I've had the plication and I am starting to wonder if I will even want to go to my first couple of fills or wait and see if an almost empty band with plication will provide a loss. Those of you that have the plication, did you immediately start to have fills or wait until weight loss slowed ?

I had plication on 6-13-12, down 60 lbs without having a fill and to honest I don't want one right now, my dr says no fills until my weight loss slows down, I do have restrictions..... just meaning I get stuck alot, witch I don't see how with a deflated band, but there is still a band there so i'm scared to death to get a fill at this point!

I had plication on 6-13-12' date=' down 60 lbs without having a fill and to honest I don't want one right now, my dr says no fills until my weight loss slows down, I do have restrictions..... just meaning I get stuck alot, witch I don't see how with a deflated band, but there is still a band there so i'm scared to death to get a fill at this point![/quote']

That's kind of what my Dr said also, yet they will let me have a fill if I want one. I am at week one post op, so of course I have no clue how "full" I'll feel by the time I'm allowed solids, but I have already had such an issue with esophageal spasms that I was actually having trouble drinking on an empty band. I feel like I have a pretty good idea of what "stuck" feels like from that, so fills scare me at this point.

I really really really appreciate your feedback, you confirmed exactly what I was thinking/feeling !!!

I didn't have plication but I also didn't have a fill for the first 2-3 months because I was having restriction with just the band in (no fill @ surgery). I am now -86 pounds since surgery (9 months). Get restriction when you need it.