What is the length of your common channel, and are you having problems?
My length is great. But they all get the job done! I just wish my tummy had been just a couple ounces bigger!
Surgery June 3rd, 2008
My Specs: Height 5' 5.75" | Highest weight 265+?lbs | Surgery weight 241.9 | Now 154 lbs | CC length 150cm, stomach 3oz
Added: Neck/Chin/Lower face lift Nov 23,2010- Skin only
My common channel is 100 cm (~40 inches); my vertical sleeved stomach is 100 ML (~3 oz).
My surgeon uses 100 cm for the common channel, the standard for all his patients. He believes that a shorter cc can result in malnutrition (maybe more vitamin deficiency?). He does not use the Hess method to determine the proper cc (I asked).
I started a new job early this month and have not had any room-clearing fumes in any of the women's rest rooms thus far. I do carry a spray in my purse just in case.
Vicki 
DS (lap) with Dr. Clifford Deveney. Cholecystectomy (lap) with Dr. Clifford Deveney 19 months post-op.
Has not weighed myself since 1/2010. Letting my clothes gauge my progress instead.