoroscopy. In the first they remove all Saline and Check the records to make sure what they placed in your band is still there. the Latter is to actually view on X-rays the Saline being put into the port.
A replacement of the tubing is SURGERY, IMHO that's not Easy.
Aspiration is because the band was too tight and can cause pneumonia even death if aspirated into the lungs.
So sorry that you had post -op complications from your C-section :( but you Need to find out what is happening with your band.
A high index of suspicion is required for diagnosis of band erosion as most patients are asymptomatic. When symptomatic, complaints related to erosion include loss of restriction, nonspecific epigastric pain, gastrointestinal bleeding, intra-abdominal abscesses or port-site infection.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3038361/?report=classic
No word yet. The dr was supposed to start the approval process Thursday . I'm going to check on it tomorrow.
How's your process of getting that band revised to sleeve going ? I'll be revised to sleeve may 9
Many of us have had upper GIs that showed no problems at all as well as scopes that showed not great but not terrible either ... A lot of problems are found only when they go to remove the band. I went through the exact same thing as you . Each test came back ok and I had to really push for them to keep looking. I was shocked at the resistance I met for someone to listen to me that something was not right. I'm having my band removed and revised to a sleeve....finally after 3 denials and an uphill battle with insurance . I have vagus nerve damage from the band and I started seeking help with a 20 lb regain that has led to 45-50 lb regain because of the continued vomiting and inability to eat anything remotely healthy. I really hope that you get help to get your band removed if it's causing you problems. Please keep us updated .
That's excellent news! I'm very happy for you!
Avoid kemmerling, Green Bay, WI
Good news is ... If you have a hole in your tubing ... It's an easy fix . Worse case scenario they would have to revise to a new band or a different procedure
I JUST RECEIVED a call from my insurance company that ..... She isn't sure what happen or why, but her boss just called her and told her I was approved for my revision surgery and I don't have to wait for the council meeting on May 24.
I DO KNOW what happen .... They were denying me for bogus reasons and I'm desperate and tired of playing their games and jumping through hoops so I called the UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR !!! They got involved and contacted my insurance company. The department of labor got on their butts !!!
Anyways .... This band is coming out May 9 th !!!!!! Woohoo thank you for all of the love and support on this board, and I'll be checking in on the revision board as well!
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