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Originally Posted by RichX
Apart from being on a liquid diet, with that type of surgery (not getting hungry, 80% of your stomach gone etc). Is it reversible? Can you enjoy a good feed ever again in your life, when you return to a typical weight?
Or is that it for ever? Eg: Your Christmas dinner is going to be 2 slices of Turkey and maybe a mince pie.
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My stomach capacity once I'm fully healed will be approx 150-200mls, the average persons stomach is about 1000mls.
The surgery is not reversible, my stomach is like this:
The sleeve can be forced to stretch over time but forcing food down is VERY painful - the pain is a reminder of your limitations (and is caused by the titanium staples) & partly why the sleeve is so such a successful weight loss tool - it cannot be cheated like a Lapband can be by eating small amounts continually as there is no capacity to store the bulk.
It's a tool that helps you re-learn portion sizes & limits how fast you can eat food.
Currently it takes me about 30 minutes to consume 100ml of soup comfortably - my stomach is still swollen internally & has a capacity of about 50mls at the moment.
I won't be starting solid food for another 3 weeks yet, the stomach takes quite a while to heal.
Once I'm fully healed a full meal for me will only ever be entree sized, also you can't drink & eat at the same time due to the capacity limitation.