ghrelin?

[brown eyed gal 59]

I've read that if you have the sleeve, they cut the part of the stomach out that produces ghrelin. What about the bypass (which I'm having October 22nd. I know they don't cut part of our stomach out but by detaching it, does it decrease the ghrelin?

[auntiemel 275]

The "blind" stomach still produces the hormone. It is honestly the strangest sensation to not be hungry at all!

[brown eyed gal 59]

Well Dang, that's not the answer I wanted! lol!

[snowblue 50]

From what my MD's office told me I wouldn't produce ghrelin anymore, and I had the bypass last week. Hope this helps

[auntiemel 275]

From different research sites it shows bypass reduces the hormone, as well as surgeries like vsg. Some research shows that hormone levels return to normal after a few years.

http://press.endocrine.org/doi/pdf/10.1210/jc.2003-030705

http://press.endocrine.org/doi/full/10.1210/jc.2003-030705

It is also produced in our small intestines, so unless we have all our stomach and intestines removed, we will still have ghrelin in some quantity.