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surgery date was April 17...not quite a month.....I am now down 28 pounds....I was stuck on 26 pounds for 6 days!! but finally lost 2 pounds yesterday...who knows why?? I love my restriction...but you have to mentally adjust....I am finally making and ordering smaller portions because it always seems i can take only a few bites and i am done! I just pray that this restriction stays around, because it works! I really dislike that I cannot drink anything during a meal!!! Does anyone know exactly why you cannot drink? I am sooooo thirsty while eating (especially while eating protein!

today I weighed myself and I am finally down 25 lbs!! Only 50 more to go...I hope it still comes off...sooner rather than later, but I know that I must have patience!

I had surgery 4/17 and I also had sharp pains once in a while, also couldnt sleep on my side without hugging a pillow for a week after. I was told not to play golf for 3 weeks, so maybe you are rushing it a little...not sure. I do know that every once in a while your stomache likes to remind you that it is there and that it is now smaller!! I have 3 more days on my full liquid diet, and cant wait to try tuna, egg, cottage cheese etc. I have lost 23 pounds, and seem but be stuck the last 3 days?? a little frustrating since i'm really not eating anything but soup ( and only a little of that!)

I had plication surgery april 17...with Dr Ortiz.... very happy so far...some cramping,bloating etc, but i have lost 23 pounds so far incl pre-op. today was my first day of really being hungry...but i am increasing some liquids..hopefully that will work! I have one more week to reach my 21 days of liquids (full). then I can go to soft foods, like tuna etc...I know I can do it though it is getting a little harder.

now 14 days post surgery, and I have lost a total of 23 pounds...incl pre-op. Im so happy about that! I am getting a little tired of soup, but I only have one week left of full liquids....then on to soft pureed food. (can't wait) I am feeling a little more hunger, but I will keep the plan on track. Having trouble with the water...i can only sip, and am tired of carrying a bottle everywhere I go.

I had my surgery finally on April 17 th. flight was easy...waited for driver for an hour. One of the other gals in the van had problems with her plication!!!! That freaked me a little seeing that I was on my way to get the surgery the next day!! She had a rupture of sutures I guess...they could not repair it so they removed the stitches...she had her original surgery in January.... She was hoping to just have them fix it...instead she will heal, and then decide if she wants a sleeve(not crazy about doing that!). So my surgery went well...stomached sore and I had some shoulder pain! While there my sister and I had some plasma injections with dr so! Looking forward to seeing those results! I left a few days later to visit with my sister in Cabo. I was very tired...not a lot of strength...I cant get even 24oz of liquids down.....I did not loose any weight for a week!! I was swollen and constipated. Finally I lost 5 pounds so now I have a total (incl pre op) of 16 pounds off! Sensation is weird...you feel only a tinge of hunger and it goes away after only a couple of sips! I feel some cramping. I'm at the airport now in San Diego not looking forward to a grueling red eye...only had a few sips of yogurt drink and ice tea with a quarter cup of tortilla soup! Very full!

Great job...hope I do as well as you.....i know the feeling though!! yeah!!!

thanks Bekrudz!! Your comments are so helpful...I really appreciate your help and information. I have lost 10 pounds, they would like me to lose 12 total...which probably happen since i have 2 days of clear liquids (Sunday and Monday)....I leave Monday for San Diego! How are you doing? Do you have much further to go? I would love to hear someone say "Hey I have lost all the weight I need to"....have you heard anyone say that?

I would stay away from starches totally, remember protein first then veggies

today is Friday, and after working hard for a week and a half i finally weigh 10 pounds less.. I need to lose 2 more pounds before my op on the 17th of April! Not worried at all, as I am only doing clear liquids for sunday and monday. I am so syked it is redicilous!

good luck to you....Mine is scheduled with Dr Ortiz at the OCC clinic for April 17th!! I've been on my pre-op fast. Lost 10 lbs, need to loose 2 more, but I think I can do it because Sunday and Monday is clear liquids only....definately loose more!! Are you siked?

ok, i am stuck on only loosing 8.5 pounds pre-op for 3 days!! I only have 3 days left on 2 shakes a day plus one meal! Then 2 days of clear liquids only....i hope I can loose the required 11 pounds....it is sooo hard..i'm doing everything right.. This tuesday is my op-day!

april 17th for me!!! yeah

...ooops i ment may

thanks for the great info you guys!! I guess i will have to cancel my golf games for the first and second week of march!! I will plan on walking as much as possible!! 7 more days!!

My surgery is scheduled to be done the morning of April 17th 2012 with Dr. Ortiz...at the Obesity Control Center...... Well here I am 8 days before surgery, 8 pounds off with 3 more to go to be able to meet my required weight loss! I found that an hour or two after dinner I am hungry again. What I found helps is to take a metamucil pill at 3 pm ish....that staves off hunger. I will have to remember to ask Dr. Ortiz what I should do when hunger strikes (especially in evenings) after surgery. I have a whole list of questions to ask Dr. Ortiz before I have surgery. It seems so many of you are stuck on losing only 50 or so pounds...that would not make me happy as I really need to lose 80 to 100. I am 5'8 1/2 and weighed 230 when I started my preop. Does any one know how soon you can start to exercise/golf after surgery???

I am on a two week pre op diet....plan #2 with Dr Ortiz... 2 shakes a day - low cal - and one low fat meal...lots of green veggies and if you are really hungry, a diet jello. so far 2 days in and im 5 # down. Operation set for the 17th of April.

great job!!! My plan is to do weight bearing exercises to build muscle...muscle burns fat quicker and keeps your metabolism functioning at a better rate....I would be soooo happy with your results! Keep it up.....from what I understand, you will keep loosing every year...if you control what you eat.

