Signs that my pouch is full? and other questions

[Katie713 423]

Its just the way it is. Once the meal is down the stomach is under pressure, if you eat too much the food has nowhere to go except up thu the esophagus. Its a weird sensation, and vomiting is the same way, not like before surgery, its like the food comes up just like it was swallowed, a small amount for the most part and hardly any liquid. Sorry for the graphic explanation!

[LifetimeLoser 208]

Basically with gastric bypass, a pouch is created that is attached to your small intestine. They create a small hole for the contents of your stomach to pass thru to your intestine, that is called the stoma.The rest of your stomach is idle - still in your abdominal cavity, but not in use. The process is two-fold, restriction from not being able to eat much, and also what they call malabsorbtive, which means you can't digest all the food so it passes out of your body without being fully utilized.

Sleeve surgery leaves your normal esophagus intact, it is a path down your throat into your stomach that has a little flap. Your stomach is trimmed down to the size of a banana, and food exits normally through the pylorus muscle, which is a sphincter, it opens and closes to move food down into your intestines normally.

Sorry I could not attach a link, this website does not allow me to post the link, I got an error message, but you can just look up the various surgery techniques on the web.

thanks so much. I think I was confused because my nurse/nutritionist kept calling my stomach a pouch...I don't really think they meant in such a literal term. But it is helpful to understand what is exactly happening in there.

[LifetimeLoser 208]

I 12 days post op. my inside still feel sore, like I was on a fight 12 days ago. I lost 12 lbs preop and my first week post op I only lost 2 due to all the IV fluids. I expect this weeks weight loss to be better. I weigh myself daily but I only believe what it says on weigh in day. I moved to puréed today and mashed potatoes were the best thing I have ever eaten!!

I agree...moving to the pureed stage is heavenly. Today was my first day as well. I blended up some beef stew with greek yogurt! and I blended up some canned chicken with greek yogurt. looks disgusting, but tastes sooo good compared to full liquids