dmcyaz

I'm sorry to hear you had such a bad time of things. Just to let you know you are not alone I will share my story. I went to the doctor monthly after having the band put in May of 2008. I kept telling him I had pain and he looked at me like I was crazy. I was still always hungry and finally he said the band was leaking and 9 out of 10 times it was the port, so he said "let's replace the port". This was 6 months ago. I stll had the same problems , so he decided we would replace the entire unit. (Oct. 2009) I was supposed to be in the hospital overnight but when I woke up in recovery I was told that the band had to be completely removed. The band had slipped, it grew into my stomach, the acid in my stomach corroded the band and the band ate through my stomach. I was in the hospital for 9 days. I was told this was very rare and from what I am finding out now, it is not as rare as they are saying. Please, anyone who reads this; listen to your body and insist that the doctors listen to you. This could have been prevented if the doctor had looked into my complaint about pain by doing a scope test to see the band had slipped. Now all they say is that it is no ones fault and it is just something that happens. Remember, doctors work for you! By the way, I started out at 346 lbs and am now at 270. Since the band was never fully functional I lost this weight by sheer willpower and exercise and will continue to in the future. I had the band in me for 1 and a half years.

I was told my LAP-BAND® system has a leak. I already had the port replaced in May 2009 but that did not work. Now they want to replace the entire system. Thay paid for the port replacemeent and now they are acting like I may have to pay my part for the band again. My doctor told me this was in no way my fault . My original surgery was done in May 2008 and the adjustments were never completely done before I started having problems. They are offering other types of weight loss surgery which I opted against the first time and still feel very uncomfortable having. Does anyone else have any experience like this or any suggestions for me. Any advice is much appreciated. Thank You

I was told my LAP-BAND® system has a leak. I already had the port replaced in May 2009 but that did not work. Now they want to replace the entire system. Thay paid for the port replacemeent and now they are acting like I may have to pay my part for the band again. My doctor told me this was in no way my fault . My original surgery was done in May 2008 and the adjustments were never completely done before I started having problems. They are offering other types of weight loss surgery which I opted against the first time and still feel very uncomfortable having. Does anyone else have any experience like this or any suggestions for me. Any advice is much appreciated. Thank You