I had my surgery on July 1. In the last few weeks i'v started getting a strange gnawing feeling in my stomach and feels like hunger. Drinking helps for a few minutes and putting something solid down there helps for a little longer.

Anyone else have this? Is it hunger, acid, spasms, thirst? I know I don't like it.

Hmmmm, did you ever see the movie "Alien"???

Bwa ha ha, sorry, I just had to.

Might be hunger, but if so, it'll be manageable by eating and drinking on a schedule. Tell us, is it bearable? Can you ignore it? Is it a longing for any particular food?

At times I can ignore it, and it's not longing for any particular food.

I know everything says to wait 30 min before drinking after eating but I wait 1.5 hours or longer. I still have food in my stomach for that long and I see no reason to wash it out by drinking after 30 minutes. Maybe try that and you won't have that feeling so soon. There is an article that I've read and the weight loss surgeon who wrote it says to not drink for about 2 hours after eating. I was already doing that so I was glad to have a doctor say the same thing. If anyone knows the article I'm talking about could you please put a link to it on here?

I know everything says to wait 30 min before drinking after eating but I wait 1.5 hours or longer. I still have food in my stomach for that long and I see no reason to wash it out by drinking after 30 minutes. Maybe try that and you won't have that feeling so soon. There is an article that I've read and the weight loss surgeon who wrote it says to not drink for about 2 hours after eating. I was already doing that so I was glad to have a doctor say the same thing. If anyone knows the article I'm talking about could you please put a link to it on here?

Seems logical.

Could well be acid/reflux. I get that quite a lot (reflux that i initially interpret as hunger) but reflux meds seem to reduce it heaps. Worth trying something over the counter to see if it helps and go see your dr if it does. If you're already on something, try it twice a day for a while and see how you go.