[After Weight Loss Surgery] Digest Number 2158

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1a. Re: stomach stretching?
From: MotherOf3


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1a. Re: stomach stretching?
Posted by: "MotherOf3" afterwls@aol.com vicstevens
Date: Thu Jul 19, 2012 10:37 am ((PDT))

Your surgeon can request an upper GI test that is an x-ray of you as you swallow a liquid the scanner can see. It shows to some extent the size of your stomach but isn't all that reliable.

We have a document in our file section called "Pouch Rules for Dummies", which describes a test done with measured cottage cheese, and gives an idea of how much cottage cheese one's stomach pouch might hold after certain time periods.

I long-ago set it up so this document gets emailed to every new member of this group, not sure if that is still working.

-Vic

--- In afterweightlosssurgery@yahoogroups.com, pat clark <steelctygirl@...> wrote:
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> Does anyone know if there is a way to tell if your stomach has stretched?
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> To: afterweightlosssurgery@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, July 9, 2012 2:29 PM
> Subject: [After Weight Loss Surgery] Re: Article on gastric bypass and increased risk of alcoholism
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> I'm 13 years out and have seen this 'tolerance' evolve in me over the last 2-3 years. I used to get dumping from just a few sips, and sweet drinks were like poison. Now it takes 2 mixed drinks to get me tipsy, and don't get dumping from alcohol any more. It's scary because I'll get a brief 'buzz', then not much more than sleepy. I'm very much aware of it, don't drink very often, and I make sure my husband keeps booze in our house hidden (if he buys any), and he monitors my intake, else it would be easy for me to consume more.
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> --- In mailto:afterweightlosssurgery%40yahoogroups.com, "Sharon Merritt" <theskinnycoffee@> wrote:
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> > Interesting. I find the opposite. If I drink much at all I get the dumping.
> > I can drink but slowly and usually with food. And I'm 10 years out so not
> > expecting any more changes!
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