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Mine is a 34 and I asked him to do it tight ! Haha don't know if he did or not and I had really good restriction up until the 2 year mark and then I noticed I could eat more, ugh. So I had to measure for a while and I have to be mindful of what I do. I never thought I would be able to eat much again but that is not the case. Make sure you follow the plan and measure your food and you wont have any issues.
Have you tried eating in the morning and doing the shakes at night ? I had a hard time with shakes doing anything for me in the morning and its still the same way now. I do better eating breakfast and doing a shake for lunch or dinner, I don't do shakes very often anymore, I like eating my food ! It is actually easier after surgery unless you are hung up on certain foods, but by your post I am not seeing that you are so you should be just fine. Congrats on the upcoming surgery.
I have 1 more month left b4 my doc submits to ins. Im trying to replace 1 meal with a (already made) premier shake or I also have boost shakes. I do good in the morning and have a shake and then as a snack later I have a nutrigrain bar but later in the day all I want to do is eat n eat... Idk if its me just about to start my cycle or what. I get so frustrated and mad at myself.. I have healthy snacks but still. I keep thinking if I cant do it now then what am I going to do when I have the surgery. I really have been trying. Just scared I guess. Any tips that I can try. I already drink alot of water all day and have kicked sodas to the curb 5 months ago thankfully :D
I have no idea, and really don't care (if, indeed, he even used one) - there are so many other factors involved that it makes little difference. When i had mine done some eight years ago, there was a group in here from one surgeon who insisted that if you didn't have a tightly oversewn 32Fr sleeve, that you would never lose the needed weight, could never maintain your loss, would soon be eating 16 oz steaks, and no one would ever love you again.... Yet others who had 36 or 40Fr sleeves did just as well (and others with 32s struggled.)
My nominal stomach size at surgery time was 2.5 oz; when my wife had her DS, her nominal stomach size was 4 oz which probably works out to a 56-60Fr, typical for a DS, yet all these years later, our meal capacity is about the same.
A more important factor is to understand that your capacity will increase some over time, and you need to plan for that. This doc provides a rough projection of what to expect, and his ideas of how to live with it (mainly taking up that additional volume with high bulk, low calorie veg) - you may or may not like his prescription, but the main idea is to plan ahead for it and figure out how you are going to handle it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_aahPETzH0&t=106s
Good luck, and have fun with it
1st support group/seminar - 8/03 (has it been that long?)
Wife's DS - 5/05 w Dr. Robert Rabkin VSG on 5/9/11 by Dr. John Rabkin
Hi Vanvooh,
Im 4 weeksout now. Ithurts less now than before. I can eat about 2 to3 tspns of puree before burping and thats how i know to stop. Somedays are better than others. I still get nauseus which i hooe will subside. Key is to drink water all day and eat a good carb puree with protein to stabilize insulin as low sugar causes nausea. Want to avoid that. My bp is normal and off meds now. Lost 25 lbs. I still have moments of regret when I see people eat but was told by month 3 when i can eat atleast 4 oz (dry oz not liquid oz..theres a difference) i will feel a lot better. 2 to 3 tspns of food ****** me off. Go to walmart and buy a foodacale 10$. Make sure you set it to lb/oz...ypu will need it eventually.
At this point the nausea is killing me. Hooefully the more it heals this will go away. Im sure regret will be a thing of the past soon. Im already starting to be a little happier
Good luck and reach out to me if you do get it so we can help each other out.
I feel like I should have never done this. Im sick of all this liquid and protein talk. Im sitting here reading other posts of people eating 2 or 3 spoonfuls of food.....really??? Is that how life is going to be??
I can deal with a baby plate or bowl but 2 or 3 tspns really???
Then- all the fat free sugar free c*** the nutritionist talks about has actually been proven to be worse for you. If you eat the foods in moderation thats the key....which before we all struggled with becaise we cpuld fill our 2 liter stomachs. I want to be healthy and lose weight obviously the reason I did this....but reading about the 2 to 3 bites is extreme ....too much no good...too little no good either
Stresseddddd ?????????????????????????????????????
Just wondering how you are doing now? I am about to have surgery and am concerned and hope not to have regrets so I really understood your post. Wondering how you are doing now?
Have you looked at this picture that shows how the different size bougies compare to everyday objects?
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
I think there was study that showed that the bougie size has at the time of surgery does not determine if the person would be successful or not. But, maybe little bigger bougie size could give you better chance not to get GERD?
Size may cause difference when it is significantly larger, like a few times larger. By from 34 to 36? I don't think there should be an issues. How well your body heals, how well you can control portion sizes - from what I know - the last 2 may have significant impact on your weigh loss and maintenance.
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
I asked my surgeon what size he made my sleeve and he said he used a 36 bougie. I'm not sure how I feel about that. I was hoping it would be a 32 or 34.
Anyway, what size was your bougie and are you happy still with your restriction?
