Janelle

Someone asked me a very interesting question...what happens to the old stomach? Atrophy at all? Just hang out?

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263/167/135/125
Highest/Current/Surgeon's Goal/My Goal

Pre-Op 263.8
Week 1 252.8
Week 2 251.6
Week 3 246.6
Week 4 244.8
Week 5 241.4
Week 6 226.6
Week 7 222.8
Week 8 222.8
Week 9 220.8
Week 10 217.2
Week 16 205.4
July 15...198.6...reached onederland while on a cruise with no scale!
August 18 185
October 4 169.8...anxious to become a Century Club member!
November 11 160.6 CENTURY CLUB...FINALLY!

Deirdrea

Your remnent stomach just kinda hangs out. It still offers it's gastric juices to the digestion further down the line where it reconnects. Other then that it doesn't do a whole lot. There are still a lot of things that they aren't 100% sure about with how the surgery works so well because your remnent still produces ghrellin but for some reason after the surgery it doesn't create the urge to eat like it did before surgery.

coptergirl

Yep - what Deidra said It is taking a permanent rest from all the work we put it through pre op

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Whitney
272/243/123.5/135
Highest/Pre-op/Current/Goal

GBS 3/7/06
Dr. Stanley Klein -Torrance, CA

Hernia Repair/Tummy Tuck 3/9/07!!!!

148.5 pounds and 64.5 inches gone forever!!

GOAL REACHED 2/6/07!!!

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Corrine

I was told that the old stomach is still a working organ.

It's re-attached lower down on the small intestine and continues to make gastric digestive enzymes, acid and mucous that mixes with passing food and helps with digestion. Interestingly, it can still get ulcers.

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Dr. Sebesta. Madigan Medical Army Center (MAMC)

259.5/224.7/121
highest/day of surgery/current (5'5")
138.5lb gone as of 11/30/2008 ~~~ BMI 20.1 ~~~

Janelle

Isn't the human body just amazing? I will be sure to pass that info to my sister (who was the asker!)

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263/167/135/125
Highest/Current/Surgeon's Goal/My Goal

Pre-Op 263.8
Week 1 252.8
Week 2 251.6
Week 3 246.6
Week 4 244.8
Week 5 241.4
Week 6 226.6
Week 7 222.8
Week 8 222.8
Week 9 220.8
Week 10 217.2
Week 16 205.4
July 15...198.6...reached onederland while on a cruise with no scale!
August 18 185
October 4 169.8...anxious to become a Century Club member!
November 11 160.6 CENTURY CLUB...FINALLY!

OsoDelDesierto

Since I had the VSG rather than the RNY, my "remnant" stomach most likely ended up in an incinerator at the hospital. It served me well for 42 years, despite my abuse of it, but I'm not mourning it...

With the VSG, approximately 75-90% (depending on the surgeon) of the stomach is completely removed, leaving a "sleeve" about the size of a ballpoint pen, with normal connections to the esophagus and small intestine (nothing is bypassed), normal digestive juice production, and no more gherelin production. I've been telling people I gave up my stomach for Lent...

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Eric
6'4"
540/470/246/215
highest/surgery/current/surgeon's goal

VSG with Dr. Chiasson 2/13/08
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fisher1000

Hilarious!

How you doing, Eric, and how's Valentino? Boots wants to come and visit!

-Mike

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402/204/under 200 (As of 11/15/08)
Highest/Current/Goal
Open RNY - September 24th
198 pounds GONE, BABY, GONE!

BMI: 63 (was) / 31 (is)

Countdown to goal: 206 205 204 203 202 201 200 199 GOAL!

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soon2bthin

My doc said the same thing, that my unused portion of stomach just hangs out. Kind of like it is on a permanent vacation. Wish the rest of me was too!!!


Cassie