Dr. Ortiz did my plication on 7/5/11. I'm from Baton Rouge, LA so my husband and I took this time to vacation. Two days after surgery I was walking around Yosemite National park for a couple of hours. Then on to San Francisco on day 3 with 8 hrs. of walking. I came home on the 12th, just 7 day post surgery and found I had lost 14 lbs. WOW. Must have been all that walking.
I heard stories that I would be nauseous for a couple of weeks. I am here to tell you that I had absolutely no nausea and no pain. A little uncomfortable with gas for 7 days but that was it. The only way I can tell I've even had the surgery is by the amount of food I can eat.
I would not recommend anyone doing what I did, but I did it and there was no turning back. I was in San Francisco and I got hungry. All that walking. I was going on memory as my papers were in the hotel. I was thinking we could have mashed potatoes on day 4. I found our later it was supposed to be week 4. Anyway after I found out what I did I called and they said if I didn't have any problems then I was ok. I'm still trying to stay with the liquid thing, but every once in a while if I let myself get too hungry, then I will eat a couple of spoons of baked potato.
Anyway, I absolutely love the plication and would do it again 100 times over.
