Hello Everyone,

First, I cannot tell you how thrilled I am to finally be writing this! I have waited for what has felt like forever since I made the decision to get WLS.

I am 6 days post -op and this is the first day I finally feel much better. Prior, I had a lot of gas pain in my diaphragm which radiated to my shoulder. I could hardly breath much less walk. Anyway, I have been drinking Water, clear broths, decaf teas, diet Snapple, etc... and I am starving.

So, I took a nibble of some cheesecake we had left over from Easter - nothing happened, so I took another nibble and no dumping or nausea or pain. I have since stopped - don't want to press my luck. I am very hungry and would love to eat something real, but I am afraid. I guess I took the nibble of cheesecake - my favorite, out of habit. I am shocked that nothing happened.

Has anyone else experience this? How did you handle the hunger during the 7 days after surgery when you can't eat? I have two days left before I get moved to "soft food" and I am going out of my mind. Thank you!

If your doctor permits it try cream of chicken soup. I also had Cream of Wheat with Splenda on top. My husband shared a baked yam with me about a week out of surgery. Just take it real easy and slow..... Oh and get in your protein and fluids. That's really important. I added unflavored protein powder to my Cream on Wheat. Take care and best wishes!!

If your doctor permits it try cream of chicken soup. I also had Cream of Wheat with Splenda on top. My husband shared a baked yam with me about a week out of surgery. Just take it real easy and slow..... Oh and get in your protein and fluids. That's really important. I added unflavored protein powder to my Cream on Wheat. Take care and best wishes!!

thanks so much for your suggestions. I will check with my dr's office in the morning. hopefully I can have some creamed soup and yams! Yams? Really?How wonderful!

are you allowed any protien shakes? It helps with hunger

:smile:Yes, starting tomorrow. I can't wait! I have already purchased my chocolate whey protein powder, yum!

Hello, I am 16 days Post Op. and I understand the starving I feel I almost went crazy by that time. I ended up adding Yogurt and I did break down on day 6 and scrambled and egg and eat it slow. I found that helped a lot. Also my girlfriend who had the surgery told me to try spoon full of peanut butter and lick it and let it melt on my tongue. That took the edge of a whole lot. hope this helps

I am shocked that nothing happened.

Kind of anticlimactic, huh?

As a rule, people with bands do not dump--at least not by the same mechanism as those with other weight loss surgeries. (Lots of us do "dump" in response to sugar, but it's different.) I don't think that most of us experience nausea in response to most foods, either.

And once the postoperative swelling is down (if it even was substantial enough to be felt), most of us don't have anything resembling restriction. So pain is not something we'd expect, especially after a tiny nibble.

So, it's understandable that you felt nothing---there wasn't much to feel! This will change as you approach restriction after a fill or three (or four). In the meantime, yes----starvation is a way of life! It's really hard, but your weight loss, at this point, is 100 percent dependent on your choices.

Step away from the cheesecake!