Old portion of the stomach
As far as does it still have operating functions, I'm not sure what functions you're referring to. No food ever goes in it now so it cannot help digest food at all.
Kelly
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Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
The rest of the stomach, the larger 'left over' bottom section, is completely disconnected from the pouch and remains where it normally is but no nutrients ever enter it. It is alive and healthy and still secretes acids and other gastric juices, which flow into the intestines to aid in digestion and it makes intrinsic factor, necessary to absorb Vitamin B12. It also contributes to hormone balance and motility of the intestines in ways that are not entirely known. In some cases it may shrink a bit and its lining (the mucosa) may contract, but for the most part it remains unchanged..
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Lora
14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained
You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.
Lora
14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained
You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.
