New and Hello - lap bad with plication

[plumpdude 8]

Hi everyone,

I am relativley new here. I just had surgery on monday 8/15/11 for lap band with plication at Duke Raleigh Hospital with Dr Jin Yoo. The surgeon also had to repair a large Hiatal hernia that was larger then they thought. I am doing good now but the second day was a bit rough in the morning when I let my pain meds run out too long. Still taking pain meds today but only once today and feeling really good actually. Day 3 was also very good and I held down 80 grams of Protein and Im up to about 40gs today so far. The liquid diet has been easy for me so far(have to do a full 21 days). I almost feel like its hard to fit all I need to fit every hour since the plication made my stomach smaller. The doctor said that if I dont do good and lose the weight he'll have to remove the band since the hernia will come back. So far I am tackling this journay very well and I am prepared to do everything they ask to not have this hernia crop up again. I just feel blessed that I made it through alive and am here to share more of my life with my wonderful wife and three awesome kids. I hope everyone else is doing thier best as well and keeping happy. Nice to be here and I am excited to track my progress with you all!

[Bluegreen 0]

Welcome and I hope you have a speedy recovery. I just learned about the plication on this site a few days ago. Sounds like it could really help. I plan to ask my surgeon about it. I am still pre-op, so I appreciate the pos-op updates. Glad to hear you are tolerating the liquid diet. I am a little concerned about that.

[jsea 3]

Hi plumpdude,

I am schedule for lapband with plication on Monday and very excited about it. My mom's best friend has been doing this for a while and with the studies they have done people are losing an average of 40-50% of their weight within the first six months with the plication. I wish you all the best and hope you continue to do and feel well!!!

[plumpdude 8]

Thanks for all the well wishes .

Yeah the first day after surgery was kind of rough but once you get past the first couple days it gets better. Just gotta hang in there I guess.