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I'd like to hear from people who have had either one of these procedures done and see which one is user recommended? I'm having the plication sleeve on April 4th, but I'm now having second thoughts and thinking I might want to have the vertical sleeve instead to do away with the hunger triggers that got me here in the first place..any advice? Also, does anyone know what happens to the part of the stomach that is folded and then sutured? Does it shrink up?

Thanks!

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Becca    108

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I don't know much about the plication, but I will say this. When I had the lapband, I was still very obsessed with food. Nothing really changed for me and I was hungry all the time. Now with the ghrelin way reduced from my sleeve, I don't feel controlled by food anymore. I am in control. I eat to live and I am very satisfied on a small amount. I am also not really hungry. Keep researching. I hope others will chime in!

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I had the sleeve, the hunger being gone was very important to me as it seemed I would no sooner get done eating and I was thinking what was next. Now since the sleeve I could go all day without hunger. I do get a sense of needing something when it has been too long, but that crazy ravenous gotta eat now hunger is gone!

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I'd like to hear from people who have had either one of these procedures done and see which one is user recommended? I'm having the plication sleeve on April 4th, but I'm now having second thoughts and thinking I might want to have the vertical sleeve instead to do away with the hunger triggers that got me here in the first place..any advice? Also, does anyone know what happens to the part of the stomach that is folded and then sutured? Does it shrink up?

Thanks!

I googled plication sleeve. Hope this helps.

http://www.bariatricsurgeryworld.com/plication-of-stomach-vs-sleeve-gastrectomy/

http://www.inspire.com/HealthTraveler/journal/bariatric-times-reports-on-latest-gastric-sleeve-plication-clinical-trial/

http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/VSG/4161359/Any-docs-do-the-Gastric-Sleeve-Plication/

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/topic/110399-new-procedure-gastric-sleeve-plication-as-a-revision-for-lap-band/

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genepha    47

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I'd like to hear from people who have had either one of these procedures done and see which one is user recommended? I'm having the plication sleeve on April 4th, but I'm now having second thoughts and thinking I might want to have the vertical sleeve instead to do away with the hunger triggers that got me here in the first place..any advice? Also, does anyone know what happens to the part of the stomach that is folded and then sutured? Does it shrink up?

Thanks!

You may want to post this on the Total Gastric Plication board. I had the lapband for almost 10 years and just revised to gastric plication. So far, the plication has been great! My recovery was fairly easy - I was in the hospital for 1 night, no drains, 5 small incisions and I was home the next day. I've lost 23 pounds in 1 month. I also researched the sleeve which was my 2nd choice if the plication hadn't worked out. I would not consider the RNY because I have severe anemia. Good luck with whichever procedure you choose.

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quints    1

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Thank you everyone for the information, it's making me lean more towards the vsg then the plication..

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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