What determines weight loss success inspite of a large stoma?

I am only 4 weeks out from LAP RNY, but from day one I could eat/drink continually without ever getting full, nauseated, or dumping. I am usually hungry again 1/2 hour after eating. I'm thinking I might have to face the fact that I have a large stoma. I will just have to wait and see about that as I get closer to being 6 months out or so, then if I'm still this way, ask the doc for an upper GI. Anyway, what I am wondering is whether weight loss in people with large stomas doesn't occur because they overeat? Or is it some other mechanical factor related to the rearrangement of the GI tract? Some people have RNY revisions done, but are they ever done to correct a large stoma? I get the impression from what I've read here that trying to correct a large stoma with more surgery is dangerous, but I don't know how or why. I guess I'm trying to weigh (pardon the pun) my options if I do have a defective stoma. If I stick to an 800 calorie a day diet, even though I am hungry, will I still lose weight in spite of a possible large stoma problem? Any comments are indeed welcome! God bless!!!

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