Lmom1980

Check out sleeve plication talk and look for the thread by "manwithkids". His wife had plication done at the occ and almost died from stomach necrosis months later.

I am Lmom1980. That is a quote from Lori. She works for Doctor Ortiz. That is one of her posts from another thread. Notice the quotation marks. I just thought you might want to be informed of it before you make your final decision. I had the plication done by Dr. Watkins on March 9 (see post #4 of this thread.) I know what you mean about not wanting to lose part of your stomach. Best of luck with your plication. KUP.

I found it! after reading this, and hearing about other revision patients, I would go with the VSG, even with only a small amount to lose. "what's true for the plication is true for any of the weight loss surgeries, some people do very well, very quickly, and for others it takes longer. The other truth.... those that are doing really well with any of the surgeries, don't always come back to support and talk about how they are doing, they are on their way, no issues, great weight loss, and they don't always need our support, so we don't see them on the boards... its true that some of the plication revision patients (band to plication) weren't seeing the kind of weight loss we'd like to see, so we take care of them and can do a little tightening of the plication. We are now recommending the sleeve revision over the plication revision as previous band patients seem to do a bit better with the sleeve over the plication. But our "virgin" plication patients seem to be doing very well... although sleeves do tend to lose a bit more weight than plication patients. In fact, sleeve is on par with bypass as far as weight loss goes. as always, any questions you have feel free to contact me! Lori"

I might be crazy, but I could have sworn that Lori posted on here that plication is doing good as a first time WLS, but people going from lap band to plication are not doing as well and they are reccomending VSG for them? Did anyone else remember reading this? I will look and see if I can find it, but it probably got deleted

This board seems dead because posts get deleted all the time. The OCC doesn't like patients to post anything negative. Makes sense. If you want honest opinions that usually don't get deleted go to sleeve plication talk. To answer your question... I am only 3.5 months post surgery. I am happy with my plication so far. I do have days that I wish I had the regular sleeve. I have lost about 38 pounds in 3.5 months. People with the regular gastric sleeve seem to have lost more like 50 and 60 pounds at this point. Maybe slower loss is a good thing though??? I also have had to exersize very regularly to acheive this weight loss. So far I am happy, but only time will tell if I made the right choice. I am very glad I chose Dr. Watkins to do my surgery. He does the single stitch. Despite what the OCC will tell you, it is a better method. He also looked for and fixed my hiatal hernia before surgery. That is the reason I have been free of heart-burn and nausea. I am so glad I have not had to go through what poor Lena went through, and I owe that to Dr. Watkins taking the time to make sure my stomach was healthy before plicating it. I wish I could tell you that I 100% love my plication, and it is the best decision I ever made, but I am just not to that point yet. I will not feel that way until I have hit my goal weight and proven that I can maintain it with the help of my plication.

Best of luck tomorrow! I know this might be too late, but I would ask about nausea patches. Dr. Watkins gave me a nausea patch. I never felt sick at all. He gave me nausea pills as a precaution, but I never needed them. So many OCC patients get nausea after plication, it would be worth asking about.

Good job on your weight loss. I think you should be getting more water then that by now. What did the OCC say about it? Oh wait...I'm sure they have not even called you to check on you. You better call them and see what they say. You really need more then 16 ounces of water a day.

There are actually at least 5 Docs in the U.S. that do plication. You will not find Dr. Ortiz reply to the complication thread because it got deleted, along with other posts that get deleted on this forum. I would research other forums before choosing your surgery or Doctor! I am also not to sure about the #'s they gave you. I remember calling the OCC back in February, and they said they had almost reached 200 plications. I called a month later, and they said the same thing "almost 200" WEIRD!!! Well, hopefully you can read this before Lori deletes it. Good luck to you.

I am having plication done March 9th by Dr. Brad Watkins in Ohio. The pre-op diet sucks! I am most nervous about the 3 hour plane ride home.

Hey Olivia, I thought about you yesterday! Give us a shout-out once you are feeling up to it! Hope the surgery went well for you!

I don't have any advice since I have never had any type of weight loss surgery. Please keep me posted as I am planning on having this surgery soon. I hope it works for her.

I have 120 pounds to lose. Do you think Ortiz will tell me to get the band or plication? I would much rather have the plication, but I have read it is for people only needing to lose 50-70 pounds. Anyone with 100+ pounds to lose get plication?

Sorry about the headaches. Did you have plication?

Yes, I read that. Thank you. From what I can see, it does not say how long ago the first gastric plication was performed, and how the sutures are holding up? I know it is a new procedure. I wish I could find some info on someone who had this done 2 or 3 years ago.

I have almost talked myself into having the plication in March. My biggest concern is that the long term results are unknown. Does anyone know when the first plications were performed, and how are those patients doing now? Will the stitches really last for life?