Has anyone experienced this...I find that when my tummy starts growling (time to feed the beast) right on the heels of that comes a bout of gas (both ends). It seems to go hand in hand. Now I gotta tell you...this stomach growling thing is totally NEW for me...I have never experienced this before (I always ate when my HEAD said to and NEVER got to the point that my tummy NEEDED food), so I kindof look on this a a whole new bodily function to get used to and I just marvel at it (people give me a weird look when I stop and go "Hark! My stomach is talking to me!" with a rapt look on my face...). Anyway, am I alone in this....?

Nope, not alone! My growling has caused much laughter at work...but I just grab something to drink and try to tame it! I haven't had as much gas as in the beginning--maybe I am just trying to control it while I am at work. Are you on pureed or mushies yet?

HAd my first fill yeaterday, def been having the gurgling stomach thing, LOUD and alot of noises after I drink something too, no gas yet, alot of burping after the drink tho!

Nope, not alone! My growling has caused much laughter at work...but I just grab something to drink and try to tame it! I haven't had as much gas as in the beginning--maybe I am just trying to control it while I am at work. Are you on pureed or mushies yet?

I'm on "soft diet"...guess that is mushies. I'm 14 days post op and feeling great, and down 13.5 pounds from surgery date. My growling isn't very noisy externally, but in ME it feels like an 8 point earthquake! If I put food in it stops immediately.

I know, the growling kinda echoes throughout the body!

Ah, mushies...I can only dream about them! I have 5 more days of liquids until I can even have pureed. Strange to think that I am actually excited to eat cottage cheese--I imagine it tasting SO good! My doc requires 3 weeks liquids only after surgery--I was banded the day before you!

Great job on the weight loss!! It's a great feeling, huh?

3 weeks of liquids? OMG I would have never made it, prolly why my weight loss is so slow, shoulda stayed on liquids longer

Yup, three LONG weeks...never would have believed that I could've done something like that! But, I am determined! I have "cheated"--when I had the runs last week I slowly ate two pieces of American cheese for the binding effect (but the chewing was very therapuetic too!) I am SO sick of protein shakes!

Lucygirl~I noticed you got filled & then unfilled, what was the reason for that? Hope everything is OK!

OMG! not sure why I needed to be unfilled, only know that they put 3cc's in a band that holds 10 cc for my first fill. I was fine when I left the Dr's office, then I started getting pain in my back, at first I thought it was just mild gas pains, then it got worse, then really bad, a 10 on a scale from 1-10. I called then clinic, they had me come back right away, I thought I was gonna die, almost had to call 911. They took all of the fill out and I had relief right away, they put back in 1cc and I have been fine since, not sure what went wrong, dont think they know either, could have been the barium, they did the fill under fruoscopy, they said wait two week and if I dont feel any restiction they will do another small fill in 2 weeks.

Wow! Glad you are feeling some relief from that...Good Luck!

I've had that kind of growling almost everyday since i got the lap band, they are funny

Nile, your pictures are AMAZING!