Thanks for the well wishes!! I am on my second day of my pre op fast, and I am down 5 pounds!! (ummmm do you think water weight??? oh yeah!) A little over a week and a half and it is op day!! I am very excited!! I decided that i hate muscle milk...it has a really gross after taste..yuck!! I will start my breathing exercises today (spirometer) which the doctor has asked me to do. I am also taking all my vitamins...b12, multi, and calcium citrate....plus they said if i am hungry to take one pill each at 10 am and 3 pm of metamucil, and for burning fat 1 chromium picolanate a day!! So that is my plan....and I'm sticking to it!! hahaha. Anyway, I will post later on.

A BRIEF HISTORY... SIMILAR TO MOST ... I AM NOW 57, AND YO YO DIETED ALL OF MY ADULT LIFE....(LOWEST 125!!) AFTER GIVING BIRTH - AGE 30- I FOUND MYSELF WEIGHING IN AT 235... MY HIGHEST!! I AM NOW 230. LIKE MOST OF US, I HAVE STRUGGLED WITH MY DIET, TRYING EVERY SINGLE FAD, EVERY SINGLE DIET TO NO EVAIL. I AM AT AN AGE NOW THAT I JUST CANT DO IT ANY MORE. MY METABOLISM HAS SLOWED AND NOW IT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP WEIGHT OFF OR EVEN GET IT OFF. MY KNEES, HIPS, ACHE, I HAVE PLANTAR FACIATIS IN BOTH HEELS, HIGH CHOLESTEROL, ETC..JUST TO NAME A FEW. I STARTED THIS FINAL JOURNEY SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEN I HAD A FRIEND WHO HAD A GASTRIC BYPASS..SO I STARTED TO WATCH ON THE INTERNET FOR OPTIONS TO A PERMANENT SOLUTION TO MY DIETING INSANITY! FINALLY LAST YEAR I WAS ON LINE SPEAKING TO A SURGEON IN MICHIGAN WHO HAD SUGGESTED FOR ME TO LOOK INTO PLICATION. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I DID. I FOUND A SURGEON NEAR MY WINTER HOME IN JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA. I WENT TO HIS SEMINAR..LIKED WHAT I HEARD. FROM THERE I MADE THE DECISION TO FOLLOW THRU. I CONTACTED MY INSURANCE, WHICH OF COURSE DENIED IT BECAUSE IT WAS STILL EXPERIMENTAL! I KNEW THEN I WOULD BE A SELF-PAY.....SO I ACCEPTED THAT AND FOLLOWED THRU WITH ALL MY REQUIREMENTS OF SEEING A DIETICIAN, AND A PSYCHOLOGIST AND GETTING A PHYSICAL WITH MY INTERNIST....GETTING THROUGH TO THIS DOCTOR WAS LIKE CALLING THE PRESIDENT OF THE USA!! ANY QUESTIONS I HAD HAD TO GO THRU A MESSAGE SERVICE THEN I HAD TO WAIT FOR DAYS FOR THEM TO CALL ME BACK! I DID NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE WHOLE PROCESS. SO BACK TO THE INTERNET I WENT...I KEPT SEEING Dr. Ortiz NAME, AND HIS OCC CLINIC OVER AND OVER AGAIN....I STUDIED HIS VIDEOS , READ TESTIMONIALS AND FOUND HE HAD DONE SO MANY BARIATRIC SURGERIES INCLUDING THE PLICATIONS THAT IT WAS A NO BRAINER! SO I MADE THE PHONE CALL TO CAROLYN WILLIAMSON. IT WAS A GREAT CONVERSATION AND I FINALLY FELT LIKE I HAD MADE THE RIGHT DECISION....... FOR ME! THE REST IS HISTORY.... MY PLICATION DATE IS SET FOR APRIL 17TH, I WILL MEET MY SISTER THERE (SHE IS HAVING SOME COSMETIC SURGERY AT THE ARIEL CENTER - WHICH I MAY HAVE SOME PLASMA INJECTIONS IN SOME FACIAL LINES TOO)!! WE WILL STAY AT THE MARIOTT UNTIL THE 20TH THEN GO ON A VACATION FOR ANOTHER WEEK! I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS JOURNEY AND PRAYING IT WILL BE MY LAST DIET ENDEAVOR!! I STARTED MY 2 WEEK DIET YESTERDAY, AND AM NOW 227.....SO I AM ON MY WAY. I WILL KEEP UPDATING AS I GO....SO TALK TO YOU SOON!! PS HAVE ANY ONE OF YOU NOTICED HOW PEOPLE TREAT YOU WHEN YOU ARE HEAVY? I THINK THEY LOOK DOWN ON YOU...BUT JUST MAYBE IT IS BECAUSE IT IS THE VIBE IM GIVING OFF BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL GOOD ABOUT MYSELF WHEN IM FAT? NOT SURE, BUT AFTER ALL OF THESE YEARS, IT IS DEFINATELY A FACT! BUT I WILL REMEMBER THESE PEOPLE AND MAKE SURE WHEN I AM MORE SLENDER AND HEALTHIER TO EMBRACE MY REAL FRIENDS WHOM I LOVE. :) :)

Is it true that you cannot consume gummy vitamins after plication? What other kind of chewable vitamins are there?

after surgery in april, I am flying the whole day to get back home!! Since you cannot bring liquids into the airport, what can I buy at the airport in San Diego to take with me for my flight home??

after plication at occc, i have a full day of flying....since i cannot take any liquids in with me into the airport, what can i buy at the airport to drink, as i am flying the whole day???