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Stretched sleeve

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I was scoped in June and my surgeon said that my sleeve was beautiful. No stretching and nice and pink....

I am able now to eat more then I did before without my usual signs that I am full. That sucks..I was hoping to keep those, as it was the time I quit eating. Now I study my sleeve more.....

Keeping to the Protein first and then veggies will work if you are not Hypoglycemic but I am. So I have to eat complex carbs that make up a complete protein. So that I don't crash and burn and my sugars go under 3.....Still learning this new way of eating..But if I follow it..I don't have as many crashes as I was having.....

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Does anyone have an idea of what it takes to really stretch the pouch permanently? I'm one month out and think i'm fine, but there were a few times I was really thirsty, gulped lots of Water and then felt like I had bricks in my stomach, I've made this mistake once or twice as well by eating a bit more than I should have. I'm paranoid now... can one instance stretch it for life or is more a case of constantly overeating that stretches it little by little? Learning to eat much less and spot satiety in advance, but just wondering how problamatic and occasional mistake could be?

Stretching the stomach also has a lot to do with the skill of the surgeon. My surgeon had examples up of other surgeons work since he fixed a lot if sleeves. You could see where the stomach was able to stretch.

My esophagus is wider than my stomach, so huge gulps of Water or large amounts if food have to make their way in. That's why they say eat/ drink slow. It's that brick feeling otherwise.

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