You can defeat the purpose of this operation by sipping high calorie fluids or sucking hard candy. The operation only limits the quantity of solid food that can be consumed. We will not perform this operation on people who cannot adjust to drinking low-calorie beverages. It is also possible to widen the dime-size opening between the upper, smaller portion of the stomach and the rest of the intestines by forcing too much into the small stomach pouch before complete healing has occurred ( somewhere between two and six months after the operation). This would allow the stomach pouch to empty too rapidly and you would then become hungry shortly after you eat.

Is there any way I can interfere with the success of my operation?