What Do You Wish You Had Known Prior To Gastric Sleeve Plication Surgery?

[lap_of_luxury 7]

Hello. I am having plication on Feb 3. I decided in favor if that over a lap band. What advice do you have for me at this point.? Would you do it again? What do you wish you had known? I started the pre-op diet a week early to get a jump start. Thank you!

[Lmom1980 29]

No, I would do vsg instead. I wish I could go back in time and change my mind. I have been relatively successful. I have lost about 75 of the 115 pounds that I need to lose. Even with that.... I would still tell anyone with more then 70 pounds to lose to have the vsg. I talked to a doc last week that said his plication patients do about the same as banders. His vsg patients lose more and keep it off longer. I know that once you hear about plication, it sounds so great, and you don't want to hear from people like me. I was in your shoes doing my research. I wish I had talked to someone 10 months out, but there just were not many plicaters out there at that time.

[TijuanaPlication 87]

I have to agree with everything that Lmom says - well apart from the fact that I'm a lightweight and it didn't help me either. I think VSG gets you closer to goal whereas GPS gets the first few lbs off.