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SO THIS IS MY FIRST POST ABOUT PLICATION. MY WIFE AND I MADE THE DECISION TO BOTH GET THE PLICATION SURGERY IN Mexico AT THE OCC. IM 37 YEARS OLD, AND FOUGHT MY WEIGHT MY WHOLE LIFE. I LOST 145 LBS A DECADE AGO, DOING THE ATKINS THING. SLOWLY PUT MOST BACK ON......SO WE WENT TO MEXICO. I FIGURED NOT MANY GUYS POST ON THESE THINGS, SO ILL GIVE RESULTS AS OFTEN AS I CAN. FEEL FREE TO ASK ME QUESTIONS, ILL TRY AND ANSWER. SURGERY WAS MAY 9TH. PRE OP DIET I WAS 312.SURGURY DAY I WAS 297. MY 5 WEEK WEIGH IN(I WEIGH IN ON MONDAYS) 260 . NOW MY SURGURY WENT OK. HAD TO STAY AN EXTRA DAY. WE BOTH HAD TO GET IVS. COULDNT HOLD ANYTHING DOWN THE DAY AFTER SURGERY. WAS REALLY WEAK AND SORE FOR ABOUT10 DAYS AFTER SURGERY. THIS WAS MY FIRST SURGERY EVER, SO I DIDNT KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. I FEEL REALLY GOOD NOW. I CAN DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS. I TRY AND EAT AT LEAST 4 TIMES A DAY. ONLY A COUPLE OF OUNCES OF food AT A TIME. IT WAS KINDA TRICKY FIGURING OUT WHEN I WAS FULL.THE ONLY ISSUE IVE HAD IS HEARTBURN. NOT ALL THE TIME, ITS ONLY HAPPEN A COUPLE OF DAYS, AND I THINK ITS FROM WHAT I ATE THE DAYS BEFORE. ALL AND ALL IM PRETTY HAPPY WITH MY RESULTS SO FAR... WIFES DOING WELL TOO! HOPE THIS HELPS SOME PEOPLE MAKE THIER DECISIONS ABOUT THIS KINDA SURGURY. KEVIN

sorry its been a little bit(holidays). so im 210!!you know, my personal goal has always been 200, but i am going to pass that. i feel great, look completely different, every aspect of life is better! my wife is down to 170! shes like 30 pounds away(same as me, by what Dr. Ortiz said we would be) you know its funny, the doc said it would take me a year to hit his goal, and my wife 2 years.... well shes right on track with me. we are both very,very happy and wouldnt do anything different, except.......... do it sooner in life! i really feel like you get outta this what you put into it. follow their directions, they know what they are talking about. DONT CHEAT...IT ONLY HURTS YOUR PROGRESS! anyways, im out. good luck to all and have a happy new year... ill have christina post pics soon!thanks, kevin

update...so its been a little over 4 months and im down to 225. im in the gym now 4-5 days a week....its seems the more active i get, the more i can eat. and with that said if i sit around all day i eat a lot less. my body finally tells me when it needs fuel. ......not my head! i feel great, im looking much better, and im very very active again. couldnt be happier.kevin

I dont know how everybody else used their surgury, but so far ive used mine as a TOOL. I didnt want anything missing in me, i just wanted a chance to control my life again....eating, exercise, work, ect... plication gave me that. it hasnt been 4 months yet for me, and imdoing great. im down 77lbs. since surgery and my wife is down 60. im eating better, less,... working harder , and more. Doc said my projected weight would be 193. i said 200. i know im going to make it. i went to mexico, and i would do it again!

so tomorrow will be 3 months post op. i weigh myself on mondays.... Im 240! im so happy and feel so much better than i did before my surgury.72 lbs. in 3 months , its quite mindblowing for me. never thought i could be under 200 lbs again, ever. but im sure im going to reach it. now the only complication or side effect that im having..... i think my testosteroine( i know i cant spell lol)is through the roof. i fell like a teenager again. im pretty cocky and full of myself. real easy to get my feathers ruffled and me pound my chest! thought i was mellowing out with age!!oh well gotta control myself now, but ill take it! thanks for all the responses and ill let you know next month how im doing... kevin

sorry been a while since coming on this site........ so as of monday(my day for the scale) im 248 lbs. Im down 5 pant sizes! im in 44 waists... one more and i can shop in the regular size section! lol. everythings going good. had another gas/ heartburn problem last week...... but i know what it is now! arizona green teas! (diet ones) i love those , always had them before, but cant have them anymore.... sucks , but ohwell...so i will try and make it back on here in a couple of weeks...........

The Gastric Sleeve Plication is (was) $7,500. However since we had it done together they gave both of us a discount of $250.