Doc Refusing To Repair Open Port Area

[vickie6866 4]

I have a Mexico placed lap band(07/2007)that was self pay. Things went good for first two years then problems started first with a dislocated port. The first part of december I lifted something heavy at work and big suprise I pulled my port loose again. Since my private insurance will cover very limited lifetime $ for complications, I used workmans comp. I started seeing Dr. Husted in somerset ky and this is where more problems started. I waited for a week or so to get into see the doc, the day of the appointment the nurse called and said that I needed to have a swallowing study before he would see me, there was a few more weeks to get payment clearance, get test secheduled and done, and then get into see the doc. When I did he said the port was right under the skin and loose but that he wanted to treat it with po antibiotics and wait for the port to settle back into place on its own. Well big surpise the constant moving of the port rubbed a hole in my stomach wall. I now sit today with a port that is visible and he is refusing to repair this until he gets a EGD done with the doc of his choice. Meanwhile insurance has refused to cover the cost of this because they say its not needed after the barium swallow was good. I can't get another doc to touch this because I have been seeing someone else already. Why does life always have to be so damn complicated all the time when it comes to lap band complications. I feel like holding the insurance company and or doc hostage til they agree to fix this problem, ha ha, would make me feel a lot better....

Edited January 12, 2010 by vmills