Stretched Pouch

[LollyMoe 1]

1) How do you know if you have stretched your pouch?

2) If you have stretched it some, would going on liquids for a few days help it?

[serenity55 15]

I think I read somewhere that going on liquids will shrink the pouch, in some cases, with a doctor's approval.

I'm not sure about how one can tell if the pouch is stretched Maybe you'd have trouble keeping things down, or being able to eat too much?

Hopefully someone will come along and let us know. .

[Pam92 0]

1) How do you know if you have stretched your pouch?

2) If you have stretched it some, would going on liquids for a few days help it?

I think I read somewhere that going on liquids will shrink the pouch, in some cases, with a doctor's approval.

I'm not sure about how one can tell if the pouch is stretched Maybe you'd have trouble keeping things down, or being able to eat too much?

Hopefully someone will come along and let us know. .

I have the same question. So be sure to let us know what you find out from your dr. PLEASE

[lindas0809 0]

I asked this to my Dr. after surgery (I think everyone's really paranoid in the beginning). Here's what she told me:

It's hard to stretch a lap band pouch - you would have to consistently over eat for a long time. Bypass patients can and do stretch their pouches because there's nowhere for the food to go- unlike us, we dump our food into our real stomachs. It made sense to me when she explained it that way.

You can get an upper GI to see if you esophagus/pouch is stretched.