Have to be re-sleeved!

[vicki s 146]

I havent updated in almost 3 yrs, I was sleeved after a band slippage in nov.2010...i lost 25 lbs during the first month, and have gained 18 of that back...I have suffered from continuous reflux since the sleeve, and asked the doc to scope me and make sure my esophogus is ok...he told my friend while i was in recovery that I have a hiatal hernia and he have to revise my sleeve...he said i was one of the first ones he did and it doesnt look the same...i also have this lump that keeps pushing on the inside of my stomach like it is trying to pop thru my skin...it is about the size of a baseball...he said he thinks my body is rejecting the mesh?? (he left inside where he took the port out) My question is, Has anyone on here been resleeved, and how did it go? thanks for any feedback, im so scared.....vicki

[Ms.AntiBand 2,984]

Holy crap... You were one of his first VSG? I don't mean to alarm you, but I, personally, would insist on a different more experienced surgeon.

Good luck and prayers your way

Oh.. And delete your double post so you don't get responses all over the board

[Ms.AntiBand 2,984]

Rejecting the mesh? Isn't that supposed to be absorbed? I'm confused with your dr.

Yikes!

[No game 14,437]

I agree the triple posting gets confusing....

So please just cut it down to one.

I just read some of your old posts:( it sounds like there has been a problem from the beginning. Is this the first time in all these years the doctor scoped you?

[No game 14,437]

Oh and let's see if we can get this moved to the veterans forum...

I noticed a lot of your old interactions are with people that are still around but are mostly on the veterans forum. Is that ok?

[vicki s 146]

Im ,sorry, im not sure how to navigate one here anymore, dont know how to delete and move around....

[No game 14,437]

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It's ok I just asked if someone else (Alex) can do it for you

[vicki s 146]

thanks so much for the help...i do appreciate it...

[No game 14,437]

No problem might take awhile... So it sounds like your doctor is being very honest in saying that he really didn't have the experience yet to form a proper sleeve? But that also sounds different to what you said about part of your band being left in?

[vicki s 146]

no, the he band was taken out, but he put mesh in where he took out took the port so i wouldnt get a hernia...he thinks my body is rejecting the mesh....I dont know what to do anymore...there are no otsher drs in this area..he says he has done 150 since mine....I wish i could talk to someone who may have gone thru this....maybe I shouldnt do it...

[vicki s 146]

he did very well with the band...i lost 108 lbs and then it prolapsed, he started to do the sleeve, I was probably one of the first 5...

[No game 14,437]

Wow.. That's a hard one And 150 procedures are not that much....

It might be worth traveling to see another doctor.

I know I read one girl a couple of months ago that was being resleeved but her story was that the first doctor didn't take out enough of her stomach which was found out after she was scoped by another doctor...

I'm tying to put myself in your shoes. If this was my only chance and there were no other doctors close by to "fix" it?

I probably would sit down and demand a lot of answers to get me to a place of comfort, before I let him try again.

[vicki s 146]

yeah, i think your right....I'm not comfortable right now....he is head of bariatrics and GI....? not sure what to do at this point...

[vicki s 146]

is there any way to research these doctors?

[Oregondaisy 2,021]

Who is going to pay for this? Is it covered by insurance?

Where do you live? It definitely seems like you need to have a 2nd opinion by a surgeon who has done a lot more sleeves than this doctor. Sometimes you can do it by sending another doctor your records. Your scope should be on a disc that you can get a copy of.