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Yes, you can. Patients with advanced stomach cancer may have to have their stomachs removed. There is a surgical procedure (a jejunostomy) that implants a feeding tube into the beginning of the small intestine. Specially prepared liquids are used to feed the patient. Such patients can live for years this way. Digestion starts in the mouth and continues in the stomach. However, absorbing all the nutrients that you need takes place in the small and large intestine (NOT in the stomach). You can live without your stomach but not without your small intestine.

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βˆ™ 15y ago

we dont really need them i guess but we have them because we were conected to umbillical cords that is also why some people's belly buttons are more out and are called outies

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βˆ™ 13y ago

No, your stomach is what is a massive enegry source. Your body needs this energy.

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βˆ™ 14y ago

No, your stomach is what is a massive enegry source. Your body needs this energy.

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βˆ™ 16y ago

NO it is not possible to be born or without a belly button. Other wise you must be an alien if not.

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βˆ™ 15y ago

No all humans have to have a belly button. as we get our food wfrom it when our motheris pregnant for 9 months.

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βˆ™ 14y ago

yes because it is just a decoration

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βˆ™ 4y ago

Of course you can - just ask anyone who has had a gastrectomy due to cancer.

Smaller meals, more often and occasional supplements make this condition fully bearable.

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