I'm day 6 post op and suddenly feeling hungry and burning pain in my stomach. Up until this point I have not felt this way and wasn't hungry. Is this normal? Any suggestions??

How long does it last? I'll have what I call a "wave" of burning for a few seconds and then it's over. I'm really not experiencing hunger but I do get my Protein in daily.

Did your doctor give you a PPI? I was given Prevacid and Carafate for one month post op.

Mine does too. It's annoying. I'm on the strongest PPI and carafate. I still have it.

My doc has me taking a protonic. Maybe I need Carafate also. I'm calling my doc Monday. I can't stand this burning feeling like I'm really hungry. This sucks on stage 1 clear foods. I feel weak enough and now this.

You may need a different PPI. I have been very fortunate but I have read on here about people trying several different acid blockers before finding the one that works. Some take a PPI and Zantac. Good luck, I hope you find relief soon.

I definitely have had a lot of waves of what I would call stomach twisting. It feels like my stomach is eating itself... I can only liken it to when I haven't eaten in a long time (preop) and my stomach starts churning and gurgling and the only relief is eating. But YES, it's really frustrating when on liquids only. I'm 13 days post op and still have this, but it seemed constant for the most part in the beginning. I do find Protein shakes helped tame them a bit. I started Protein Shakes on day 6 post op (had to call and get permission from my NUT as the protocal was Clear Liquids for 2 weeks). She wasn't concerned with me adding protein shakes as long as I got 64 ounces of fluids a day which at that point wasn't a problem.

Not sure if that helps.. I don't know what real hunger is. To me, I had 2 hungries in the past....one when my stomach acted like that but I was otherwise fine and the other would be ill feeling shaky, queasy, probably from low blood sugar and I knew I needed to eat something to feel better.

I take prilosec in the morn and eve for first 30 days and don't really think what I'm describing/experiencing is acid. But I wouldn't exactly call it burning... though I could see how someone might.

Probably no help at all, but we are all different and that's the point of sharing on these threads.

Hope you get more comfortable soon!

Tam