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Gasric band problems

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itekweni-durban
itekweni-durban

HI I had a band fitted privately in 2011 and I have strated to get very bad pain from the region where the band is situated and went to my GP who sent me for a ct scan,endoscopy and barium meal and it was diagnosed that the band has slipped which is giving me this agonizing pain 24/7. I have just received a phone call from my GP practice saying because it was done privately they will not do anything to help I will have to get it sorted privately now this is the problem when I had band done I was working and now I am a pensioner and can not afford going private so now will have to live on co-codamol tablet and suffer until I am put in the oven at the end of my life, this is very worrting and stresseing so if any one out there who reads this can give me some advice......thank you in advance

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  • Bandid
    Bandid itekweni-durban

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    i think if it becomes an emergency then the NHS has to help you so i dont think you will have to go on like this for ever - her persistant - dont accept this as final - good luck 
    • itekweni-durban
      itekweni-durban Bandid

      Posted

      Thank you for quick response I am having a chat to the senior GP at the practice on 19th October and will see what he has to say and if he still insists that its a private matter I will go to the ombudsman and last resort would be to go to A&E and see what they can do to get rid of this pain but at the minute I am eating co codamols like sweets to ease the pain and possibly damaging my health even further.

  • Bandid
    Bandid itekweni-durban

    Posted

    hope ;you get the result you want - if you do need to go to A&E try and pick a hosp attached to a Bariatric Unit as they will know better what to do than a general hosp that does not offer this type of surgery on the NHS -  a friend of mine had a band done privately and was having trouble which she thought was band related - her doc sent her to local hosp which did wgt loss surgery even though she had not had her band on the NHS and the surgeon said he would have her band out by the afternoon if it turned out to have slipped - as it happened it was a totally diff matter that was causing the pain and her band lived to restrict and help her with her wgt probs for many a year afterwards and is still going strong - it can be really dangerous if your band has slipped as it can erode your stomach so dont put up with it - be persistant 

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