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amyd2005    1

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I am 5 days post surgery and I am having killer cravings(mostly italian food). Its to the point where its making me crabby. Did any of you guys had these cravings? If so how did you get through them? Thanks!

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Lilee84    648

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Sounds like a classic case of head hunger to me, with a food funeral kind of thrown in for good measure... In plain English, you're not really hungry for it but your brain knows you can't have it, and we always want what we can't have, so you're grumpy because you know you can't even though your brain is saying "yes please!"

They'll pass in time, and we all get them at one point or another.

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amyd2005    1

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Yes that pretty much sums it up I know I'm not hungry I just want it! In your experience how long did they last?

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MinaT    669

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I got it through it by realizing if I gave in to the cravings, I'd be back in the hospital and I'd be rolling around in extreme pain.

I decided that grumbly hungry tummy == pain tummy and found a way to talk myself out of thinking it was hunger pains and it was just gas pains.

I'm 20 days out and I'd do just about anything for a pickle, besides eat it. ;) good luck

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CraftyV    61

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I feel this was every time I leave the house! I sure these feelings will go away. Hang in there!

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Amytequilahouse    184

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I got it through it by realizing if I gave in to the cravings' date=' I'd be back in the hospital and I'd be rolling around in extreme pain.

I decided that grumbly hungry tummy == pain tummy and found a way to talk myself out of thinking it was hunger pains and it was just gas pains.

I'm 20 days out and I'd do just about anything for a pickle, besides eat it. ;) good luck[/quote']

Mina!! We still want that pickle!!! I'm still trying to be patient lol

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Back~To~Amy    307

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Mina!! We still want that pickle!!! I'm still trying to be patient lol

I want a pickle too. Do they come on the mushies stage or after that. I don't see anything in my paperwork about them.

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Back~To~Amy    307

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I am 5 days post surgery and I am having killer cravings(mostly italian food). Its to the point where its making me crabby. Did any of you guys had these cravings? If so how did you get through them? Thanks!

What you are going through is totally normal and it is most likely head hunger. You really just have to grin and bare it. There really is no way to get through it. For me, this liquid postop diet has been so much harder than the preop diet. Thank goodness mushies start today!

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cudlyqt    21

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I've been craving pickle too,lol. I'm so dang bored being in the house and to.top it off it seems like all I watch is food network. I'm such a foodie!

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Kiloalphatango    13

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i was craving Jaffas and freckles (don't know if USA has these... chocolates) a week out, I found the only way was to have one! And I did. Bad Kat.

But I sucked on it until it melted, got my hit and I've been fine ever since!

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Cerebus    2

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I was craving red meat starting right away at the beginnig my 2 week pre-op diet, all the way through the first 4 weeks post op. As soon as I hit that 4 week mark, I bought a little fresh ground chuck and threw a mini-burger on the grill. It was the most incredible thing I've ever eaten, pre- or post-op. :)

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mrsdaugherty    28

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The day of surgery I wanted Mexican food So bad!!! Its all I thought about. Just 1 bite!! Lol But after a few weeks the cravings did ease up. And I too would rather have a pickle that anything!! I am 5 weeks out and decided to peel a pickle and eat a few bites 2 days ago. What a mistake!!! My stomach bloated real fast and the pickle went right through me! I wonder when we can have pickles again?!?

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Kiloalphatango    13

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this pickle thing is hilarious!! How random!

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SleeveDreamer    383

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The day of surgery I wanted Mexican food So bad!!! Its all I thought about. Just 1 bite!! Lol But after a few weeks the cravings did ease up. And I too would rather have a pickle that anything!! I am 5 weeks out and decided to peel a pickle and eat a few bites 2 days ago. What a mistake!!! My stomach bloated real fast and the pickle went right through me! I wonder when we can have pickles again?!?

I started eating Vlasic Snack'umms dill pickles at 6 weeks. No problems whatsoever!

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Amytequilahouse    184

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I'll be a month out next week I'm definitely eating a few dills slices next week !! LoL

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

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