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Post-op Birth Control

Carolyn M. Post-op birth control is very important if you are female, heterosexual, between the ages of 13 and 50, and have all your female parts intact. It is very dangerous to get pregnant in the 18 months following your surgery. Not just because it can mess up your weight loss, and not just because […] Continue Reading “Post-op Birth Control”

Hair Loss

Hair loss can happen as a result of surgery. Telogen Effluvium occurs when sudden or severe stress, like surgery, causes an increase in the shedding of the hair. Hair follicles prematurely stop growing and enter into a resting phase. The hair stays in the resting phase for about 3 months after which time a large […] Continue Reading “Hair Loss”

Strategies and Resources for Appealing when your Medical Coverage Allows Weight Loss Surgery but Does not Cover the Duodenal Switch Procedure

Detailed information on how to obtain authorization for the Duodenal Switch operation and instructions on how to challenge the insurance companies if denied.

SADI, SIPS, Loop DS not the same as the duodenal switch

If you have decided that the duodenal switch bariatric surgery it the right procedure for you, before you sign the surgical consent form, be sure to confirm IN WRITING that the procedure you are consenting to is the duodenal switch with TWO anastomoses (CPT code 43845) and not the Investigational-Experimental procedure variously known as the SADI, SADI-S, SIPS, LoopDS or even as “improved” or “safer” duodenal switch.