hi friends, i seem to be doing better and moving around better. I plan on going back to work on Monday. The only thing is Im not hungry, not at all, Im doing the best to get my liquids and protein in buts its very hard. Will I ever get hunger back? I dont like this feeling of being full all the time, it seems to be worse in the am when I get up. I hope that when I get to mush food this will bring my appatite back somewhat. Also, my larger incision is healing nice, no redness or infection, but its pretty tender and also very swolen. Is this normal? seems like my stomach is bigger now than before the surgery. I still have the hiccups and keep burping, not sure what that is either. I hope get to feel normal again and can go out with friends and eat small portions of heathy food. I dont want to have this restriction the rest of my life. Anyone experience this?

Hi!

Today I am 16 days post-op, and today is the very first day I suddenly got really hungry. I mean like really hungry like "I have to have something now or I will pass out" hungry. Up until today, I have had basically zero hunger. It's another week and a half before I start mushy food and now with this hunger I'm thinking "hmm... hope I can make it that long!" Also, I am with you on the burping. I burp constantly. I also had a horrible, horrible, painful gas problem until I went off dairy two days ago. About one hour after I stopped dairy, my gas became 80-90% better. I'm sure your stomach is still really swollen and that's why you aren't hungry. Up to today I've only been able to get in about 300-600 calories. Now so far today I think I've had about 500 and it's only 12:30pm! Enjoy being not hungry while it lasts, because I just had a big bowl of Soup and I'm still hungry!

I'm 8 days post-op and started mushies yesterday but still have no appetite. I'll have moments, but they only last a few minues & then go away. I don't really feel full, just not hungry - more like satieted. I eat maybe 300 cals a day, max. Yesterday was the most I've eaten and it was 1 Protein drink (30g potein), a Jello cup, 3 thin pear slices, and about 2 oz cottagee cheese. It's not bothering me the way it seems to be bothering you, but I do wish I could get my protein in.

Lack of hunger could be from your healing. If you do have restriction, it's from swelling, plus a tiny bit inherent to having the band in place.

i was banded on 3/3/2006 and i was not hungry at all for the first few days but when i regained my appetite it was sudden and strong. don't worry ...it will come back. my incisions are still tender and i am still slightly swollen today but like the other reader said it is mostly gas and although misereable it will pass. hang in there!!!

Yes, your appetite will come back...so be prepared. :-) You are probably still swollen. Best wishes on your continued recovery.

OK....so I am not hungry.....and yet I still want to EAT. Of course this is how I got fat to begin with....eating whether or not I was hungry. I am on day 11 post op and overall have done really well, but that desire to eat eat eat doesnt just go away. This will be my biggest battle as I am addicted to food.

10 days out and I still have no appetite. I'm eating 2 - 4oz food max for the entire day. But here's a weird little something I've noticed.

It now feels almost like I have two stomachs. I can't think of any better way to describe it. I'll be sitting here and my "bottom" stomach is growling, but I don't feel hungry at all, and my "top" stomach feels full. I haven't eaten yet today because I've yet to feel hungry, I'm just drinking Water (that's all I'm craving). My "bottom" stomach is growling so loud my co-worker heard it, she's about 6 or 8 feet from me. But I don't feel hungry at all.

Wow, talk about multiple personalities...