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Slim-Shady    79

Slim-Shady
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Does anyone else obsess over their stomach stretching? I'm about 9 months post op, and I find myself worried that my sleeve will stretch. Who else worries about this? I'm pretty sure this is normal.

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KindaFamiliar    3,867

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I think about it...

I don't obsess about it...

I'm 14 months out and it definitely crosses my mind...

But then I eat...

And I realize that even now, I'm still not able to consume a cup of solids without feeling like I'm gonna sneeze...

So the thought disappears for a few days...

You're not alone @@Slim-Shady

Not by a long shot...

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Sophie74656    1,572

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it's very difficult for the sleeve to stretch. They cut out the part of your stomach that stretches

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Daisee68    2,493

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I had bypass but I still think about it too. At one meal it seems I can eat so much and then the next day, barely anything and I am full. It reminds me that I still have restriction and gives me comfort. Just gotta make sure not to eat around the restriction.

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laura_rose16    27

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My doctor is one of the first surgeons to do the sleeve. He told me a few days ago that the stretchy part of the stomach was taken out. And for all intensive purposes you can't stretch it out. You can go back to bad habits and slider foods and gain weight. But it doesn't stretch. So tell yourself that when you feel worried.

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Slim-Shady    79

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Thanks everyone! The encouragement is great!

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Slim-Shady    79

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I had bypass but I still think about it too. At one meal it seems I can eat so much and then the next day, barely anything and I am full. It reminds me that I still have restriction and gives me comfort. Just gotta make sure not to eat around the restriction.

I am still amazed by this @@Daisee68! One minute I'm stuffed the entire day from what I ate the day before, and the next, I can eat more than I expected! That's probably one reason I worry about stretching my sleeve! Guess it's all part of the learning process.

I had bypass but I still think about it too. At one meal it seems I can eat so much and then the next day, barely anything and I am full. It reminds me that I still have restriction and gives me comfort. Just gotta make sure not to eat around the restriction.

I am still amazed by this @@Daisee68! One minute I'm stuffed the entire day from what I ate the day before, and the next, I can eat more than I expected! That's probably one reason I worry about stretching my sleeve! Guess it's all part of the learning process.

I had bypass but I still think about it too. At one meal it seems I can eat so much and then the next day, barely anything and I am full. It reminds me that I still have restriction and gives me comfort. Just gotta make sure not to eat around the restriction.

I am still amazed by this @@Daisee68! One minute I'm stuffed the entire day from what I ate the day before, and the next, I can eat more than I expected! That's probably one reason I worry about stretching my sleeve! Guess it's all part of the learning process.

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jaxmom    644

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Anyone else scared?? Well let's see if 4:50 am and I'm sitting in the bathtub googling away because I can't sleep. When I try to sleep i imagine my naughty, naughty tummy churning away thinking of ideas how it can undermine me. Will it split? Leak? Come together poorly with scar tissue left over from lap band and therefore leak? Is it lying in wait for me to have one sip of wine weeks from now so it can shut my system down completely and dramatically? I read somewhere that an octopus is so dramatic that if gets REALLY pissed off it will and can eat its own arm- how's that for drama? Surely my tummy isn't that naughty is it? Oh lord.... Kinda Familiar I love reading your comments because you always take the time to acknowledge what the person has to say and respond with a bit of humor without making the person feel like a totally dramatic octopus. Heheh how's that for making sense????? Oh well, it's 5:00 am, my mind isn't fully awake at all. ;)

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Sophie74656    1,572

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I think people think about stretching because after a while you are able to eat more than you could. But that's not stretcing that's all the swelling going down and really your new normal stomach size.

Plus as others have mentioned there are some foods that you can eat a lot of and not feel a restriction. For me its chips and sashimi. I can eat 2/3 of a regular dinner sashimi entree

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jaxmom    644

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Sophie when was your surgery?

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

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