I am back! Again.............

May 09, 2008

I have to report that I have not lost much in my four years of being banded..  I gave up on the band about two years ago after failed fills and countless visits to the ER.

With that said it has gotten worse.  I have the worst acid reflux and I throw up after almost every meal.     See below from my previous post.


So, I am now slowing down a bit and taking care of me more I am back to working out and getting regular fills, although my last one was a snapshot of a fill gone wrong.  I went to the Dr. and he told me I only had 2cc left in my band.  he then added 4cc's to my band i felt fine when I left but half way home it seems that it tightened even more or maybe because i was sitting for the hour drive home not sure.  Anyway i made a trip to the er, unfortunately no one in the er was familiar with bands and i sat there for 7hours on pain meds bacause they had no idea what to do with me.

Finally a Dr. comes in who apparently use to work at a hospital in Detroit he was familiar with bands but had not dealt with them in a couple of years.  he basically stabbed my port and 3cc's shot out   finally relief!

So it is now time for me to go back I think I am just going to get 1cc to give me 4cc's I think that would be good enough for now.

Now back to the present time after about 3 of those episodes.  I went to see a surgeon last week to find that I have a band that has slipped.   how fun.  So, I am waiting to see if my insurance will pay for a revision to the sleeve.   I sure hope I hear something soon I am not sure if I can wait too much longer and leave the band in waiting for them to approve me.  I think I have a better chance of a revision if they are already removing my band.  I dont want to have two surgeries so I am doing my best to hold on.
 

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