Hi

I have been banded for one week today and have notices after I have my soup or shake my stomach makes some really loud growling, bubbling sounds for about 15 minutes after. Is this normal? and will it eventually go away or is this the way it's going to be?

Mine does that too! Just banded last Thursday. :-)

It may get a little better, but it's been my experience that banded tummies are noisy. I know mine makes a lot of noise. It took awhile to adjust because it used to be growling equals hunger and that's not the case after being banded.

It's really not so bad

I think the hardest thing to learn will be that growling no longer equals hungry!

My tummy was super noisy those first couple weeks, but now the growling isn't too bad and you have to be really close to me to hear it!!

6 months out and mine is noisey.........especially in bed at night.......it is loud.

My belly is still noisy even 10 months out but of course its still pretty big You get used it and you learn that it is not necessarily hunger growls.

My tummy growls when I am hungry but it growls even more as I start to eat food and sometimes after. I have been banded for 4 years. Like everyone else says it does not always mean you are hungry. It takes a long time to learn what your body needs and it is a process that never stops. best of luck.

I call my band hoover (like the hoover dam) and hoover is talkative! Especially at court the other day i had for work:/ awkward!!!!! Lol

You can hear it when it's emptying from small pouch to stomach. It's worse when drinking liquids. Still happens though. Almost 5 years post op.

Thanks everyone,

I guess I will have to develop a very loud cough when needed

After close to three years, my stomach still makes a lot of noise. It's a joke in my family that my band is just having its say-always verbal, just like me!

I'm 3 months out and still have a pretty noisy tummy. The other night in bed my husband pointed to it and asked if I could please turn that thing off. Lol. Part of life now, but worth it!