I am only 5 days out of surgery and everything is doing great except these pains i keep getting. I dont know if its gas or hunger. Anyone else going through this?

I am 8 days out and I have yet to get hunger pains most of the time it's sharp gas pains for a few seconds then it's gone. For me since I'm on a regiment of protein food and water I don't get hungry yet. Hope that helps congrats on taking this journey

I had it and it was hunger pains they would wake me at 4am, I'd get up drink something then they would go away as diet has advanced I have not had it anymore.

Plenty of hunger pains, no gas pains at all. As soon as I started trust the liquid protein a bit more, those abated to a manageable level.

I had hunger pains from the beginning. Totally threw me for a loop, thought it would be couple months at least before I felt hungry for anything. Brain/stomach still on a routine and I'm almost 6 weeks post op. Tastes are changing. I didn't like coffee for a month, I can drink it now, but only about a half cup or so. Still get gas pains, but they come and go and are not all the time. So still learning how/what to eat. Not eating salads yet, or beef, too early for that I think, and no bread at all. Doc said I could eat anything I want, eventually, but never anything carbonated. Don't know if fruit is off limits forever, but can find out my next appointment. I've lost a total of 57 pounds since I began this journey 3/31, but lost 26 since surgery on 9/21. Updated my ticker and found I was under 40 BMI. That's an accomplishment, haven't been under 40 for 20 years I bet. Clothes are starting to fit better and I can wear some I couldn't before, but I look in the mirror and I still see the same fat person I was. Hopefully that will catch up to my progress one of these days.