I had my RESTORe procedure

Betsy,  We are all pulling for you!!  Hope you are up and running in no time!!  Jeannie

Can u explain what the "sham" is??

RESTORe is a Randomized, Double Blind clinical trial, which means not everyone gets the "actual" procedure.  2/3 of the participants get the actual procedure, and 1/3 get the "sham" procedure, which simply means you are put through the motions of having the procedure - given anesthesia, scope put down your throat, but it's simply an endoscopy, not the actual suturing procedure.  But they won't tell you until your 6 month follow-up visit whether you actually got the procedure.  Most people who got the procedure know they got it because they feel restricted once again, and can follow the very restrictive liquid diet for 2 weeks, followed by soft solids, etc. - very similar to the diet we all followed after WLS.  If you had the sham, that would be quite difficult because there were no sutures to tighten up the pouch.  Does that make sense? Betsy

Another update - at day 6 post-RESTORe procedure, I've now lost 7-1/2 lbs.  Never thought it would go that quickly - yippeee!!!  I'm certain I had "the procedure" and not the sham because I'm not hungry and not craving.  The soft solid phase does not start until a week from Saturday.  I'm willing to bet I'll be ready to eat real food by then.  This is the very best thing I've done for myself in the last 5 years (May 7 will be my 5th anniversary of WLS). Betsy