Reduction in capacity

Has anyone experienced a reduction in capacity after a couple years post-op. Of late, portions that presented no problem seem to fill me up and fill me up quite well. A egg over easy and half piece of whole wheat toast is a load. Nowhere Man/PH/Jay

Jay, Same here, But I wrote it off to What foods I've been eating lately. More dense meat, Less soft stuff. A lot of "adapting" to "Civilian Foods," Such as eating just the turkey breast out of a deli sandwich Or the Meat and Cheese off of a slice of Pizza. Curious to see the collective reply to this. Maybe Winter Shrinkage in the Cold? (Oh wait,) (Ooops, Wrong Pouch,) (Wrong Board) (Men's Forum Discussion) I'm sticking with my Theory of Eating super solids for now..... Best Wishes- Dx

Perhaps it is 'stuff' I am eating. At my last quarterly Dr appt, I learned that I have lost 6 pounds in the last 3 months and dropped my Ha1c to 6.4. Nowhere Man/PH/Jay

unfortunatly no! im able to eat little bit more i find that drinking coffee for some reason helps curb my appetite .. ugh how are you my friend?

Hi Joann. Just to be clear, it's not appetite, it's just capacity. I just get fuller faster. You know that little bell that goes off and says "put your fork down NOW or pay for it" feeling. Nowhere Man/PH/Jay

gee appetite and capacity to me its the same thing..

Interesting perspective. To me, appetite is in my head; capacity is more a physical, mechanical sort of thing. Nowhere Man/PH/Jay

JoAnn, The Coffee works wonders for me too! I mostly have De-Caf (now and then the Real-Deal) But it keeps me so I'm not at all hungry. I guess it's adding in that extra beverage Along with all of my water that is keeping me Super Full now-a-days. At Least it's keeping my Bladder working overtime! Best Wishes- Dx

Hmm-I have noticed that my capacity seems to vary greatly. I know that dense foods fill me up really quickly-I am also guessing that it probably varies on how much I chew. I have always gotten full on one egg and half piece of toast. Notice, however that doesn't stop from from snacking on non-dense food at times

My capacity has increased in the past 4-5 months, at almost 2-1/2 years out. Having said that, however, in the last few weeks I have found that capacity is now varying with certain foods. For example, last Friday I had a small tomatoe stuffed with tuna. Tonight I had an even smaller tomatoe and really took some doing to get it down. Why? How is that possible? At lunch I had 1/2 of a high protein bar, and I paid for that with over 45 minutes of agonizing pain. However, last Wednesday I had a full protein bar for breakfast when I did not have time for a "real" meal and had no problem. Is this a capacity issue as well? Just curious. But . . . if the capacity becomes less as we get further out, I say "AMEN". That will keep me in check ----> Missy