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The way I understand it, the pouch is a dynamic, not static thing.

Think of it more like a funnel than a pot. That's the way my Dr.

explained it when, at 1 week out I could eat a banana after the nurse

had said my stomach was the size of a shot glass.

You CAN eat unlimited quantities IF you eat slowly or if you eat

multiple times. That's why this surgery is not as successful for

people who graze, and why most Dr.s will limit a person to three set

meals, or five set meals with no grazing inbetween. It's also why

most Dr.s recommend that you not drink during your meals...the liquid

facilitates the food moving through the pouch, whereas a " dry " meal

takes longer to move on through.

Vicki A.

> In a message dated 11/15/03 8:36:43 PM Central Standard Time,

> qcmanager@e... writes:

>

> > So your first bite is gone by the time your last bite has hit

your lips.

> > ------------

>

> If your first bite is gone by the time the last bite goes

in, then I

> don't see how you have a " functioning " pouch. Based on your

explanation, the

> pouch is useless - food could be eaten in unlimited quantities.

Yes, your

> doctor tells you to STOP eating after 30 minutes (which in my

opinion is too long

> to eat... the longer you eat, the MORE you eat - I say 15 minutes

tops), but

> if your pouch is not sending you any signals of fullness then you

are back the

> old preop diet mentality of strictly using your " willpower. " We

all went

> through the Weight Watcher years of weighing our food and then

telling ourselves

> that we were " done " after eating - only to have our stomachs saying

WHERE IS

> THE REST?

> We have at least one member on our list (I believe it is

Carol?) whose

> stoma has stretched, leaving her pouch nonfunctioning - her first

bite IS

> literally gone from her " pouch " by the time the last bite finds it

way down. I

> know that for her, it's a horrible battle to only eat a measured

portion.

> I guess this has gotten somewhat off the original subject,

which was

> our pouches are measured by volume not weight. I still stand by my

comment -

> if you are trying to fill a space, you must use a volume unit of

measurement

> to do so (an in our case, the volume is after chewing) - a weight

unit of

> measurement is different and will not work - these are just basic

properties of

> physical matter. We could fit two ounces of " chewed " lead into a

two ounce

> pouch, but we could not put two ounces of cotton in the same space.

>

> Beth

> Houston, TX

> VBG - Dr. Srungaram

> 05/31/00 - 314 lbs.

> 11/01/02 - Abdominoplasty

> 11/29/02 - 160 lbs.

> 5'10 "

>

>

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