75% Of My Stomach Gone!

[SkinnyOnMe 81]

Is 75% too much? Because I think so. What is normal?

[JimmyGotSLEEVED 270]

It's usually 85% of the stomach for this surgery

[minniekitty 44]

I think 75% is within the range normally removed for VSG (it varies from surgeon to surgeon). I had 85% of mine taken out. My boyfriend calls it my baby stomach because I eat like a baby (or maybe a toddler?) now

[Mr_Worm 129]

Its not too less if you need a 100% method of Portion Control that apparently I needed...Its amazing at how you view food portions pre vsg vs post

[Dooter 1,457]

I was told 85% also. If they do not take enough of the stomach, then the stretchy part of the stomach will remain and can stretch back out again causing weight gain. They have to take out enough to get down to the non-stretchy part to keep good restriction. (I'm not very eloquent tonight, cheeeez!)

[missmeow 156]

If they did 2 cup capacity at 1 year out, I would be on board. It seems the push is for 1 cup max now. That makes me not so on board.

[JimmyGotSLEEVED 270]

If they did 2 cup capacity at 1 year out' date=' I would be on board. It seems the push is for 1 cup max now. That makes me not so on board.[/quote']

If u want to keep your large stomach by all means I think the band is your best bet.

[MamaM 72]

If they did 2 cup capacity at 1 year out, I would be on board. It seems the push is for 1 cup max now. That makes me not so on board.

Two cups is A LOT of food!

[missmeow 156]

Not really. A normal stomach is 6-8 cups, so 2 cups is 1/4th to 1/3rd of a normal stomach. It would not be a large stomach by any stretch. *shrug*

You know, someone having concerns about the current state of the procedure doesn't negate anyone's choice to have it done.

[Sleeved&Hopeful 182]

MissMeow, ask your surgeon for a larger bougie size if you don't want too much taken out.Good luck

[missmeow 156]

OMG, do they do that?

[Lissa 2,631]

Yes, they can and will give you a bigger bougie. Of course, you may want to read some research about success rates vs bougie size. It seems that many surgeons are going to a slightly larger bougie as a matter of course. I guess the standard size used to be about 32, but I've heard of people having a bougie as large as 40. Those measurements are in millimeters so the difference isn't as long as the word difference on your screen.