Cottage Cheese Test

Have any of you done the cottage cheese test to see how much your pouch can hold? If so how much were you able to eat. I am 18 months post op. and have never tried it but just interested. Thanks

hi judy...i have the cottage cheese test somewhere but not sure right now just where its at from me moving...i haven't tried it yet but know someone that has and its really interesting to see how much your pouch can hold...

hugs

Judy,

My surgeon has me do a pouch capacity test.  He has me prepare and measure 2 cups of cottage cheese or cooked oatmeal, eat it until I can't eat another bite, and measure what's left.  He says if I can eat more than 1 cup, I need a fill in my band.

I'm not sure how accurate a test this is of actual pouch capacity, though, because cottage cheese and oatmeal slide through the stoma pretty easily and I think while I'm eating more cottage cheese, the first few bites are already disappearing into my lower stomach, making room for more cottage cheese.  The last time I did this test (before my last fill), I was able to eat 2 cups of oatmeal and there is no way my pouch has a 2-cup capacity.

Jean

I did it once because my doctor thoght that I wasn't holding enough.  I was able to get a little over a half cup of cottage cheese. I haven't tried it recently, but I'm sure that I can eat between a half and full cup.  However, cottage cheese has always been problematic for me.

The Cottage Cheese test doesnt work for me as I dont have a sense of fullness unless it is dense protien like chicken, Beef or something like that. I just measure 1.2 cup and leave it at that. Carla