The surgery gives you the mechanical means to help you manage your food intake. It will require personal commitment. We will help you learn how to become an independent person, free from a constant reliance on food. Any program can be sabotaged if the person truly wants to do it. Some patients, for example, have been known to liquify ice cream and drink their weight back up.
Surgery is just the beginning.
We want your commitment and we are willing to help you in any way we can. Initially, if you try and eat too much food solids, you will vomit the contents. If you eat with increased frequency, you can extend your stomach pouch. Continuing to do this may result in rupturing the staple line. I heard that patients are susceptible to frequent vomiting.