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I have a EDG done and Dr said that everything was fine and looked normal.....I am just so sick of this band. The INS denied me and the appeal cause my BMI was not 35 or above it was only 33 and my band was not the problem....(how crazy is that)....so the next thing I am going to try along with the ins lady at Dr office is now that I have gained some weight back and my BMI is at 38 and sleep apna is back and blood pressure is doing up again we are going to resmit with different reasons from having revision and see what that gets me.....I just dont understand how INS thinks that its healty to go back to the way you were before with all problems before they will do it again...going back to the Dr Thrus or Fri to re-weigh so it will be documented.....and then the waiting process starts again.....I am just so lucky to have such great husband to stand behind me makes it alittle easier.

I have no fluid in my band and have not had any since mid may. I have had a all the gallbladder tests that I could possibley have the dr thought that was what was wrong but nope everything was fine and I also had EGD and Dr. says that everything looks fine from that stand point. He thinks that I have scar tissue grown over my band and under my band around my stomach which is causing all the pain. The only way he would know for sure it to go in and look and remove the band I didnt want to have to have surgery just to take a look I want them to be able to do the sleeve not just take out the band and leave me with nothing.

ok here is my story......I had lap-band surgery in July 2008 and I lost about 75 pounds, granted I was throwing up most of my food that I ate, so I am sure that’s why I lost the weight. In my mind throwing up and losing weight and having a little bit of port pain and side pain was outweighing not having to take blood pressure meds and having sleep apnea and getting heart disease, (which runs in my family) so I just dealt with it up until March of 2011 when I got to the point where I could not get any food or water down without it coming right back up and I starting having really bad reflux and pain in my stomach and port area. I had to go to the Dr. and he removed all my fluid to see if it would resolve the problem and let my band reposition itself and give my stomach time to heal from all the vomiting and inflammation. Over the next several weeks I was able to eat and not vomit every time I ate, but I would still get nauseated and the pain would still be there, not bad like it was before the unfill but still there. Not to mention I started GAINING MY WEIGHT BACK. In May 2011 I went back and the Dr. started to try to refill my band starting out with a small amount of fluid, at first it seemed to be ok but after a week or so the pain and vomiting came back full force which just happened to be on a weekend and I tried calling my local emergency rooms and get them to take out the fluid and they said that they would not touch me I would have to go and see my Dr. So the first thing that Monday morning I called the Dr.‘s office and they told me to come in and they would remove the fluid. Once again it was like relief. Of course I am still having stomach pain and port pain after eating and nausea, vomiting and reflux. I have talked it over with my Dr. and he decided that my band was malfunctioning and causing all the pain and problems that I am having and that he could go in and reposition it but the likely of it happing again was great, or I could revise to the sleeve or the bypass but it would be my choice so I decided after weighing all the options that my life and health would be better off with the sleeve. So I gave the ok for the Dr.’s office to proceed with the paper work for a revision due to the band malfunctioning and all the complications that I was having. I cannot live with this kind of PAIN and VOMITING ,not being able to eat, health ,and gaining all my weight back that I have lost, and all the co-morbid health related issues reoccurring again. I had read my INS policy and it states that it will approve and cover a revision for compilations related to the first surgery which was the lap-band. I received a denial letter from United Health Care’s Coordination department stating that I did not meet the BMI to have the surgery and that this did not have anything to do with my band. Have they lost their mind or what??? what do I need to do now.....any help would be great.

ok here is my story......I had lap-band surgery in July 2008 and I lost about 75 pounds, granted I was throwing up most of my food that I ate, so I am sure that’s why I lost the weight. In my mind throwing up and losing weight and having a little bit of port pain and side pain was outweighing not having to take blood pressure meds and having sleep apnea and getting heart disease, (which runs in my family) so I just dealt with it up until March of 2011 when I got to the point where I could not get any food or water down without it coming right back up and I starting having really bad reflux and pain in my stomach and port area. I had to go to the Dr. and he removed all my fluid to see if it would resolve the problem and let my band reposition itself and give my stomach time to heal from all the vomiting and inflammation. Over the next several weeks I was able to eat and not vomit every time I ate, but I would still get nauseated and the pain would still be there, not bad like it was before the unfill but still there. Not to mention I started GAINING MY WEIGHT BACK. In May 2011 I went back and the Dr. started to try to refill my band starting out with a small amount of fluid, at first it seemed to be ok but after a week or so the pain and vomiting came back full force which just happened to be on a weekend and I tried calling my local emergency rooms and get them to take out the fluid and they said that they would not touch me I would have to go and see my Dr. So the first thing that Monday morning I called the Dr.‘s office and they told me to come in and they would remove the fluid. Once again it was like relief. Of course I am still having stomach pain and port pain after eating and nausea, vomiting and reflux. I have talked it over with my Dr. and he decided that my band was malfunctioning and causing all the pain and problems that I am having and that he could go in and reposition it but the likely of it happing again was great, or I could revise to the sleeve or the bypass but it would be my choice so I decided after weighing all the options that my life and health would be better off with the sleeve. So I gave the ok for the Dr.’s office to proceed with the paper work for a revision due to the band malfunctioning and all the complications that I was having. I cannot live with this kind of PAIN and VOMITING ,not being able to eat, health ,and gaining all my weight back that I have lost, and all the co-morbid health related issues reoccurring again. I had read my INS policy and it states that it will approve and cover a revision for compilations related to the first surgery which was the lap-band. I received a denial letter from United Health Care’s Coordination department stating that I did not meet the BMI to have the surgery and that this did not have anything to do with my band. Have they lost their mind or what??? what do I need to do now.....any help would be great.

OK went to Dr today they took out all fluid only 3cc then they sent me to to have CT scan on gallbladder and just got the test results back that it was normal.....so next step is to wait and see if pain stops by WED and if not then want to do a hyda scan to make sure it is not the gallbladder which I dont think is the problem but of course they dont want it to be this most wonderful band (yea right) ....they said if its not that then they want to go in and take a look internal to see whats the problem......I dont want to do that if they are going to do surgery again I want this band out and change to a sleeve...... What do ya'll think about this??????