Possible pouch stretch

[sharon2u 0]

Hi I was wondering if it is possible to re tighten the pouch should it stretch out inbetween fills? I would like to know. I ahve been banded since Sept 2007 and I have done real well, watching what I eat and through tons of exercise and walking I mastered about a 93 pound weightlos in the first 10 months of surgery and well now I am just plain stuck. I ahve lost inches and look good but I ahve only lost 8 pounds since May 2008 before I had my gallbladder removed I was weighed and my weight just goes up and down the scale sort to speak. I am maintaining 180 pounds. I am going to have my large veins removed from my legs soon and I asked the nurse at that clinic how much I weighed in at beofre that gallbladder surgery and i was just thrown back in horror. This is not the actual bariatric clinic that did my surgery it is another clinic of there for general surgeries. I ahve told my surgeon and his staff for months on end about not losing the weigh and well after 17 months something seems wrong. I ahve been filled and un filled and then re filled. I ahve a 10 cc band now with under 5cc's in it and I am tired of the expense it is causing me now and everything else and I am wondering if the pouch could be stretched. I ahd an upper GI about a month ago and i was told other than it being too tight the band looks good, now how do they really know? can someone send me an e-mail about this. my address is sharrroc@aol.com I really need some advice here. Thanks:confused:

[kiz 1]

People swear by the five day pouch test. You can Google it or search for on LBT. From all the positive reviews I've read here, that would be the first thing I would try if I thought I had a stretched pouch.

[slimmap 1]

I was going to suggest the five day pouch test also. It's kind of hard to do but it really does help get the pouch shrunken. You can probably find it on this website somewhere. I have a posting floating around and a lot of people joined me, which was really helpful. You can also do a google search and get to the webiste telling you exactly how to do it. Just one word of caution: you will get your pouch shrunken but it will stretch out amazingly fast again...so be careful after the 5 day pouch test. Good luck.