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I am 12 months post op and have not lost anything for two months. I do drink lots of Water. I can drink 24 ounces at a time with no problem. Is this an issue? Am I stretching my sleeve out? Thanks.

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No

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NO, drink your 64 ounces. A year out you should be able to eat and drink fairly normally.

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As far as I know, the sleeve won't stretch because the stretchy part of the stomach was cut away. I watched my barium swallow test immediately post-op and liquids were emptied from my stomach rapidly. Once the swelling goes down, I would think that fluids would travel even faster.

This is a long way of saying I truly doubt that drinking Water would stretch your stomach. I would think that if you drank too much Water it would just come back up before it stretched anything.

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No but when you say at one time, are you saying you can gulp down 24 ounces in fairly short order (i.e. minutes?). if so, not sure it will stretch out your sleeve but not sure it is wise either. Are you tracking your food? Getting in your Protein? Had a change in exercise?

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I"m glad you asked...I meant to ask my dr this yesterday and forgot.

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Thank you all for your advice. By short order I mean , 10 minutes. As for my exercise, I need to get better. The same goes the same for the food log. I am going to start tracking again to see what I am doing.

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Am I stretching my sleeve out?

@@kabertoson

Dude/dudette

YES

you'll probably gain 37.3 lbs a month too :o

silly head i'm just kidding :lol:

we're all supposed to drink at least 64 oz of Water

the more the better

keep chugging along

you are doing terrific

no worries

as far as your stall goes

shittttt ;) happens

check your measurements

they frequently go down while weight is at a stall

new profile please, ticker

current weight requested

inquiring minds want to know :rolleyes:

keep up the good work

kathy

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Thank you all for your advice. By short order I mean , 10 minutes. As for my exercise, I need to get better. The same goes the same for the food log. I am going to start tracking again to see what I am doing.

You definitely need to keep a food log. I would have no idea whether or not I was meeting my Protein target without one. My memory is just not that good.

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