My fear right now is having state insurance. It's through united healthcare but still. I have a doc appt with my primary but not until December 21st. I'm not sure if I should just find a WLS and go directly to them or a GI.

Thank you so much for sharing the name of the procedure. I've seen 3 docs that advertise revisions but when I saw them in person they said they can't do anything. But I searched the name and found docs that do it as Johns Hopskin. Again, Thank you so much, I"ve been so frustrated, I hope it works for me too.

Thanks!

I'm concerned about this for myself bc the past 2 nights I can't seem to get my food to move on either. I immediately have to throw up. I've never had this before. My surgery was also staples and in February it will be 14 years. I have never had any issues with my surgery until now.

Has anyone gone through the process of getting a revision approved via Medicaid? Since it's mesically necessary would I need to do the whole 6 month program?

I had stomach stapling (that's what it was called then) approx. 32 years ago. It's been pretty uneventful (thankfully) but since June I have had difficulty keeping solids moving on to nothing but liquids now (sometimes not even that). A scope confirmed that the opening from the pouch had closed. I have had 2 stretching sessions since then without success, it just closes up. I have a consult with a Cardiothoracic surgeon in a couple of weeks. Anyone had this problem and what kind of surgery would they do to alleviate this. It's getting really old.