85% Removal? Really?

[barrbdoll 287]

Ok.. so I have a surgery date of April 16th so my time is getting near therefore I'm really starting to think about certain "things".... I am waiting to hear back from my surgeon on this question but figured I would post it here and get some feedback. Pretty much everywhere I read Gastric Sleeve surgery removes 85% of the stomach. Well.... I guess I am a lil nervous about that. Why can't they remove maybe 60 or 70%?? It just seems very extreme to me especially since it's a permanent surgery. A lot of folks I have seen have also had a very rapid weight loss.. Some are losing 25-30lbs a month.. Are we able to choose the size of our sleeve? I really don't want to lose my extra weight that fast. In a perfect world I would like to lose 10-15lbs per month. This is really the only issue I am having at the moment.

Your feedback is appreciated!

Thanks!

[doggz109 41]

Your surgeon chooses the size.....its not negotiable. They need to remove enough so that there is no fundus remaining....if there is....it will just stretch back out and you will be able to over eat again.

The surgeon will do a size/shape that he thinks is best when he goes in....thats why your choice of surgeon is so important and to be comfortable with what he is doing. Removing 60% would just stretch back out eventually.

The fast loss does not last.....the stats you are quoting 25-30/month is first/second month tops....after that its more like 2-3 lbs a week. You will be wishing it was coming off faster after that.

Finally.....it IS a radical and permanent surgery. You choose to do this because you have NO other options. It's your last resort. If you feel you have other options available to you....then take them.

[SweetP 18]

I have also read a lot of things that say 85% but my surgeons info said they remove approx 70%. I also see a lot of people losing more quickly than I am. I'm 3 weeks post op and I've lost 12 pounds since the day of my surgery.

[twoboysandagirl 109]

doggz~ well said...I was thinking all the same things you posted!

[SweetP 18]

Actually is says "it reduces the capacity by about 70%".

[Rootman 1,101]

The 85% figure is just an estimate, after all what does it really represent? The surface area? The capacity empty? The capacity full? And is this before or after the stomach is stretched out after a big meal?

Just remember that a LARGE portion is removed, after a few months you WILL be able to eat healthy NORMAL portions, but remember that HEALTHY and NORMAL are NOT what you ate before, and indeed not what MOST people eat today. It is a lot smaller.

85% sounds shocking BUT IT IS JUST A FIGURE, YOUR ACTUALLY % MAY BE LESS OR MORE.