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Stomach made too small from surgery

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kellyann311    1

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Hi everyone- I'm having my surgery soon. I have a question can your stomach be made too small where you look sickly from too much weight loss? Has this happened to anyone? If this occurs what does the doctors do?

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Inner Surfer Girl    12,015

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If you are being sleeved, and you have a skilled/experienced surgeon, you really don't have any reason to worry about this. When you are sleeved, your entire digestive system remains intact. The only thing that is removed is the stretchy part of the stomach.

Malnutrition should only be a danger if you do not follow your post-op program. As long as you get enough Protein and fluids and take your Vitamins and supplements as directed post-op you will be fine. Long-term, you just need to eat nutritiously.

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Bufflehead    6,358

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Many people with ulcers or cancer have their entire stomach removed with an operation called gastrectomy. They go on to lead healthy, normal lives and do not waste away, lose too much weight, or look sickly. They may need to work with a dietitian to make sure they get enough calories and Protein but in general that is a minor concern. So do not worry about your stomach being accidentally made too small, you would do just fine even if your surgeon came to the OR drunk and decided to cut your whole stomach out just for laughs.

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Babbs    14,681

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With the sleeve surgery, not likely. With the bypass, it's not the size of the pouch but the malabsorbtion that usually causes an issue.

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Tcisme    13

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My surgery was 9/13/13 I weighed 265.... today I weigh 135... I've been very sick lately every1 keeps saying I look sick. I only eat about 3 or 4 bites at a time. Thts all I can hold. I don't think it has anything to do with my sleeve surgery I've had a few surgeries since...and something definitely messed me up. I'm wasting away... went from a size 22-24 to a size small

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Inner Surfer Girl    12,015

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My surgery was 9/13/13 I weighed 265.... today I weigh 135... I've been very sick lately every1 keeps saying I look sick. I only eat about 3 or 4 bites at a time. Thts all I can hold. I don't think it has anything to do with my sleeve surgery I've had a few surgeries since...and something definitely messed me up. I'm wasting away... went from a size 22-24 to a size small

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I am so sorry to hear you are experiencing difficulties. Have you talked to a physician about this? Your surgeon? A gastrointestinal specialist?

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Tcisme    13

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My surgery was 9/13/13 I weighed 265.... today I weigh 135... I've been very sick lately every1 keeps saying I look sick. I only eat about 3 or 4 bites at a time. Thts all I can hold. I don't think it has anything to do with my sleeve surgery I've had a few surgeries since...and something definitely messed me up. I'm wasting away... went from a size 22-24 to a size small

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I am so sorry to hear you are experiencing difficulties. Have you talked to a physician about this? Your surgeon? A gastrointestinal specialist?
Yes all 3.... test after test after test.... I'm weak... I can't intake more than 300 to 400 calories a day... I've been hospitalized... I get out same thing....I'm tired

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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
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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.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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