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Total disaster today. Went for a barium meal X-ray and found out my bad is open! I could see it on the X-ray straight away and I burst into tears! Chat believe it! The doc said the minimizers do that a lot and it will have to be replaced. I am just devastated beyond belief. I'm don't know if I cam Go thru the op again, what a let down. Oh well, but I tell ye if I ever ran into that halina one again she would be sorry!!! :blushing:

Hi thanks for the advise. I went back today to see if a more experienced surgeon could give me a fill and even he couldn't get anymore than the original 4mls bk in. I think it has made a slight difference in the restriction coz I feel a bit funny now. Will keep u updyed :wink2: he is sending me for a barium meal X-ray to check everythings ok. If no luck I will have to have an endoscopy. Hopefully it won't come to that! I really hope it gets sorted soon!

So which provider is that? Was there a waiting period for you? What do you mean Medicare provider number? Do you mean the surgeon?

Hi guys, does anyone know which health insurers cover the band? I have a band fitted but its too loose and at full capacity. I have no restriction and I'm so upset. My doc recommended getting private health insurance to get the new surgery. Any advise would be greatly appreciated.

I am totally devasted! Just went for a fill after two years of getting one an the doc told me I had 4 mls in my band and she could not put anymore in! She reckons I have a 4 ml capacity band so I cannot have any more fills. I'm so upset as I have zero restriction. My only other option is having it replaced. I am so angry with acs. Why would they even make a 4ml band is beyond me. So upset I can believe it.

Jees you have a fantastic memory that was defo me. I think the girl in the bed next to you had her nose done. And were you still there when that girl with the tummy tuck came in? You are the only other person in here to be banded by the same surgeon as me u think. I think I saw on one if your posts that it is an 8ml band too? That will be very helpful too. I don't remember getting a card but maby I just forgot about it. Yeah in Belfast they showed me What our band looks like and the band that most other surgeons use an they look totally different. So is it goin for you? Do you have much restriction? What have you lost so far? Never mind after posting that I just saw you write 9stone b4 ur rummy tuck!!! Unreal well done girl

Gerri why do you think i came in the day after you? i met a lot of lovely women in there and wish i was still in contact with a few of them but i think a few ppl lost hope with the whole ACS thing. and i just found this site now so i wish i knew about it a t the tome the whole drama was happening. i have just sat for 4 hours and read almost every post on here and the feeling has got me slightly angery now that i am remembering all that money wasted and time spent ringing but you just have to move past it i suppose but there is something just bitter about the whole thing. How was your tummy tuck? i am thinking of having one but i want to have my kids first becoz im sure il prob need one after havin kids.

Wow Gerry thanks for your help becoz I really needed the date of surgery and I knew it was mid September but I needed to know for sure! Thank you so much ! The surgeon needs to know exact date of surgery bans type and my surgeons name- I know that part although I think I am spelling it wrong :thumbup: Bernard albassmair. Yep ACS were a total nightmare. Would you believe over here you get fills on Medicare so you pay 150 and get back 133! After all these years of bad look and throwing money away I'm finally having this sorted. And to have a lap band operation it costs $4650! We were absolutely robbed. Hope your going well, and I hope this is the start of it for me.

Is anyone on here from Perth ,WA I need a fill and am having trouble finding a doctor since i moved to Australia, any ideas on costs aswel?

i am an ex ACS patient can you tell me about your experience because mine is not a nice one see below, I was 18 when i had the surgery in ACS Dublin, I was nieve and was so excited about the prospect of a new life that i jumped straight into the surgery. Afterwards i could not was to get started on my new life but felt a bit uneasy in the hospital beacause while i was there there was a lady who could not have been more than a size 14 who was having the lap band aswel. i was amazed that she could be approved for surgery as she did not look overweight. Also while i was there a lady came in who had had a tummy tuck the week previous and her stomach had just come apart. i was horrified. About 2 months post surgery i found that i couild still eat a lot and wanted another fill. I then called up ACS only to find out the went into liquedation and the Hospital group would only give is 2 more fills and we would have to travel all the way to belfats for the fills. and every fill after that costs 225 euro. They also informed me that the band that ACS had put in place was a very cheap version of band and this makes it difficult to have fills as the pressure on the port makes the saline squirt out. I have since moved to Australia and now i want to start getting fills again as i can each just as much as i could pre surgery. They say i cant have fills until they know exactly which band i have. im stuck!

Hi i had my op in ireland when i lived there and was wondering if anyone knows how much a fill costs in perth?

I was 18 when i had the surgery in ACS Dublin, Afterwards i could not was to get started on my new life but felt a bit uneasy in the hospital beacause while i was there there was a lady who could not have been more than a size 14 who was having the lap band aswel. i was amazed that she could be approved for surgery as she did not look overweight. Also while i was there a lady came in who had had a tummy tuck the week previous and her stomach had just come apart. i was horrified. About 2 months post surgery i found that i couild still eat a lot and wanted another fill. I then called up ACS only to find out the went into liquedation and the Hospital group would only give is 2 more fills and we would have to travel all the way to belfats for the fills. and every fill after that costs 225 euro. They also informed me that the band that ACS had put in place was a very cheap version of band and this makes it difficult to have fills as the pressure on the port makes the saline squirt out. I have since moved to Australia and now i want to start getting fills again as i can each just as much as i could pre surgery. They say i cant have fills until they know exactly which band i have.