Self paying for VGS

Taking the bull by the horns and set the surgery date for July 31st. I can't stand the games the insurance tries to play with you after having that damned evil band thing taken out in an emergency and then going back to square one. I can't go back there in my life.

I would be really cautious about getting the sleeve after the band especially if you had stomach damage. There are many folks who end up having to revise to the bypass because the sleeve caused GERD/heartburn/reflux.

I also wanted the sleeve, but due to the excessive GERD/heartburn from the band I was not a candidate. So instead I had the bypass done. Which I found out after the surgery was a good choice because there was damage done to my stomach that also would have prevented me from having the sleeve.

Just something to think about.

Good luck with your revision.

i second this. if you end up with reflux and need a revision after the sleeve to rny, can you afford it?

I am having my band removed and rny on the 30. My surgeon really recommends the rny due to my history of GERD , and mine was never that bad . I refuse to go through a third surgery! And my luck there would be issues with the sleeve , also my current insurance only pays for 1 WLS per lifetime .