3 oz pouch

You no what?? I heard the best news today. I no a woman who is 4 years out and she just had an edospic(sp) done. Her pouch is still 3 oz!!! This really suprised me as some where I thought I had been told that our pouch would stretch to about 8-9 oz around a yr out. Not so for her. I sure hope that is the case with everyone and mine won't stretch out..I have really been thinking mine would stretch out, but then I spoke with other long term out and they said there's (to there knowlegde is 3 oz to.)(They did the cottage cheese test) so this has really given me hope. Brenda 248/172/???

I was told at my dieticians you CAN stretch your pouch but it's not a given. You chances are good to stretch it if: You eat and drink at the same time. You eat too much consistantly. You drink carbonated beverages - BIG NO NO! Also, she said once it is stretched if can shink. The really big problem is if you get your stoma too big. Then food will pass too quickly through your pouch and you feel hungry soon and more often. The worse combination is a stretched pouch AND stoma.