What options do I have if my insurance doesn't cover a medical need for gastric bypass from a sleeve?

It is important to find out if you have irritable bowel syndrome. Please see your local GI or Surgeon for recommendations. In the meanwhile try keeping a food log, identify trigger foods and eliminate gas producing foods such as legumes, diary products and any other foods that may me...

Hello, I hope you are well. Yes, it is very commo for surgeons to ask for an urine test prior to a gastric bypass, as well as plenty other types of surgeries. This is sometimes one of the routine pre operative tests. Surgeons ask a urine test in order to make sure you are not currently coursing...

Anna, You probably have a "stricture" or narrowing at the connection between your new stomach pouch and the intestines.  It is a known complication after gastric bypass and must be ruled out if a patient can not tolerate solids in the first few months after surgery....