I just got banded, but boy oh boy, my stomach is making some really weird noises. It's part growling, part vibrating. no pain, just weird. I'm not hungry...couldn't think about food, but maybe my stomach is hungry?

Strange, very strange. It would help if the clear liquid portion of the post-op diet allowed for Protein. What do you all think?

My surgeon insists on protein post-op. I was never on a clear diet. However, my stomach also makes the wierdest noises. Not hungry noises. Just noises. It may be because I am drinking a lot less than pre-op just because I am not hungry at all.

Six months post op and my stomach still makes the loudest noises EVERY night. It's like there is a monster in there growling. The cat just stares at my tummy trying to figure out what's in there and how she's going to get it.

I have no idea why it does this. I am in no pain, and I'm certainly not hungry. It has become comical. My friends have gotten used to it. We just say "oh, Diane's stomach has now joined the conversation."

Noisey stomach is common with the lap band. Basically it's just caused by air and fluids in your stomach passing back and forth through the band into the 2 sections of your stomach. Gasses are created as food digests in the lower portion and fluids are collected in the top portion as we eat and create digestive enzymes. The fluids try to flow downward the gasses try to flow up. The noises occur when the try to squeeze past each other through the band.

Like the other posters, I too have a tummy that likes to talk to me. Mine too seems to happen more during the evening. I try not to eat anything past 7:00 pm so I'm not sure if its grumbling because there's not much in there to digest so its just moving around my stomach enzymes. Seems to be pretty common and nothing to worry about.

Happy Hump Day!

I'm no different than the rest of those that have posted ahead of me. My stomach is so loud sometimes that all I can do is laugh. It's definitely not hunger because it will sometimes growl after I've eaten.

My throat gurgles too. Now THAT is annoying. If it gurgles a lot, its a sign of being too restricted. My doesn't growl a lot but it does seem to always happen at the most inopportune times - especially if there is silence in the room. LOL

Welcome to banded life! The sounds you hear eminating from your belly and soon your posterior will be constants on this journey and tend to increase with higher Protein levels. We're sure you will find these unpleasantries worth the outcome.

Please keep hands inside of the car at all times and no flash photography. Thank you.

I am four years banded and my stomach still makes noises. I can hear it when the food goes through my band. It's no big deal. I have asked people if they notice it but no one has said anything. It can be your secret inner voice talking to you.

Welcome to banded life! The sounds you hear eminating from your belly and soon your posterior will be constants on this journey and tend to increase with higher Protein levels. We're sure you will find these unpleasantries worth the outcome.

Please keep hands inside of the car at all times and no flash photography. Thank you.

I don't have a very "noisy" belly but I belch like a frakking beer'd up sailor! I have never burped so much in all my life. I can feel when I need to let one rip, I bend at the waist to just the right angle and... yeah. Sooo ladylike and charming.