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can i stretch my sleeve????

I would like to know if a sleeve can be stretched within 7 months??? I can sometimes eat alot of soft foods , . i get full but i will wait a few minutes and I can eat again .. its so frustrating because i have not loss any weight in 37 days.....HELP!!!!

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That is really interesting about the Vit D and sweets!! I am also in NY and just had my labs done last week so I'm waiting to hear back from my doc on what I need (if any) to start taking!

So which is it, can we stretch our tummies back out or not? Some say yes, some say no!! I do not possibly see HOW we could ever stretch it out too much....not from what is now 3 oz to what WAS like a deflated football, which they say was approx. 51 oz. I have not been hungry since I woke up from surgery, my 'new' hunger is an empty feeling occasionally, but nothing that I would call real hunger. I feel lucky, I hope it stays this way! So, which is it, does it stretch or not?!!! What do we believe??!!

According to this article, as well as my doctors, and other articles I read, it is totally possible to stretch out your sleeve.. but over TIME, not over night. I'm not worried about it happening any time soon, but like the article say... :'VGS surgery shrinks your stomach, not your brain." So , if someone has a severe eating disorder that is not being treated, it seems like that after years of working to stretch out your sleeve, you could do it. http://www.personal-nutrition-guide.com/gastric-sleeve.html I find it hard to believe that one could ever stretch it out to it's old size though.... like you, I haven't really been hungry since surgery, but when I do eat, I can only eat a few bites. I'd throw up if I tried to really shovel it in, LOL.

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