What size are you?

I read that Kat's pouch is only .5oz recently on one of her posts. I wondered if anyone else knows what size pouch they have and how much intestine was bypassed? Does this vary alot from surgeon to surgeon? I think (but I may be way off) that my pouch is 2oz and 1.5 meters of intestine was bypassed.

i did the cottage cheese test. my surgon told me to mesure 6 oz of cottage cheese using a messuring cup. in the morning while yor pouch is still empty eat as much as you can as fast as you cn till you feel full. whan your full stop. and mesure how much you ate. my results were 4 ozs. hope this helps jenia

Thanks Jenia Thats' really helpful

I was told mine was 4 oz and I have a restaurant card from the surgeon which states it's 4 oz but I have not done the cottage cheese test. I hear that is the right way to measure. And I don't know about the intestine bypass*(%#$ Debbie

I was told my surgeon is able to make make his pouches smaller because he does them open & double sews over the connection, but I don't know how big it is. .5 oz sounds like b.s. to me, maybe EMPTY that is the size, but I think what we're talking about here is maximum capacity. As far as amount of intestines bypassed, mine was 200 cm (100 for each limb). Darlene

I was shown a 1 oz measuring cup, and told that my pouch was 1/2 that size and that to pure more in it would be stretching it. I have measured the amount of food and pure dense chicken / steak / porkchop, I measure out now (12 weeks post op) is 1.0 oz of food. when I eat that portion, I am STUFFED and can not eat anymore.