Question:
Why doesn't our old stomach get hungry?

   — Lacy G. (posted on October 27, 2000)

October 27, 2000
Lacy...I'm not a medical person, but it wasexplained to me that the area of the stomach that feels hunger and gives you the signal that you're full is at the top. In other words, in the area that is made into the pouch. So the transected portion, or *old stomach* does not *feel* hunger. Any doctors or nurses out there who can confirm or deny this? :-) This explanation applies to RNY surgery. With the DS the stomach is reduced in a different way.
   — Roseann M.

October 29, 2000
lacy, I asked my doctor that and he told me that when the skin stretches in the stomach, your body sends a message to your brain saying your full. Your small pouch will "stretch" when you eat, thus sending the message. Hope that helps.
   — kristaz