An anyone tell me can a sleeve be stretched ?

Yes, it can be. It's normal to stretch it over time. The key is to not stretch it back to where your stomach was prior to surgery. Just follow the plan and eat right and you should be ok.

Yes, over eating or drinking can stretch your stomach out. Think of it as a balloon that you continue to blow up, let the air out, blow up again, eventually the balloon is bigger, that is the same concept of a stomach.

From what I was told from my surgeon and from research I've done on my own, it can be stretched A LITTLE bit, but it will never be able to be stretched out to the size it was before surgery because the more elastic part of the stomach is what was taken out. What is left does not stretch much. My surgeon said that throughout time, it will stretch a little and you might be able to eat 2 cups of food instead of 1 cup, but it won't get huge again.

That being said, my plan is not to push my limits. Just because it will stretch some over time does not mean I have to eat more. If I can eat 1/2 cup to a cup at a meal now, I'm going to stick to that & not eat more just because I can possibly eat more.

Although the sleeve will not stretch much, it is still possible to gain weight again with constant bad choices in foods - at least from what my surgeon told me.

I was told basically what Michelle said.

From what I was told from my surgeon and from research I've done on my own' date=' it can be stretched A LITTLE bit, but it will never be able to be stretched out to the size it was before surgery because the more elastic part of the stomach is what was taken out. What is left does not stretch much. My surgeon said that throughout time, it will stretch a little and you might be able to eat 2 cups of food instead of 1 cup, but it won't get huge again.

That being said, my plan is not to push my limits. Just because it will stretch some over time does not mean I have to eat more. If I can eat 1/2 cup to a cup at a meal now, I'm going to stick to that & not eat more just because I can possibly eat more.

Although the sleeve will not stretch much, it is still possible to gain weight again with constant bad choices in foods - at least from what my surgeon told me.[/quote']

This is what I was told. But you can always eat yourself big again with bad choices. You don't have to eat a lot to eat bad.

My surgeon's PA was telling me that they have some people coming in and asking to have their staple line tighten because they stretched his/her stomach.