Hello everyone, my name is Jennifer I am a 34 year old mother of 3. I had my surgery on 6/13 and was out of the hospital on 6/15. My starting weight was 304 this was before starting the optifast, has anyone else experienced optifast 2 wks before their surgery? I have my 2wk follow up on 6/28 and cant wait to get graduated to mushies! I am sick of liquids and I often find myself hungry alot. Is this normal? I thought I was not suppose to experience hunger. I am having a lot of pain on my left side and at times it is unbearable, is anyone else experiencing this? Please let me know that I am not the only one with these issues.

I am 26 days out, i wasn't really hungry but i wanted something to chew on and the pudding and Jello wasn't doing it for me. Pain on the left side well i had pain all over my stomach till i started using the restroom regular. Good luck and hope u recover quickly

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Hi Jenn. I am 30, and had my surgery 6/5/12. I am also finding myself hungry all the time. My post op appointment is this Wednesday and I am hoping and praying the doctor is going to give me instructions to fix this. I was told I would have to force myself to consume anything and that I would not feel hungry.I was wondering what is wrong with me.

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Omg best thing during the liquid stage if you want something crunchy is the gerber graduates lil munchies...they are for babies so they are crunchy but basically liquidfy once you chew them!

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Omg best thing during the liquid stage if you want something crunchy is the gerber graduates lil munchies...they are for babies so they are crunchy but basically liquidfy once you chew them!

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Hi Vamp,

Great suggestion - I was able to eat the sweet potato kind. They melt super fast!! I wish they had a cheese flavor.

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Great suggestion - I was able to eat the sweet potato kind. They melt super fast!! I wish they had a cheese flavor.[/quote']

They do have some they are kinda like chetto puffs

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Great suggestion - I was able to eat the sweet potato kind. They melt super fast!! I wish they had a cheese flavor.[/quote']

They do actually have a cheese flavor!

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I have the banana flavor one. Ate it once not to crazy about it but it's there if I need it.

I don't experience being too hungry. I experience sleeping a lot.

You ladies are amazing! Thank you so much for all your help! I am definitely going to try the puffs! Ocean, let me know what the dr says, my fingers are crossed for you! I am so glad I am not the only one experiencing this! I am so glad I found this group!

Picked some up today and I have to say the cheese flavor is amazing!!!

Hi Jennw. Saw my surgeon today. Discussed the hungry issue with him. He asked several questions about my diet and we discovered that I am not consuming nearly enough calories. He said I should be at 800 per day and I am barely at 200 at this time. I am now three Weeks out and I can start introducing real foods slowly. He said eat 5 small meals each day and make sure I drink 8 Oz each hour. I'm so excited to have realfood!

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All the best to you. I'm almost 4 weeks & can't eat I vomit everything.

All the best to you. I'm almost 4 weeks & can't eat I vomit everything.

Oh that sucks! I haven't vomited at all. I have had some major Nausea. I hope your stomach starts cooperating with you soon!

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Hi mami,

I'm worried about you not being able to hold anything down... Can't be good for you at all . What have you not tried? Sounds like your stomach is super queasy.

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I'm worried about you not being able to hold anything down... Can't be good for you at all . What have you not tried? Sounds like your stomach is super queasy.[/quote']

I try everything except fried food. I'm still alive so I won't give up & will try again.

I couldn't eat first week and doctor gave me Prilosec and another med to help coat my stomach. Have you tried that method???