Thank you so much for sharing your experience and I'm sorry that you had to go through that. I do want to point out that there are complications with ANY of the surgeries, including the sleeve. It is important for anyone considering any weight loss surgery to do their research and be well informed and then to be comfortable with the amount of risk they are taking with the surgery of their choice. I'm glad you are doing better now, Lena.

Thank you so much for sharing your experience and I'm sorry that you had to go through that. I do want to point out that there are complications with ANY of the surgeries, including the sleeve. It is important for anyone considering any weight loss surgery to do their research and be well informed and then to be comfortable with the amount of risk they are taking with the surgery of their choice. I'm glad you are doing better now, Lena.

I know of 3 people now who have had severe complications post surgery. It is good information to know, and I don't think it should be deleted. I do, however, think that there is a complication factor with each and every WLS. Everyone should be able to see all the facts though, and make an informed decision on whether to have WLS, and if so, which one to pick. There were several reasons why I chose plication surgery, even after hearing of the other two complication cases. I think it might not be the right surgery for some, but for me it made sense. Thank you Lena for posting this! Hope you're feeling much better! Are you going to revise to another surgery now? Take care!

This is very interesting, Thanks for sharing. I wish you a very good and speed recovery.

I DO NOT TRUST THE OCC. THEY DELETE POSTS ON THEIR FORUM ALL THE TIME. THEY DELETED MANY OF MY POSTS. I ALSO KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THEIR SURGERY NUMBERS THEY QUOTE PEOPLE ARE A LIE.

Every surgery has complications. It can happen to any patient and any Doctor. When I posted in the OCC forum about complications that one of Dr. Watkins patients had, they deleted it. When I asked about it, all Lori would do was say how this only happened because the Dr. did it wrong and he had not had proper training, blah blah blah. I don't doubt that Dr. Ortiz is a good Doctor, but I find Lori, and the other people who run their forum to be very unprofessional. They like to say that they don't have any complications and all of their patients are doing great. I started to ask them how they would know that since they don't have any follow up care at all. weird!

Hi Lena, thanks for sharing. I hope you have a speedy recovery and that you find something that works for you. Try and not let this get you down, this is what people like LilMissDiva and Tiffykins over on VST must've felt like when their bands failed and just look at them now since their revisions.

I know of 3 people now who have had severe complications post surgery. It is good information to know, and I don't think it should be deleted. I do, however, think that there is a complication factor with each and every WLS. Everyone should be able to see all the facts though, and make an informed decision on whether to have WLS, and if so, which one to pick. There were several reasons why I chose plication surgery, even after hearing of the other two complication cases. I think it might not be the right surgery for some, but for me it made sense. Thank you Lena for posting this! Hope you're feeling much better! Are you going to revise to another surgery now? Take care!

I don't think so just the idea of going trough all this again terrifies me

Wow, what a scary thing to have happen. I hope you are doing better and I don't blame you for being reluctant to have another bariatric procedure done. I did read about another complication (necrosis) that scared me to death two weeks before I had my plication.

Just out of curiousity, because I read how you didn't lose weight very well with the plication...did you feel the lack of restriction early on?

Anyway, I wish you best of luck and health, Lena.

Wow, what a scary thing to have happen. I hope you are doing better and I don't blame you for being reluctant to have another bariatric procedure done. I did read about another complication (necrosis) that scared me to death two weeks before I had my plication.

Just out of curiousity, because I read how you didn't lose weight very well with the plication...did you feel the lack of restriction early on?

Anyway, I wish you best of luck and health, Lena.

Restriction ,somewhat only in the

1st to 2nd month only ,them pretty much the normal,In the begining everything was going fine just really slow weight loss.

More or less the same for me too. Except I'd probably say I only really got good restriction the first month.

Restriction ,somewhat only in the

1st to 2nd month only ,them pretty much the normal,In the begining everything was going fine just really slow weight loss.

BTW I also tried Omeprazole for a few weeks, an antacid and it made no difference to my hunger.

To all

If are having acid reflux and heart burn please be carefull

that how my symptons sarted .Have it check by your Dr.

Thanks, I'll try and remember to be on the lookout for that one.

To all

If are having acid reflux and heart burn please be carefull

that how my symptons sarted .Have it check by your Dr.

I had pretty bad heartburn after my surgery (Dec 2010) but prilosec does take care of it, but its 2 a day

I had some restriction for a while, but not long

I'm a plication over band, no weight loss over 6 months out, sad!

I had pretty bad heartburn after my surgery (Dec 2010) but prilosec does take care of it, but its 2 a day

I had some restriction for a while, but not long

I'm a plication over band, no weight loss over 6 months out, sad!

Hi Kandy,

So you haven't had any weight loss, or you've stopped losing now at the 6 month mark? I'm beginning to think there are a lot of us that maybe this isn't working for. I am only 6 weeks out, but most of what I have lost is in the two weeks post surgery. I'm rather discouraged, and I know there are others that feel the same.

I feel like there are way too many of us, I'm wishing i would have waited, but I thought it was a new hope! I really haven't lost anything since the beginning,,,, I only lost my required pre surgery 10 pounds, and then another 10 by doing liquids,,, but those pounds have all returned

I feel like there are way too many of us, I'm wishing i would have waited, but I thought it was a new hope! I really haven't lost anything since the beginning,,,, I only lost my required pre surgery 10 pounds, and then another 10 by doing liquids,,, but those pounds have all returned

So you don't feel any restriction? Have you talked to your doctor about it? I feel plenty of restriction, but have been at the same weight for 4 of the 6 weeks post surgery. Are you eating the way you did pre WLS, or trying to diet still at this point?

just a little restriction, I can't eat quite as much, but i get hungry faster,,,,, I'm trying to "diet" Guess its just a life long battle

So you don't feel any restriction? Have you talked to your doctor about it? I feel plenty of restriction, but have been at the same weight for 4 of the 6 weeks post surgery. Are you eating the way you did pre WLS, or trying to diet still at this point?