.....something interesting i found,hope you like it.

for those who don't know.....

left is a sleeve 1 day post-op and right is a sleeve 4 years post-op.

it is remarkable how much it has streched.

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

Great pic! I needed to see that right now!! Thank you so much for sharing. That was really cool.

Edited January 25, 201016 yr by Ready2BHealthy

This might be a stupid question but is this bad?

.....something interesting i found,hope you like it.

for those who don't know.....

left is a sleeve 1 day post-op and right is a sleeve 4 years post-op.

it is remarkable how much it has streched.

wow that is amazing! Thanks for sharing that, however, even with the stretch out you still can't eat as you used to . . .

I would give a right arm to be able to eat 4 oz vs 1.5 right now!

This might be a stupid question but is this bad?

I don't think it's necessarily bad considering out of all the research I've read indicates that patients 5 years that had barium swallows done, have only "stretched" their sleeves out to no more than 8 ounces.

As long as you continue to make good food choices, Protein first, etc. etc, then being able to hold 8 ounces should not be an issue. The regain stats of those same patients was <10lbs.

i cut the picture from a video, the doctors comments was "it's dilated,but still remains quite small"

i think that's normal.

Of course the first one is after day 1. It is abnormally small from swelling.

Of course the first one is after day 1. It is abnormally small from swelling.

Do you have one that is from about 3 months since surgery?

It is indeed remarkable how much it has stretched. Wonderful to see the comparison picture. I guess nobody posted such pictures on the forum. Thanks for sharing it.:001_tongue:

Of course the first one is after day 1. It is abnormally small from swelling.

I agree 100%. It isn't like it stretched out for the "wrong" reasons. But, I have less restriction at 8 months than I had a month post-op. I think it's pretty obvious that it's going to stretch once it heals, and the tissue relaxes.

That's great. What I'd love to see is a "normal" stomach beside those two pictures. I bet we would all be really excited to see that! I Googled around but don't remember the name of the test where they get this image...

Photo of normal stomach at

RadiologyInfo Gallery, Upper GI Tract X-ray image

Photo of inside of stomach 3 months after VSG. Healed sleeve suture line is at the bottom, a pale orange line from lower left extending up to upper right of the photo:

Edited January 26, 201016 yr by cajun
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WOW! I second seeing what normal compares to a four year stomach.

Whoever thought we would be so interested in seeing stomachs, and ooh-ing and aaah-ing in the process

Thanks for the link! That stomach looks HUGE to me - how do you all feel?