1 day vs 4 years comparsion (picture)

[johan22 0]

.....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.

[Tiffykins 672]

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

[Ready2BHealthy 0]

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

Edited January 25, 2010 by Ready2BHealthy

[Marci 0]

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.

[thinoneday 445]

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

[Boredoncemore 0]

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

[Tiffykins 672]

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.

[johan22 0]

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

i think that's normal.

[Jaffa 5]

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

[cajun 46]

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?

[Pmil 0]

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:

[Tiffykins 672]

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.

[newmom 0]

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...

[cajun 46]

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, 2010 by cajun
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[filodough 1]

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