Just curious i was reading how sleeve come in different sizes? Did you pick or dr?

@@cosmogirl2535 ... I asked my surgeon about this today.. He makes a final decision once he is in there, but generally he said it's a long tube shape that if you balled it up would be about the size of an egg. Hope that helps

My Surgeon used a 36 French bougie to make my sleeve.

I never asked but ill be seeing my doc on Wednesday, am will ask!!1

Here's my obligatory link to an excellent article on bougie size:

http://tinyurl.com/qxchkcv

Edited March 5, 201511 yr by JamieLogical

use Jamies link its very helpful, its nice to be able to say hey my stomach is the size of a highlighter marker. its easier to visualize that way.

This is great info. Thanks. Have been wondering how this is decided and ended up posting similar question for sleevers in my area. Hope they respond bc it would be wonderful to know how the drs here handle it.

My doc does a 90% sleeve. Not sure what that translates to as far as bougie size, (kind of subjective anyway as it can have as much to do with the doc's technique as the actual bougie). Anyway, that's a bit smaller than the typical 80%-85% I usually hear about. Dunno. I haz zero complications and at a year and 1/2 out I'm maintaining in my goal range, (sometimes with difficulty, and have made the lifestyle changes necessary to maintain for a lifetime so I'm good with it!

My doctor said the sleeve is the size of a small banana.