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Medical Professionals as myself understands that when a foreign object is introduced into your body it's a great chance of having complications because, your body is trying to reject it. My band did what it was suppose to do, while my body was and still is trying to get rid of it. After being frowned on by society, called names & hearing all kinds of fat jokes we we're just desperate to loose weight at that time and got that band to fit in.

I've had G.E.R.D. , constant vomiting, sliming, irritated esophagus, spasms of esophagus sphincter, h-pylori and etc. My band caused all of those problems for me. That's a chance we all took to loose weight.....BITTER SWEET ......Im happy with the new me but, will be having the band to sleeve revision to continue on my weightloss journey. Who's to say the sleeve want cause problems later.....a chance I'm taking once more.

No, I wouldn't even though I had a few problems and lost over 100 lbs. When I read my paperwork before being banded it spoke of realistic expectations and I expected some problems being that the Lapland Device is a Foreign Object placed in your body..... meaning you weren't born with it and a possibility that your body will start to reject the device causing not so pleasant complications.

I live in Fort Lauderdale Florida and Im having a huge problem getting a letter of medical necessity writtem correctly from my Primary care Doctor. I really dont understand him because he was the one that referred me to a Bariatric Doctor for wls. I've done everything that is required of me to get the sleeve. I'm in need of a pcp in Fort Lauderdale or near that accepts Humana so that I can get a letter of medical necessity so that I can have my procedure done.

@@BLERDgirl, yes I 've met with a Bariatric Surgeon and the letter of medical necessity is required from my pcp.

I live in Fort Lauderdale Florida and Im having a huge problem getting a letter of medical necessity writtem correctly from my Primary care Doctor. I really dont understand him because he was the one that referred me to a Bariatric Doctor for wls. I've done everything that is required of me to get the sleeve. I'm in need of a pcp in Fort Lauderdale or near that accepts Humana so that I can get a letter of medical necessity so that I can have my procedure done.

I'm changing my pcp to one that has referred patients to my Bariatric Surgeon.

I've also submitted an example letter to the person that types the letter of medical necessity and she still typed it wrong. I think that she's intentionally doing it wrong.