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It involves the surgical removal of most of your stomach. Rather than making a pouch (RNY) or putting a band on it, or stapling it (bit old fashioned now) the surgeon reshapes your stomach. The old bit is thrown away!
You end up with a thin, banana shaped stomach. Mine (as part of the DS) is now 1oz in capacity, compared to about 20oz before. It means you can physically not eat a lot at any one time. More studies are being done on it -check out the VSG board (vertical sleeve gastrectomy is the other name for it) for more info.
Sal
It involves the surgical removal of most of your stomach. Rather than making a pouch (RNY) or putting a band on it, or stapling it (bit old fashioned now) the surgeon reshapes your stomach. The old bit is thrown away!
You end up with a thin, banana shaped stomach. Mine (as part of the DS) is now 1oz in capacity, compared to about 20oz before. It means you can physically not eat a lot at any one time. More studies are being done on it -check out the VSG board (vertical sleeve gastrectomy is the other name for it) for more info.
Sal
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