Hello everyone,
I am doing an update. I ended up going to Urgent Care on a Thursday, he ruled out my heart. He said it was my band being to tight and that I needed to immediately see my bariatric surgeon which I did that same day. My bariatric surgeon was a little baffled because I was not showing the typical signs of a lap band slip, I could eat and drink and no trouble with that even with my restriction. But as a precaution he emptied out my band and told me to get and upper GI if I did not feel better by the next day. So It is Friday and I start having worse pain, I call every provider that does Upper GI's with contract and the earliest I could schedule was over a week away. I scheduled it and decided to wait. So now it is Saturday, I did not sleep at all and the pain actually got worse, I went to the ER and they checked me in right away, they ran all these tests and ruled out anything to do with my heart, the ER physician actually thought it was a muscle that I may have pulled but then I told him that I saw my bariatric physician and that he gave me an order for an Upper GI with Contrast, he walked out made a few calls and came back and said he was going to do the upper GI with contract. I got the Upper GI with Contrast done, everything was normal, he said my band looked fine and no hiatal hernials or anything. He determined I did have a tear and a chest strain from the vomitting and gave me pain killers. Then told me to see my bariatric doc as a follow up. Here I am today, the pain went away, still have a little ache when I do strenous exercise but nothing major.
Here is where it gets interesting....I went to my bariatric surgeons yesterday. I have two, I saw a different one than the one that unfilled me, but still one of my surgeon. I gave them the CD with the XRAYS he looked them over, walks into my room and tells me I have a slip. I died a little inside. i started asking questions and he took me over to the XRAYS and showed me. This is where I am confused and consider maybe getting another opinion. He showed me all the scans with the contrast illuminating my stomach and I could see my band, he said those were all normal no signs of a slip. Then he showed me ONE slide that did not have contrast, I could not even see my stomach and he said your band is supposed to sit 45 degrees and here it is not, your stomach could be above it. We go back to the room and I am confused because I am showing no symptoms, every other slide points to me not having a slip except that one which did not even show my stomach. I am confused, beyond belief. He is going to talk to the radiologist. maybe get another upper GI.. He even offered me to have surgery to fix it TODAY. I keep thinking to myself that maybe he just wants money since my change of insurance doesn't cover lapbands. Anyways he is going to call me in a week to discuss.
Anyone ever hear of a slip like this or anything like this happening?
Sorry this was so long. It is the only place I can talk about this.
