Can too much water stretch your sleeve?

Calking
on 8/6/13 5:31 am

VSG on 05/31/12

Look at my response to MadlyInLoveWithCheese above and that might explain things a little better.

Greek yogurt isn't like a dense protein such as chicken and for a lot of people if it is just the yogurt without adding anything more solid food wise to it would be a "slider" food. These are foods that are either very quickly digested or somewhat liquid like and will pass through your stomach quicker than the above mentioned chicken (which is more solid).

I don't think that you would have much issue with the Greek yogurts. The string cheese maybe a little slower passing through your stomach. But really I don't think that you are causing any potential problems. It actually is pretty tough to stretch that sleeve because as I understand it the part of the stomach that they remove is actually a stretchier part than what remains.

The only problem you might experience is flushing the cheese through sooner than it would have naturally gone through or if the cheese was blocking the liquid a little bit then the liquid has only one way out and that would be to try and come back up. Although you would feel full and stop drinking before any of that would happen I would expect.

So overall I think you don't have anything to be concerned about.

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AnnieCoelho
on 1/7/18 11:06 am

What about drinking BEFORE a meal? I was under the impression that liquids just run right through, and from what I'm reading here it sounds like that's correct. But can our sleeved stomachs actually fill up on liquids?

akr9911
on 8/6/13 5:34 am

VSG on 06/20/13

I'd just like to thank all responders for their answers. I learned a lot on this thread today!

HW 259 SW 251 CW 217 M1-20.5 M2 -7.5 M3 -4 M4 -2

MadlyInLovewithChees
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on 8/6/13 6:27 am

VSG on 11/25/13 with

same here!

Nancybefree
on 8/6/13 6:36 am

VSG on 11/21/12 with

I remember posting that question on here a while back. :)

5'8" HRW 357 on 7/09/12 SW 339 >196 8/26/13 (surgeon's goal) TWL 193 CW 164

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Sherry P.
on 8/6/13 8:29 am

VSG on 07/15/13

Learned a lot on this post. I am five weeks out and wondered the same thing. When I am mainly drinking protein drinks (fluid), maybe some jello, and SF popsicles, do I need to worry about when I drink my water. (30 minutes before or after)

Thanks.