Monday, November 7, 2011

Patients who have had gastric bi p and stomach stapling surgery for obesity.?

I did not personally have this done, but my sister and my aunt did, so I can answer part of your question. The last part. My aunt had several additional surgeries to correct stomach problems, some of them many years after the original surgery, but not my sister. She is able to eat more now than she could at first, due to her stomach pouch stretching, but is still limited to some degree. She has gained back a lot of the weight, but has started doing the Weight Watchers program and is having success with it. You could also see a nutritionist for more information on what to eat. As far as your pouch stretching, the walls of the stomach do that normally. If you put more food in it than it should have, it stretches. If you do this on a consistent basis, it doesn't shrink back. To make it shrink back, you have to consistently eat less than it will hold. If it's current size is not being filled, it will gradually return to it's previous size. The trick is to not eat until you feel full, but only eat until you no longer feel hungry.

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