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75% Of My Stomach Gone!

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SkinnyOnMe    81

SkinnyOnMe
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Is 75% too much? Because I think so. What is normal?

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JimmyGotSLEEVED    270

JimmyGotSLEEVED
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It's usually 85% of the stomach for this surgery

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minniekitty    44

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I think 75% is within the range normally removed for VSG (it varies from surgeon to surgeon). I had 85% of mine taken out. My boyfriend calls it my baby stomach because I eat like a baby (or maybe a toddler?) now :P

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Mr_Worm    129

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Its not too less if you need a 100% method of Portion Control that apparently I needed...Its amazing at how you view food portions pre vsg vs post

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Dooter    1,457

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I was told 85% also. If they do not take enough of the stomach, then the stretchy part of the stomach will remain and can stretch back out again causing weight gain. They have to take out enough to get down to the non-stretchy part to keep good restriction. (I'm not very eloquent tonight, cheeeez!)

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missmeow    156

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If they did 2 cup capacity at 1 year out, I would be on board. It seems the push is for 1 cup max now. That makes me not so on board.

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JimmyGotSLEEVED    270

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If they did 2 cup capacity at 1 year out' date=' I would be on board. It seems the push is for 1 cup max now. That makes me not so on board.[/quote']

If u want to keep your large stomach by all means I think the band is your best bet.

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MamaM    72

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If they did 2 cup capacity at 1 year out, I would be on board. It seems the push is for 1 cup max now. That makes me not so on board.

Two cups is A LOT of food!

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missmeow    156

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Not really. A normal stomach is 6-8 cups, so 2 cups is 1/4th to 1/3rd of a normal stomach. It would not be a large stomach by any stretch. *shrug*

You know, someone having concerns about the current state of the procedure doesn't negate anyone's choice to have it done.

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Sleeved&Hopeful    182

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MissMeow, ask your surgeon for a larger bougie size if you don't want too much taken out.Good luck

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missmeow    156

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OMG, do they do that?

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Lissa    2,631

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Yes, they can and will give you a bigger bougie. Of course, you may want to read some research about success rates vs bougie size. It seems that many surgeons are going to a slightly larger bougie as a matter of course. I guess the standard size used to be about 32, but I've heard of people having a bougie as large as 40. Those measurements are in millimeters so the difference isn't as long as the word difference on your screen.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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