Will I ever need the other 80% of my stomach? I have (hopefully) another 75 years to live, will I ever need my whole stomach?

I get the weight loss will help me live longer but I am seriously concerned I will need the other half of stomach. Any insight?

I've thought about that and the only time I could ever see myself needing a bigger stomach is if I were to become a competitive athlete or bodybuilder (trust me, ain't gonna happen!) Then I might need to eat more than a normal person, but otherwise, I'd say "No."

Only use I can think of is I could freeze it and I could eat it in the event of an apocalypse.

Only use I can think of is I could freeze it and I could eat it in the event of an apocalypse.

Oh, that's just wrong on so many levels! Your sick. I love that about you. :wub:

P.S. Would a sudden rise in the zombie population count as an apocalypse?

Honestly, this thought scared me too. At 28, there is nothing in my life that is PERMANENT. It's hard to think about 60 years down the road. However, WLS supposedly began as a treatment for stomach cancer so we aren't the only ones who have been down this road. But, because of this, I was leaning towards the band for a while. I'm indecisive and I like reversible. Then when someone described the band as having a foreign object in my body, possibly forever, that changed my mind. Plus, two different bariatric surgeons recommended sleeve over the band.

It's scary, I know. That's why I'm so glad I found this place!

Nah, you're not going to need it. And I've seen sleeved Iron Man competitors on here - you'd have to work REALLY hard to be an extreme athlete because diet is tricky with a limited capacity, but honestly we have lots of athletes here that do just fine post op.

All the rest of my stomach ever did for me was allow me to eat an entire cheesecake or pizza in one sitting...something I don't ever want to do again.

~Cheri

All good points... I just worry if i get sick one day or something and a doctor says "30 years ago that procedure was useful but now its considered a terrible option" and then I am screwed. My friend had RNY and hasn't lost a pound- she feels like she is out of options. I never want to feel that way.

After being super confident about my band, and now doctors are phasing it out- really stresses me :/

All good points... I just worry if i get sick one day or something and a doctor says "30 years ago that procedure was useful but now its considered a terrible option" and then I am screwed. My friend had RNY and hasn't lost a pound- she feels like she is out of options. I never want to feel that way.

After being super confident about my band, and now doctors are phasing it out- really stresses me :/

I guess the only advice I can give is to tell you to try and figure out where your hunger is coming from.

In my case, it wasn't emotional eating or stress eating. And it wasn't cravings for junk food or fast food. I was eating very big meals of healthy foods - baked chicken, pork loin, vegetables. I'd eat 2 or 3 times what a normal person eats. And I would get hungry about every 2 hours, no matter how much I had eaten at the last meal. It wasn't until I learned about the hormone ghrelin, that I realized where my hunger was coming from.

With a smaller stomach, I produce less ghrelin and no longer have that nagging hunger sensation.

If I were eating because of other issues, I would have to overcome them before the sleeve would have worked for me.

So where does your hunger come from?

I guess the only advice I can give is to tell you to try and figure out where your hunger is coming from.

In my case, it wasn't emotional eating or stress eating. And it wasn't cravings for junk food or fast food. I was eating very big meals of healthy foods - baked chicken, pork loin, vegetables. I'd eat 2 or 3 times what a normal person eats. And I would get hungry about every 2 hours, no matter how much I had eaten at the last meal. It wasn't until I learned about the hormone ghrelin, that I realized where my hunger was coming from.

With a smaller stomach, I produce less ghrelin and no longer have that nagging hunger sensation.

If I were eating because of other issues, I would have to overcome them before the sleeve would have worked for me.

So where does your hunger come from?

This is the same issue I had!

I guess the only advice I can give is to tell you to try and figure out where your hunger is coming from.

In my case, it wasn't emotional eating or stress eating. And it wasn't cravings for junk food or fast food. I was eating very big meals of healthy foods - baked chicken, pork loin, vegetables. I'd eat 2 or 3 times what a normal person eats. And I would get hungry about every 2 hours, no matter how much I had eaten at the last meal. It wasn't until I learned about the hormone ghrelin, that I realized where my hunger was coming from.

With a smaller stomach, I produce less ghrelin and no longer have that nagging hunger sensation.

If I were eating because of other issues, I would have to overcome them before the sleeve would have worked for me.

So where does your hunger come from?

I hope that how it works, its been the same with me always healthy choices, plenty of exercise, Its portion control that was my problem. I hope the sleeve will help me control my hunger.

The only use I could think for it would be in the event of some weird post-apocalyptic famine where if you found food you'd have to gorge yourself quickly and eat as much as possible while defending yourself against other survivors, escaped zoo animals and perhaps Zombies.