What's a stoma, a stricture and what is AMOS?

Hi Everyone, my surgery is scheduled October 27th and the questions are coming faster than I can place them into words! I've been reading this site as much as possible and I have some nagging questions. What is the "stoma"? I mean, I've gathered it's the stomach after surgery...also referred to as a pouch. What is a stricture? Is that when the pouch/stomach gets SMALLER after surgery? And my last question I think is directed to ObesityHelp.com itself...What's the AMOS group? What does that stand for??? Thanks for everyone's help, encouragement and wisdom!

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