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In reading about the experiences of others who have posted on these forums, I wanted to share part of the data I researched in deciding to have my plication surgery. It's a big decision to have this surgery, and it took me nearly three months to make my decision to proceed. I had considered the Lap-Band and VSG two years ago, but I excluded both because the drawbacks to both were not acceptable to me. I became interested again in weight loss surgery after learning that a local bariatric physician was going to participate in a clinical trial here in the US to collect data about plication effectiveness. After reviewing the data about the study and reading the article about the study completed in Brazil, and having a long, frank discussion with my bariatric physician, I made the decision to go ahead with the surgery. I knew going into the procedure that there have not been studies done with significant numbers of patients (in the US or elsewhere), that long term data wasn't available, and that there was no guarantees because this is still considered an experimental procedure. The data from the Brazilian study appeared promising to me, and I felt comfortable with my physician. Brazilian study information: http://www.ncbi.nlm....2?dopt=Abstract It's not much information, but hopefully it might be of use to someone.

Hi Donna. Several of the other board members here have had their plications longer than I at this point, so they may have more experience to share. I only had my plicatino done June 6, so I'm just 15 days out from surgery. The only complications have been nausea for the first couple of days after surgery and having to adjust my sleeping position because I can't lie on my side/stomach now. I definitely feel restriction when I eat and need to eat slowly. I have to be careful and eat slowly. I've had a time or two where my brain was not caught up with my stomach in realizing that I was full. I'd eat an extra bite or two and feel like I might lose my lunch, but that's something I'm trying to get used to. I'm finding that I get hungry every couple of hours which is different from before, but eat in small quantities when I am. I lost about 12 pounds prior to surgery on the liquid diet and have lost about 8 pounds in the two weeks since surgery. I started at 290.5 and was at 269.6 yesterday on the scale. I've been walking most days at least 20 minutes. I was really worried about giving up soda (was a diet Coke addict), but it's been over two weeks and really haven't missed them. I do struggle to get in enough Water each day. I was actually better about drinking water before! So far, I don't regret having it done, but it's early on for me.

I had my surgery on June 6. Will be two weeks this Monday.

Hi all. I'm having my plication done June 6. According to my doctor, the biggest side effect after surgery is nausea for the first several days after surgery. For that, he's going to have me wear an anti-nausea patch that fits behind my ear for three days afterwards. He says that other pain afterwards in none to minimal. Has that been your experience as well? Thanks in advance for your reply.