On 7-12-2010 I had the Total Gastric Plication in Sleeve AKA Super Sleeve in Mexico with Dr. Rodriguez. (Just to let you know BeLiteWeight was a wonderful company to work with and Dr. Rod was an amazing Dr. If having the WLS in the states is not a choice for you I would go there.) I wanted to write a review now that I have almost been post-op for two years. In the first year I loved my surgery since I got down to a SIZE 4 but in April of 2011 I found out I was pregnant and that is where my issues started. The Total Gastric Plication does not remove your hunger gene which might have been good for my son since I was hungry BUT it caused me to be very temped to over eat, my stomach has stretched out. Now that it has been four months since I gave birth to my son but stomach hasn't gone back. I do take reasonability for causing my stomach to stretch since I went off my no bread diet. I need the carbs since I was so tired all the time. But other people that have been pregnant with the VSG have not had the same issues and I have. I do need to be clear that I am NO WHERE close to where I was when I started looking into WLS three years ago (High of 216) but I am 160 lbs. I am sure after working out and dieting I should get back down but I just don’t feel my stomach is helping me anymore. If I could go back I would have just gotten the VSG due to the fact now I have to talk about having another surgery to just have the VSG now when I should have just gotten it in the first place. So in the end DON’T get the Super Sleeve just go with the VSG.

If you have any questions feel free to email me at maetarr@yahoo.com

Hi Melli!! Welcome back

Congrats on your wonderful life to date, wow! I'm very happy for you - getting married and having a baby. What a special time you're having.

I'm sorry though you find you must revise. I know, I've been there done that with my revision. Just know that regardless you're taking the right steps to control it BEFORE it gets out of hand.

Many more blessings to you.

What is the super sleeve? I have not heard of that.

Total Gastric Plication aka Super Sleeve is where instead of removing the 70% of your stomach the VSG does, you fold it and staple it so there is no access but the stomach is still there. The only problem is you still have the hunger hormone. It was just thought to be safer BUT since I was their poster child who has done the best, I don’t want to recommend it.

Total Gastric Vertical Plication (TGVP or Plication)

Total Gastric Vertical Plication (TGVP or Plication) is a fairly new restrictive, laparoscopic technique that reduces the size of the stomach and limits food intake. The Plication involves sewing one or more large folds in your stomach, in which the stomach volume is reduced about 70%, making your stomach the shape of a tube. The sutures used are non-absorptive and there is no cutting, stapling, removal of the stomach or intestines, or uses any foreign implants. This creates less risk for complications and also allows for full absorption of vital nutrients (no malabsorption created).

Although this is a newer procedure, the current statistics show a loss for most patients of approximately 62-67% of excess body weight. You may hear other surgeons explain that this procedure is reversible, but it has been shown that when the sutures are removed, scar tissue may have formed around the folds of the stomach, preventing it from returning to its original shape (think of it as the sides of a balloon sticking together). Due to this fact, this procedure should be considered as a permanent weight loss surgery.

http://www.beliteweight.com/gastric_plication.php

WOW.. best wishes to you my dear.. Thanks for sharing...

Thank you for the info

Thank you for all your kind words. I feel very sad that I had WLS and still can't lose weight right now. Im only 5'2" so 160 is far too much for my body. I'm eating healthy since I am breast feeding but I am still hungry all the time. My dr told me I was hungry from Breast Feeding since I am still feeding two people. My dr (primary) doesn't want me to limit my calorie intake more than I am due to the breast feeding but hopefully when I talk to the Weight Loss Dr next month he will have more answers for me.