I have a surgery date of July12th I'm excited and nervous just a bit I'm wondering after surgery and just on liquids is everyone just a hot mess at this time are you craving food barely hungry in pain or pretty normal just not so hungry is it a hard transition from one day to the next i know it is but i need to know how everyone's feeling thanks in advance

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For me, I wasn't hungry or interested in food at all the first week after surgery. When I went into my second week, I started feeling hungry - but I didn't actually want food. I'm pretty sure the hungry feeling is from acid, and not actual hunger.

I am, however, starting to feel some head hunger. I want food in my mouth so badly!

As far as pain goes, I was very lucky. I really only had pain under my largest incision. I stopped taking pain meds within a few days of coming home, and was able to take only Tylenol in the evenings.

I really wasn't interested i food at all until the end of my 2nd week. It was enough of a challenge just getting my water and protein shakes down

I'm a week post-op and I am "interested" in foods but I'm not hungry nor am I craving anything. I guess by interested I mean there's foods I know I love that I'd love to take a bite of because I know I like them but I don't actually feel like I need to eat anything. It's pretty neat how the surgery helped me differentiate between head hunger ("desire") vs actual physical hunger.

Edited June 27, 201610 yr by Kaze