Possible leakage...advice please

bobbiezhere · December 5, 2009

well i see this issue addressed last year...my time now i guess...i had surgery 7/7. Seemed like i was doing pretty well...but i never felt much restriction...up to 8cc in a 12cc realize band...well, confirmed today, that there is a problem with my band.

Now its only been 4 months..my doctor says they'/ll have to do that test with the blue dye - thats its either a problem with the port tubing - or the band itself--that they'll be able to tell after that test...

My question is...obviously the doctor intends to fix this...but will insurance pay for this even tho it seems like a defective band??? Wouldnt "Realize" be repsonsible for part of this??? If i have to take days off to recover..shouldnt somebody (realize) reimburse those days???

Need some advise, please.

Edited December 6, 2009 by bobbiezhere

freedom0702 · December 6, 2009

I had to have my port replaced due to a leak and my insurance did pay for it. I don't know about getting realize to pay for a defective band or to pay for your time off, my band was damaged from the dr asst digging around in it trying to do a fill and poked a hole in it. Good luck to you!

bobbiezhere · December 6, 2009

I had to have my port replaced due to a leak and my insurance did pay for it. I don't know about getting realize to pay for a defective band or to pay for your time off, my band was damaged from the dr asst digging around in it trying to do a fill and poked a hole in it. Good luck to you!

On my band/surgery...the insurance paid, but i had a $1600 co pay amount to pay....did you have to pay any part the first time ? What about for the repair?

freedom0702 · December 6, 2009

On my band/surgery...the insurance paid, but i had a $1600 co pay amount to pay....did you have to pay any part the first time ? What about for the repair?

The first surgery I had to pay a $150 co-pay to the hospital. I don't remember what I paid the doctor.

The second one had a $175 co-pay, my co-pay increased January '09. The dr never sent me a bill (which is good since I wouldn't have paid him anything anyway since it was their fault). He did get paid from my insurance though. Also, because I had a revision, I get another year of fills at no cost. Normally, because the 12 months was up, I would have to pay a co-pay of $15 for each fill.

Edited December 6, 2009 by freedom0702