I had my banding on the 5th of July and now I am hungry every 4 hrs. And the hunger pains are horrible..I have to eat like right now or else it gets worse...the hunger pains wake me out my sleep. Is this normal..does it eventually go away? Also having bad back pains, docrtor says its gas, but the pain is so unbearable at times. One last thing is i keep having indigestion..but im thinking they are more like spasms...anyone have this problem?

Ann

AWWWW HOPE IT GETS BETTER!!! I am having a similar feeling but no sure it is actually hunger. I ahve had alot of gas 2 I am trying to walk it out

I had the same issue. My doc said it was because the stomach is very tender because of the surgery. As you heal they should diminish. I know mine did, now I just have the normal ol hunger pangs instead of pains. Did your doc give you any type of heartburn meds to take daily? Those help quite a bit, but it could also be gas pains making you feel like you have indigestion. GasX strips were wonderful after my surgery, it helped make things much more bearable. Best of luck to you and congrats on your surgery!!

I had my banding on the 5th of July and now I am hungry every 4 hrs. And the hunger pains are horrible..I have to eat like right now or else it gets worse...the hunger pains wake me out my sleep. Is this normal..does it eventually go away? Also having bad back pains, docrtor says its gas, but the pain is so unbearable at times. One last thing is i keep having indigestion..but im thinking they are more like spasms...anyone have this problem?

Ann

I had the same issue. My doc said it was because the stomach is very tender because of the surgery. As you heal they should diminish. I know mine did, now I just have the normal ol hunger pangs instead of pains. Did your doc give you any type of heartburn meds to take daily? Those help quite a bit, but it could also be gas pains making you feel like you have indigestion. GasX strips were wonderful after my surgery, it helped make things much more bearable. Best of luck to you and congrats on your surgery!!

I had my banding on the 5th of July and now I am hungry every 4 hrs. And the hunger pains are horrible..I have to eat like right now or else it gets worse...the hunger pains wake me out my sleep. Is this normal..does it eventually go away? Also having bad back pains, docrtor says its gas, but the pain is so unbearable at times. One last thing is i keep having indigestion..but im thinking they are more like spasms...anyone have this problem?

Ann

i was already on acid reflux mes..so i just picked back up on them..but the pains are so excrutiating..makes me jump out of my sleep and i think the indigestion feeling may just be gas trying to come out.

ann

I had the same issue. My doc said it was because the stomach is very tender because of the surgery. As you heal they should diminish. I know mine did, now I just have the normal ol hunger pangs instead of pains. Did your doc give you any type of heartburn meds to take daily? Those help quite a bit, but it could also be gas pains making you feel like you have indigestion. GasX strips were wonderful after my surgery, it helped make things much more bearable. Best of luck to you and congrats on your surgery!!

I had stomach pain that would wake me up at night when I was first banded. I finally figured out it was hunger. What I did was take a container of yogurt to bed with me. When I woke up hurting, I'd eat a spoonful or two of the yogurt. It was enough to curb the hunger pains and let me go back to sleep.

I told my nurses what I was doing and they were ok with it. It's not the way you want to eat as a bandster forever, but during the healing phase there's a bit more leeway with timing of food.

I'm not saying you should do this, but you might ask your bariatric team if this could be something you could try.

Hope you feel better soon.

i will try the anti heartburn medicine taking deep breaths seems to make it pass faster

Are you feeling any better? I have been feeling the same way with extreme, almost unbearable, hunger pains and back pain. I am also extremely tired even a week after surgery. I hope it gets better.