I posted this in preop but I guess it would be a postop question?

i thought in the class I went to they discussed removal of the part of the stomach that causes hunger pains? But I hear people saying they are still hungry. Is it head hunger you are experiencing or real hunger?

Both

Not the way it was before but you'll still get hungry. I'm two months post op and have to eat every 3-4 hours. If not I get low blood sugar (not diabetic). But my body I trying to survive on 750 calories a day.

You feel hunger differently. Its more like a feeling of emptiness in the pouch that causes discomfort.

I feel hunger at times then there are times that I have to remind myself to eat. I think it all has to do with when and what you eat as well. I feel full longer when I eat more dense foods but if I eat soup and a few crackers I feel hungry quicker that eating beans or tuna etc. etc.

Not the way it was before but you'll still get hungry. I'm two months post op and have to eat every 3-4 hours. If not I get low blood sugar (not diabetic). But my body I trying to survive on 750 calories a day.

I was wondering if maybe that is what I was feeling last night. I was out shopping with hubby and I started to feel light headed like I was going to pass out. I grabbed a muscle milk from cooler and felt much better after getting a few sips into me. Or maybe I was dehydrated? Need to get more liquids in.

DOS 12/17/12

I was wondering if maybe that is what I was feeling last night. I was out shopping with hubby and I started to feel light headed like I was going to pass out. I grabbed a muscle milk from cooler and felt much better after getting a few sips into me. Or maybe I was dehydrated? Need to get more liquids in.

DOS 12/17/12

Your sugar may have been low. With our surgery we have to be prepared just like a diaper bag is for a baby when we go out. Bring a snack and a bottle of Water in our purses

Only VSG surgery removes the hormone that stimulates hunger, from my understanding, not rny.

Rny is suppose to but a lot of it is in our heads and how we are conditioned. We smell food we get hungry we look at food we get hungry we talk about food we are hungry

RNY does arrest the production of the hormone but after several months, production starts up again. That's why it's called the honeymoon period - hunger hormone suppressed. Most hunger early out is head hunger although I am now beginning to tell when I go too long without food (surgery 11/27/12)

Not the way it was before but you'll still get hungry. I'm two months post op and have to eat every 3-4 hours. If not I get low blood sugar (not diabetic). But my body I trying to survive on 750 calories a day.

I've been wondering how you feel when your blood sugar is low? Do you feel weak? Shaky? It's so hard to eat a balanced diet now..i was borderline diabetic before surgery

I've been wondering how you feel when your blood sugar is low? Do you feel weak? Shaky? It's so hard to eat a balanced diet now..i was borderline diabetic before surgery

I get VERY irritable, ridiculously so before I get he weak, shaky, head achy, light headed feeling....if I let it go, I end up with it all. Fun stuff.

Ok...thanks

The same symptoms can happen from dehydration and from dumping.

I've been wondering how you feel when your blood sugar is low? Do you feel weak? Shaky? It's so hard to eat a balanced diet now..i was borderline diabetic before surgery

I am a type 2 diabetic when mine starts to get low I feel a strangeness in my stomach like a wave I get jittery and faint like I also start to talk weird " family says" I can not concentrate or focus on anything. It's almost like a panic attack somewhat just very weird and then when I eat or drink something and it goes back to normal I feel wiped up the rest of the day.

It's not a good feeling and can be scary

The same symptoms can happen from dehydration and from dumping.

I've definitely felt that way from dumping....i don't think I'm experiencing anything related to low blood sugar since surgery but now I'm pretty sure I was before...good thing I don't have to be concerned anymore!