I'm concerned that this is feeling too easy at the mo. I'm 4.5 weeks out and don't feel very much restriction, although I've not really pushed it. I've not vomited since my surgery so nothing should've torn. I'm just wondering what is considered 'normal' at this stage.

Great posts everyone. Need2toLooseW, I am sure that if you address it with whatever Dr. you are using, they can work something out.. It is really important to address the hernia. Please forgive me, my post wasn't saying that ALL VSG are restricted to certain kinds of food, I just read about a COUPLE of people that it looked like they only felt good when eating healthy protein-those few people were forced to eat healthy. In general, the whole point of ANY SLEEVE whether regular VSG or GPS (Gastric Sleeve Plication) is to be able EAT ANYTHING eventually-that is why I think ANY SLEEVE is GREAT!

The point of my post was that I was personally reminded that the greatest part of the weightloss depends on eating good food and making good choices. I was nervous for a little bit that I didn't have the restriction like I thought it was going to be, but I think I am going to be just fine. I strayed a little bit the other day from the Protein wagon-went to eat spaghetti (made with lean turkey meat) for the first time since surgery, one of my FAVORITE things. As I prepared it, I picked at a couple of canned mushrooms, and tasted a couple of noodles to make sure that they were cooked right. Pasta was one of my favorite things before surgery. Once it was all done, I put about a cup in bowl, thinking since I loved it so much, I would make a serious dent in it. It made me laugh, because I could only eat about 3 bites before I was stuffed! Before surgery, I could have eating 2 HUGE bowls full. This time, I actually seemed to enjoy the meat more than the pasta part! That is huge for me! And a few bites are DEFINATELY an improvement over a couple of bowls full! : ) Surgery was a HUGE difference in my life and cannot imagine life without it- I would do it again in a heartbeat! I am going to work my tool and loose the weight! I wish all of us great weightloss and maintenance.

Dr Lopez Corvala fixed hernias on a couple of other patients that were operated on around the same time as me, luckily I didn't have one!

Thanks so much to all of you. I am trying to decide between the VSG and the VSP. Please continue to post.

So far, it sounds like, with the Plication, you can eat anything you want, but with the VSG, you cannot? Is that correct? WIth the VSG, can you eat vegetables?

And it sounds like that with the Plication, you still get hungry, so that is a drawback.

Please keep posting, you are my sources of information regarding the VSP, and there is so little info available.

Also - a question, are the other doctors (besides Watkins) correcting the h. hernias when they to the Plication?

How's it going now Sarah? Any better on the weight loss? Just curious because I am getting ready to have the GPS on Feb 15th.