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Evelyn > wrote:
: >>>
: >>> I began the process in January. They require attendance at
: >>> nutrition
: >>> classes, educational classes, all sorts of medical testing to get
: >>> everything else in line, including a psych workup. One is very well
: >>> educated and ready for it by the time you get a surgical date.
: >>>
: >>> As I said, my surgery is called "Gastric Sleeve" which consists of
: >>> simply making your stomach into a long narrow tube which only holds
: >>> about 4 ounces of anything at a time. The doctor said they have
: >>> been
: >>> getting very good results with this surgery, which is not as drastic
: >>> as the bypass.
: >>>
: >>> Evelyn
: >>

: My doc says he is getting just as good results with the gastric
: sleeve, which leaves the duodenum intact and does not re-route
: anything.

Does this surgery actually physically make the stomach smaller or does it
wrap it in som ekind of sleeve that prevents it form maintaining its
regular shape?

Wendy-somewhat confused.