YellowLedbetter

I have had the lap band since 2007 - I had a hard time a year in with to much a fill. I suffered for a year b/c the front desk lady would not let me come back in bc she was mad at b/c i called her out on a few billing issues. I finally just so happen to call one day with their phones were in transition and it went to the dr.'s phone and he answered!!! Oh I was so happy to talk to him and he said he down here asap I will see you immediately! Well he took some of the fill out and thats been since 2009 - i have been on heart burn meds since 2004 and it has gotten worse since I got the lap band. This past 3 weeks I have been getting more worse and vomiting 4-7 times a day! I vomited once every couple of weeks on a regular basis, but now I am in such bad condition. I think my band has slipped b/c it doesn't feel like it's in the same spot, I cannot sleep/lay for long periods of time w/o getting sick and now my throat is making these awful noises from air pockets. I no longer have insurance of any kind due to losing my job in june 2010 and i have been doing freelances work. I just want this out - I cannot take it anymore. I know I will get heavy again, but it's almost worth it to be able to live a normal life again and not only be able to drink tea and eat mashed potatoes. How would I find a dr willing to take this out???? I do not want to go back to my old dr b/c of the front desk lady and i never went back for regular check ups b/c of her. I just need help, I cry daily, I am sick daily and miserable!

Congrats, that is awesome!

Yeah I had my gall bladder taken out last august - which i had 2 stones the size of a half dollar and bunch of little ones. That dr said they could not believe my lap band dr missed this because those stones had to of been forming for over 10 years. i had the upper go done after that first year to see if I had any slippage, but i didn't. i just feel like now it has slipped because of all the violent vomiting i have been doing and it's in a totally different spot in my belly than it was before. i am willing to get some taken out again, but omg i dunno how much longer i can take living like this. i just feel horrible 99% of the time How much have you lost all together Amanda?

If my band has slipped, can they still take out? sorry forgot to type that.

Thank you for the link - I will call Monday morning. I only have like 3 1/2-4cc's in. Last time i was in he took out 1/2 cc.

She wouldn't let me schedule an app, she would say at first well you just had a fill give it a few weeks this is normal. then when i tried after a year she gave me the run around saying I owed money and it was due to her submitting an appeal to the medical ins co instead of the short term disability co when I was off work for the surgery - when the health ins co got the appeal it flagged my account and stopped all payments to the dr. It was all her fault, I told the dr and he apologized and said he would have a chat with her - but she still works there. I just don't know what to do, it's so bad I cannot even work a regular 8 hour job, that is part of the reason why i lost my job in 2010 - i could not perform my job and missed a lot b/c I was always sick .