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Long time reader. First time poster. I am scheduled for a mini, but I had a really funny/silly question.

The mini, they made a new small stomach, keeping the old one... does the older original stomach get hungry at all? I know, it's weird but I have to ask.

Thanks, Adrianna.

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based on what i've seen the mini almost looks like a sleeve/bypass combo. I have a bypass, so original stomach is still there. no, I wouldn't know it. feel nothing.

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I had a full blown bypass as well and i get hungry (2 years post op) - I dont believe it is coming from that other part of my stomach because when i eat just a few bites of food, i get full.

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I am 3 years out and feel very LUCKY!!! I still have no physical hunger at all!! But...with that being said MIND HUNGER is REAL!!! I deal with it most days. I have a hard time making up my mind as to what I will eat. Due to a PRISSY POUCH!!! I had the full RNY and the way I see it with this full one is the other part is as what it sounds like BYPASSED. I wouldn't think it would have hunger pains but if I was you I would ask my Surgeon to be sure.

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What a great question! Yes, the bypassed part of the stomach continues to secrete ghrelin, compared to the sleeve, so sleevers can lose weight really fast. Long term, though, bypass patients have a slightly higher percentage of excess weight lost. See https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18376181

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All options work around the nerve triggers where the oesophagus meets the stomach. I am told that these are the triggers which tell the brain that hunger has been sated. So when you fill up to that point, it is supposed to be like a stop cock on a cistern-your tummy thinks it is full

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