Hi all,

I am new to this forum. I did silent background research before I made the decision to have this done. I honestly thought I could go this alone, but the support is needed. Normal eating people don't know and understand the struggles we have to go through. I had the sleeve on Monday, July 6, 2009. My doctor originally wanted me to the gastric by-pass surgery but the sleeve appealed to me better. His decision was based on the research.

Anyway, I am home and trying my best to get in the Protein. 60-85 grams a day is hard. Its the sipping that irritates me more than anything. I do have a question: I am trying to distinguish the difference in hunger and gas. (yes, I can't tell) When I drink or eat, my stomach begins to make churning noises immediately and I either have to burp or close my eyes to let the feeling pass. Is this my new hunger and will I always have this gas build up or is this the gas from surgery? :lol0:

Hi and welcome to our forums! We are glad to have you join us.

I am not sure what the churning and gurgling is, but I can tell you since getting my sleeve, I do have that feeling from time to time. I know it is not hunger though, at least not for me. I remember another poster commenting that her stomach does this a lot and laughing about how she is no longer able to just sneak up on anyone because her tummy noise always gives her away.

Welcome to VST. I think the gurgling noise after your eat is a combination of the gas from surgery, early on, and then your stomach adjusting to being smaller and having smaller portions. I don't really know for sure. I know that I am 4 weeks out and I still get the gurglies - not every time I eat, but more often and not. I assume, as with the fact I belch like a sailor without any warning and was told that this would go away with time, that so will the gurglies. I would say it is NOT hunger. When I get hunger pains, it's not gurglie, it's almost "painful" ... not sure if this helps your or confuses you more.!

I'm almost 10 months out and that churning, gurgling feeling has passed for me. I think as my sleeve got less swollen, it's easy to get the food in there and digest it without stirring things up. If that makes sense...

Mac, you give me, and I am sure several others, hope!! Quieter tummies are in our future!