Former (or current) band folks

[Butterfly66 63]

I would love to hear what hoops you had to jump through to get insurance to approve a revision. My daughter had the band a year and a half ago. She lost 60 lbs right away, but stalled. We haven't been back for a band check/fill in a year. She still can't eat much at each sitting and only eats maybe twice a day. She also has PCOS. Had we known, we would have pursued sleeve or RNY. Advice?

[shuckybucky 107]

I would love to hear what hoops you had to jump through to get insurance to approve a revision. My daughter had the band a year and a half ago. She lost 60 lbs right away' date=' but stalled. We haven't been back for a band check/fill in a year. She still can't eat much at each sitting and only eats maybe twice a day. She also has PCOS. Had we known, we would have pursued sleeve or RNY. Advice?[/quote']

I didn't really jump through hoops. My stomach prolapsed through the band and was causing my stomach to bleed. The band also caused a hernia that had to be repaired. I needed a blood transfusion because I was losing so much blood from my stomach and was severely dehydrated because I couldn't get anything down. So my doctor sent me to the ER and admitted me and removed the band, fixed the hernia, and did the sleeve. Since it was an emergency I didn't have to go through insurance. Insurance has paid some bills but the big bills haven't been paid so we will see how it goes.