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Cost ultimately depends on whether your health insurance covers it or not. Check with your company. Self-pay is also an option. Those prices are variable. We offer it as outpatient surgery for $5400.
if insurance covers, it just depends on your deductible, coinsurance, and so forth.or self pay is available, and such prices are variable depending where you go
Lap-Bands are fickle, and learning to live with them means that you have to change what you do and how you do it. It means eating smaller bites, it means taking your time eating. It does not mean chewing large bites- but small bites. It also means cooking differently. If the band is too tight it can lead to issues. If you have exhausted those possibilities, then removing the band costs anywhere from $6,000 on up. Some insurance companies cover it, some do not. I would encourage you to learn how to work with the band before you make that decision to remove it. Learning how to work with it may provide you with weight loss and a new lifestyle. Either way - good luck with your journey.
Yes, this can happen at times.Sometimes we close the portsite with a stitch which can cause discomfort later.You tend to get more pain on the side port (below the ribs) than the middle port.
In general Lap-Bands are put in as an outpatient surgery, so you're up on your feet, home the same day sleeping in your own bed that night and certainly being active and moving around in the first few days is critically important. People typically are able to go back to work after five to seven...
The best test to see if the band has slipped is an upper GI X-ray. Endoscopy is useful to see if you have band erosion, but your symptoms are not those of erosion. GI doctors do scopes for a living and make money that way. Scoping is their hammer. You are the nail.