My NUT said that the reason I may not feel restriction until I eat 8 ounces is because I stretched my sleeve by drinking my water too fast through a straw.

My surgeon claims he used a 34 bougie but I have never felt restriction at 4 ounces and I have never had to sip, sip ,sip...as they say. Im scared that I could gain back my weight by eating 8 ounces of the wrong types of food since I do not feel much restriction.

What do you think about the straw comment (getting air into your stomache)?

I have been drinking through a straw since 4 weeks after my surgery. It depends on what I eat as to how full I feel. When I eat yogurt 4oz I don't usually feel as full as when I eat 3 oz of chicken. I can eat almost a whole can of tuna and feel full for hours or I can eat hummus and be hungry again in an hour. So it depends on what kind of food you eat. Try eating meat..it fills you up better and keeps you full longer. Protein shakes keep me full too!

The rny pouch is made in the same place as the top of the sleeve the whole stomach is muscle the sleeve is made from the section attached to the body cavity so it is harder to strech and when healed it can streched by eating to much just like before when we over ate.

I'm not a doc either and I call BS on this. It is PERFECTLY fine to drink from a straw. This is IMHO just a silly old wives tale - and my apologies to any silly old wives that read this

My dr. nor my NUT never said to ban straws. If you are on liquids the liquids go right out of your stomach. I watched the dye contrast go through my sleeve, into my tiny stomach and then quickly go into my intestines. It would seem impossible to stretch with liquids.

I was actually told to use a straw to keep from gulping big ole drinks that made my chest feel like it was being pried apart in the beginning .

My dr. nor my NUT never said to ban straws. If you are on liquids the liquids go right out of your stomach. I watched the dye contrast go through my sleeve' date=' into my tiny stomach and then quickly go into my intestines. It would seem impossible to stretch with liquids.[/quote']

Ding ding ding ding!!!!!! Someone give that lady a prize!

I was actually told to use a straw to keep from gulping big ole drinks that made my chest feel like it was being pried apart in the beginning .

That's a new one. My NUT told me to NEVER use straws again, but like others, I think it's hogwash. Some WLS patient somewhere must have not known how to drink out of a straw and blew up his pouch or sleeve at one time...so now they tell everyone not to drink out of a straw as a matter of CYA.

The thing is though, I haven't used a straw since surgery. I don't keep them at my house, and I haven't bought a drink at a restaurant because I don't drink with my meals. But I do drink out of a camelbak several times a week...it has like a 3 foot long straw on it.

This is pure speculation, but I think it's because the sucking action churns the liquid and mixes air into it. If this is the case then straws would be avoided to minimize air in the tomach.

I think for most people who can attribute their obesity to volume overeating 8 oz would be significant restriction! Bougie size is only part of what determines stomach size ' date=' length is just as important and sleeving does not change that. Not to sound cold but, it's done ! Start filling up on lean protein& rock that mutha. Btw I can eat 8-10 oz of yougart but barely 4 of chicken different foods fit better (sliders) so don't be discouraged! The straw theory sounds funny perhaps your nut doesn't burp![/quote']

HOGWASH - you are not going to stretch your sleeve by drinking through a straw.

Next: This is not an attack but a correction of Bigsleeve56 statement. In post #16 - he challenged those to come back in a few years and let him know how it was going.

Well, here I am. TWO YEARS OUT. I can eat about a cup depending on food type. Soft foods I can eat more and same with slider foods (chips, candy, things that SLIDE through the stomach) or if I drink with my meals (bad me). If I eat dense food I can eat a little over a half a cup. Yet no matter what I still FEEL RESTRICTION. Even when I make bad choices I still FEEL RESTRICTION after two years being sleeved. Blgsleeve56 is seriously misinformed.

Next - he misread statements. Go above to search icon in top right corner and search "re-sleeved" to see post. Here is what poster admits....that she was not sleeve properly the first time since not enough of her stomach was removed.

I quote re-sleever here: my first surgeon is not known on this board, as i am not from the usa, canada , Mexico or europe i am from the middle east. as per what dr aceves told me, yes my first surgeon did not remove enough of my stomach to keep restriction for a long time, and also my sleeve was dilated with time.

Well, if her surgeon did not remove enough of her stomach like is standard practice with most local surgeons in North America then, HEY - you might have to be resleeved.

Ach, hopefully this puts this issue to bed. Good luck. Two years out and I still have no regrets. I love my sleeve.

PS - I am still in normal weight range but about 7 lbs above my lowest weight, due to my love affair with candy & carbs above Protein.

legal, thanks for sharing and ending this on a positive note for us! Kudos to you and good job even two years out. You give the pre sleevers like me hope.

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