Question:
Micropouch Information?

I asked this before but cannot find the link to the answers or the question. I'd just like to hear from a few people regarding the Sapala/Wood Micropouch. I'd like to know how you are doing, any complications, any helpful hints, any other comments. My major question though, is this, are you still hungry? I fear that I will have this done only to not lose the weight or the GERD. Or even if I do, I fear that I will still be hungry all the time like now. I have always been heavy, but have only always been hungry since I quit smoking a year ago. Now, I am even hungry when I am eating. It is really hard to stay away from food when you are always hungry. If this surgery doesn't work, I fear I will start smoking again, because I was NEVER hungry when I smoked. I was still heavy (although not this heavy), but I was able to diet sooo much easier!    — Patricia H. (posted on April 16, 2002)

April 16, 2002
REST ASSURED YOU WILL FEEL FULL!! i TOO WAS ALWAYS HUNGRY, I NEVER IMAGINED HOW SATISFIED I WOULD FEEL ON SO LITTLE TO EAT, YOUR SENSE OF FULLNESS COMES FROM THE ABSORPTION OF CALORIES IN YOUR SMALL INTESTINE, WHEN MY POUCH FILLS, AND I START ABSORBING CALORIES I GET AN OVERWHELMING SENSE OF FULLNESS, AND I CAN BE ENJOYING EATING AND BE SOOOOOO FULL IN AN INSTANT, SO FULL THAT IF I TAKE ANOTHER BITE I JUST KNOW I WILL BE SICK, BELIEVE ME, I HAVE NEVER, NEVER FELT THIS WAY, I COULD REALLY EAT ALOT, NOT THE CASE ANYMORE!!! THANK GOD! DR. WOOD DID MY SURGERY AND MY HUSBANDS, I AM 2 MONTHS POST OP AND HE IS 3 MONTHS POST OP. IF YOU AHEV ANYMORE QUESTIONS JUST E MAIL ME!!! BECKY
   — rebecca N.

April 16, 2002
I ALSO HAD THE SAPALA WOOD MICRPOUCH AND I AM VERY HAPPY WITH IT I AM NEVER HUNGRY, I DO HAVE SOME HEAD HUNGER BUT YOU GET THAT WITH EVRY SURGERY,I AM ONE YEAD OUT AND HAVE LOST108 PD. WITH 20 TO GO AND ANOTHER WHOLE YAER TO GET IT OFF, SO I AN WERY HAPPY WITH MY SUGERY AND DR. SAPALA DID MINE . YOU GET ALOT OF AFTER CARE TO. HE HAS A NUTRITIONIST RIGHT IN HIS OFFICE AND I CAN BUY ALL SUPPLEMTS RIGHT THERE. SO IT IS VERY CONVENENT. IF YOU HAVE MORE QUESTIONS EMAIL MY AND WILL HELP YOU ALL I CAN:)
   — sandra M.

April 16, 2002
I am waiting for a date but I can hardly wait to have Dr Sapala do my surgery. I think this is the best surgery for me... I do not want to lose weight and still have to worry about putting it back on again. Good luck on your decision!
   — Grace M.

April 16, 2002
Hello! I had Dr. Wood do my micropouch and I can't say enough good about him. The staff was wonderful, he is wonderful and I'm down 66 pounds in 2.5 months. :) I had really bad acid reflux prior to surgery and now I have absolutely NONE. :-) You'll be too busy loving your new *thin* life to smoke! Be kind to your lungs! :-)
   — Paula Prichard

April 16, 2002
I had gerd also.......NOT ANY MORE! Visit this page: http://www.micropouch.com/overview.htm ...... and read all about it You won't be sorry you chose the micropouch 1. What is the Sapala-Wood MicropouchTM procedure? The Sapala-Wood MicropouchTM procedure is the result of lessons learned over the past 17 years in several thousand bariatric patients. It is an operation in which the stomach is reduced to the size of the gastric cardia. The cardia is durable and does not stretch over time.1 The cardia also contains very few parietal cells, so patients with GERD are virtually cured of their acid reflux symptoms.2 The bottom of the stomach still has its vagal innervation. Consequently, acid production in the cephalic phase of gastric acid secretion is intact as well as normal gastric emptying.3
   — Phiddy B.