PhatKat1127

I completely Agree Doll! I am desvestated that I tried so hard and saw such little weight loss. I wish I could go back.. I am hoping to have the sleeve this year.

Tonight I can't sleep!! As I research all avenues I really hope my New surgeon who removed my band (due to intolerance) has supported enough in the greivance process gets a BIG PHAT YES! I didn't do anything to deserve this! I followed the rules but apparently intolerance was my obstical... I pray to God I get approved for the conversion to the sleeve!

Very inspirational indeed! Didn't take much you were handsome before

I went to the mentioned site and it only references Care Credit. Is there another type of financing?

My father had the gastric bypass 10 years ago he was 500lbs and is now 245 . Mind you he is 6'2 so he looks very slim. He was very successful! But not without struggle along the way. He was my partner in the lapband adventure I has no Clue my band would be deemed unsalvageable only 1 year later. I was diagnosed with cancer and had a mass removed near my spine mid year. I never wanted this to be a failure. I couldn't cheat if I tried! I had restriction DAY one. Which wasn't the issue so much. I got to the point where I was eating 1 time per day due to vomiting. And turns out my seizures were related to extreme dehydration according to my New surgeon.

Only you can decide what's best for you. It's Unethical for a doctor to recommend one surgery over the other am Not fully disclose why they feel it's a better choice. But I wanted the sleeve day one! My lapband surgeon doesn't perform the sleeve or bypass. He told me often folks who have the sleeve gain it all back with in 2 yrs and it fails. My response... Only I can be the judge of my weight gain in the future. None the less My surgeon shouldn't have spoken ill of the Sleeve simply because was not his specialty. bottom line I never gained with the band but I never lost.. I sat steady at a 28 lb weight loss.. Even though I couldn't even swallow my own saliva. I regurgitated Water and vomited 3-4 times per week.

No doubt I was eating sliders and soups (probably with high sodium) but that was due to the fact I couldn't keep anything down with the band.. Even when the band was Completely empty. Now that the band has been removed I am still eating like I had the band small portions, no drinking while eating, and trying to focus on just quality protein. I don't want to gain it all back.

I am so sorry for what you are going through! Out of the 7 yrs of research I had done on this, I never heard LAP BAND INTOLERANCE! I am left with 12 Scars no weight loss and even worse health conditions. But as I read about it I am seeing more and more people that are going through this.

Just had mine removed just 1 yr after my surgery I had several complications with swallowing and keeping food down and NO weight loss. Aka lap band intolerance! I wish I would have had the sleeve now I am battling my surgeon and insurance company. What surgeons don't tell you is that you will spend up to 180 per month on fills and there is no Guarantee you will lose. I have never yoyo'd among 5 lbs until I had this surgery! Sleeve is one surgery and no follow up monthly cost! Do your won research bottom line!

I have been on metformin for PCOS for 5 yrs it does keep my cycles current as without it I would have no menstrual cycle at all. You must take it with food or crackers it does in fact also lead to lactic acidosis! Very very painful craping I can describe the feeling like gut wrenching contractions. Don't miss a dose. Other symptoms can be diarrhea and lead to dehydration so no sugary drinks. PCOS causes erratic insulin but as we struggle with PCOS are not Diabetic so the benefit of Metformin is to stabilize the insulin.

Besides praying every night for a solution I will have to wait for the outcome from the Grievance filed on behalf of my Surgeons office to BCBS. I have incurred $thousands$ In medical debt due To having a cancer mass removed from my back an continuing treatment. I thought of financing it but I just can't believe I had 8 initial incisions and now I have 12 scars on my abdomen and no weight loss or health benefits I feel mutilated!

So I had my lapband on 12/7/12 with Anthem BCBS. I had no trouble getting approved in 2 weeks. Then after one year of constant vomiting fills and unfills. I was only able to get 4 cc total into my 14cc band. I started to have migraines, panic attacks an finally seizures. I was never diagnosed with epilepsy. I told my surgeon every month that I was having trouble an NO substantial weight loss Every time I went into office he paid no addy entomb to my concerns! Finally (at my 1 yr Mark )he completely removed all fluid from my band and stated clearly the band was causing more harm than help and I was suffering from Band intolerance. He said he would do what ever it took to seek the sleeve for me as it was medically necessary to have the band removed immediately! I got a call from my health advocate stating I was denied a conversion. Although the Removal was Approved. I asks the advocate what was in the letter. She stated my surgeon mad no mention of my issues.. No mention of intolerance! No mention of my seizures or the fact that I was on 200 mg of antiConvulsion meds along with Prozac and Xanax. Basically I was denied since My surgeon didn't supply enough info. WTH!!! I was livid! So I got a new surgeon since my primary failed me he lied! He also said it was going to be difficult that I was the 1st to have this issue or the band removed from his office (another lie) My new surgeon confirmed by band could not be salvaged. Also through the barium swallow discovered the band was too high and even if repaired would slip right back up due to an indention That was already created. My new surgeon stated he had no respect for my previous surgeon or his techniques as a matter of fact he had already removed 25 lap bands from (MY surgeons office) in the past year alone! So my new surgeon is attempting to help me file a Grievance and hopefully bcbs will reconsider my conversion to the sleeve!

I only had my band 1year 2 months. Just had my band removed on Feb 19 2014 Due to band intolerance. Something I was never told was even a risk. I am Sooo mad and trying to have the sleeve done but so far looks like my insurance isn't gonna budge. I had it removed by my new surgeon since I feel my primary surgeon really didn't give a damn about me. The surgery wasn't too bad I am still in pain can't lay on my sides and since my 1st surgeon used mesh my Current surgeon said it would be difficult removing the port. I still have pain in my port area. I feel soo empty and much like a failure. I only lost total 20 lbs since I just yoyo'd on the additional 20 I had lost.

So now it's March 2, 2014 I no longer have the band. Due to band intolerance I was ONLY able to get in 4ccs in my 14 cc band and still had to fill and UNfill.. Repeatedly!! No weight loss!! Bottom line my primary surgeon stated that my band Needed to come out ASAP! I couldn't keep food down, vomited 3 - 4 times per week then I began to have seizures. All very strange and scared me. But I did find a second surgeon after realizing my primary surgeon had no interest in helping me. Just urged me to remove the band an wash his hands of Me! My 2nd opinion Surgeon agreed my band was Sitting TOO high and even with no fluid my esphogaus was the size of my pinky. I asked if he could move it down? He stated there is already an indention and it would just slip back up. He immediately confirmed my seizures were due to Dehydration.. Something I asked my primary surgeon about over an over and he paid no attention to my concerns.. My 2nd surgeon Made a report stating my band could not be Salvaged! It was removed 2/19/14. I gained weight rapidly after the UNfill due to the fact I was eating soups and sliders. Still couldn't tolerate protein. Starting weight 12/7/12 --224 Weight throughout the 1st year yoyo'd 196--205 Date Band fluid was removed 1/10/14 Weight 206 Date of band removal --weight 213 I am devastated! I now have 12 incisions and no weight loss results!!

Thank you all or your kind words! I am so depressed I don't want to leave the house. I work from home thank God! But I did see a coworker who asked me did you ever get the lapband?.... ???? It is extremely evident That I still appear the same ????