The dad of my oldest son’s team mate had it done years ago. Still looks great. The doctor wouldn’t do it until he gave up beer. Took him a long time. The one thing he says he regrets is that his body will no longer allow him to eat steak (might be all beef, I can’t remember). He gags on it every time. Can’t get it down.
Funny thing my wife has experienced, and we have heard from most everyone in the Facebook group she joined for support, is that some things change dramatically. Like before her surgery my wife was a pastry and sweets fiend. It was her favorite thing in the world. Sweets means more like cake and pudding than candy. But after she can't stomach anything very sweet at all. She nearly gags on it.
She has no trouble with most meats, no different than before, but anything with nearly any kind of flour or cereal grains, like wheat, rye, oat, etc. causes pretty severe gastric distress.
From her Facebook group we've heard all kinds of things, salty foods, or grains, or sugary food, or high fiber foods in general to even fish or fruit can cause issues where before it was fine. Her doctor told her to expect her tastes to change and it's really true. Seems really weird. Her doctor said they don't know why it does that and why it isn't consistent, but he said nearly every patient he's had in 20+years had major changes like this seemingly at random.
Some things that seem to be more universal are soda, which they tell you never to drink again anyway due to bloating, grains and high fiber foods at least too much at once, and meats, all tend to cause issues, to a greater or lesser degree.
