-
Denied – Fought – Won!
Posted Jan 28 2015 by Walter Lindstrom in Walter's Blog
B.B. was like many patients we help. She had very successful weight loss with an adjustable gastric band placed in 2010 but in 2013 she began suffering problems such as vomiting, reflux, swallowing (known as “dysphagia”) and nausea. She couldn’t tolerate solid food, her fantastic weight loss stopped and she started gaining back what she lost. She was devastated. She worked with her surgeon’s office, first on her diet and then she had her band totally deflated. Nothing helped. She suffered for months and continued to gain weight. It turns out she suffered a “slip” of her band, a known complication which can occur and which was confirmed by diagnostic testing. She had benefits for bariatric surgery. Her doctor wanted to remove the band and convert her to a sleeve gastrectomy either at the same time or down the road in a separate procedure. Reasonable treatment plan, right? So what happened?
Archives
- June 2020
- February 2020
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- August 2018
- June 2018
- January 2015
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- September 2013
- August 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- January 2013
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012