Ash104

Hi, Please let me start off by saying that the hospital listed in my profile is not correct. Despite picking my country of residence as the Czech republic I was forced to pick a US hospital. I actually had my surgery done at the Surgal clinic here in Brno Czech Republic back in February 2016. The initial weight loss was great I lost over 50 KG or 110 ibs however over the last year my weight has gradually crept back on. For a while it stabilized at 196 ibs but in the last 3 month I have gained another 28 ibs. I can eat almost as much as friends and family with normal stomachs now. This combined with sometimes severe stomach cramps which can be insanely painful prompted me to visit my surgeon to see if the sleeve had stretched. The finding of the X ray revealed no abnormal stretching. My stomach is now apparently just under half the capacity of a normal person, the surgeon claims this is normal 2 years out. Despite this the weight keeps going up and up and I feel all the control that I used to have has totally vanished as if the sleeve is not even there anymore. The surgeon has refused to carry out any further surgery on me suggesting I should sort this all out with diet and exercise. I am happy to do all of this but I just wish I could get back that extra control the sleeve used to give me. I have attached the picture of my sleeve from a recent Xray, does this look normal? I have to admit I find it hard to believe that it has stretched by just 25% as the surgeon suggests. Thanks

Hi Shedo / others, I think alcohol for sure has played a part for me however im just curious if any of you after a certain period of time had a moment where the sleeve almost turned off? If I can use that phrase, and felt you had to revert back to full manual control so to speak?

Thanks for the advice. I have to admit I do enjoy a drink or two. I used to drink a fair few cocktails and still lost weight in the past. Do you think that despite initially getting away with it that it has caused some damage?