How can i shrink my pouch

The question is If so, you need to get a fill. Mariasha 3. Best of luck with your journey. JMinDallas 1. Instead of doing the 5 day test, go to the dr and get another fill. Sorry for your loss! TKW I have had 5 fills in order to get some restriction. My guess is that you need a fill. Create an account or sign in to comment You need to be a member in order to leave a comment Create an account Sign up for a new account in our community.

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Found out I will be having my surgery October 25th! Alyssa Dalrymple Goodluck on your big day. Jrule Any od 63 years old or older having weight loss surgery or have had weight loss surgery. HeBrokeTheChains I had surgery on September 27th and I am one of the very blessed ones that have had no pain to speak of besides a couple days of gas pain. I have lost 9 lb since surgery, and I am feeling a little like I should have lost more by now.

Is that realistic? Or am I being too fussy? I had my surgery on Sept 30th I can't hold down fluids or soft food. I'm so sad over this journey. SleeverSk Are you on meds for reflux? Bariatric surgery and keto? Get back on track. What do you consider "Starting Weight"? December Friends? Three month stall. Hi Ladies! How long for hospital weight to drop off? Instead, it is inflamed because you ticked it off.

It is incredibly difficult to stretch out the stomach. Is my stomach pouch stretched out? Were you grazing on the food? Did you take more than 30 minutes to eat it? Was your food a softer texture? You will experience less restriction and be able to eat more of a softer textured food.

The softer the food is, the more you can fit in your pouch and the sooner you get hungry. Did you take peanut sized bites and pause in between bites? Did you drink liquids while you ate? We have a back to basics checklist see here that covers just about everything.

It should really be your first port of call. You just need to sit down, reflect on what you are eating, when, how and what size portion, and then identify why your restriction has decreased, and then by going back to basics and pressing that re-set button restore restriction and make your pouch effective again.

In other words give it another chance! Which from previous paragraphs you can see is highly unlikely. It does not take into consideration that the stomach has a natural capacity to stretch because it is a muscle.

When it has healed after surgery, it continues to work like a normal un-operated organ, and your capacity to eat more increases. The size of your pouch has nothing at all to do with whether or not you regain weight after WLS regardless of type. The majority of weight gain is caused by what you are eating after surgery, the timing of your meals and snacks, and how you are eating.

All the surgeons and professionals I have spoken to about this are clear — the pouch re-set scenario is a myth:. At best, and this should not be overlooked, it simply works by restricting your caloric intake, which then causes you to lose weight.

It may also remind you about your food choices again, about chewing, about portion control, drinking with meals — and indeed anything else that is covered in a Back to Basics regime. What has indeed worried me is the lack of scientific evidence in medical literature to support such pouch re-sets.

Be they 2-day, 5-day, 2-week or longer regimes — there is nothing to support them as being effective. Nothing save the huge increase of special offers for these re-set tests and regimes. Maintaining weight loss requires a lifelong commitment to keeping up good habits and having support from family, friends, and your health care team. Searching through the medical literature, I could not find any evidence or scientific papers studying and discussing the 5 day pouch test.

When something is not discussed in the whole of medical literature, even as a simple case report, it leads me to believe that there is no scientific basis for this re-set diet. And simply thinking about how the gastric pouch and anastomosis works, it does not make logical sense to me how a 5 day regimen of liquid and puree diet could possibly shrink the gastric pouch.

The original feeling of tightness immediately after surgery is probably because of inflammation, since the stomach was cut and stapled, and also there was inflammation from the creation of the anastomosis suturing. Thank you for this information it was very interesting.