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Starving 6/7 days post op

Jazzzyjay

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Jazzzyjay    222

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I hear people saying they have to remind themselves to eat. I've been starving since surgery. What the heck is going on? I wake up in the middle of the night starving. Is anyone else going through this. If this is how it is for me then I feel like I've made a huge mistake.

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Jazzzyjay    222

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It's been two since I had my surgery and once I was 1 month opt I begin to be hungry all the time I will eat my portion of food drink a Protein shake and within the next 30 minutes I'm right back hungry so I kinda feel you and wonder did I make a big mistake.

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It's so frustrating ????

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erica_ozzy73    241

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I hear people saying they have to remind themselves to eat. I've been starving since surgery. What the heck is going on? I wake up in the middle of the night starving. Is anyone else going through this. If this is how it is for me then I feel like I've made a huge mistake.

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I would wake in the night and feel a"hunger" although not the same hunger feeling I had pre sleeve.

I'm not sure what feelings you are having whether it's hunger or not. My hunger is a hollow feeling in the bottom of my throat and I know it's hunger cause I only eat every 4 hours. If u are having liquids which it sounds like u are it doesn't stay in your stomach but passes through very quickly. When you get to the solids stage it will change!!...

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Jazzzyjay    222

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I hear people saying they have to remind themselves to eat. I've been starving since surgery. What the heck is going on? I wake up in the middle of the night starving. Is anyone else going through this. If this is how it is for me then I feel like I've made a huge mistake.

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I would wake in the night and feel a"hunger" although not the same hunger feeling I had pre sleeve.

I'm not sure what feelings you are having whether it's hunger or not. My hunger is a hollow feeling in the bottom of my throat and I know it's hunger cause I only eat every 4 hours. If u are having liquids which it sounds like u are it doesn't stay in your stomach but passes through very quickly. When you get to the solids stage it will change!!...

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Oh I hope so. I'm even scared I might accidentally wake up in the middle of the night half asleep and take a bite out of something. I thought that hunger nerve was cut or something. I mean this is just ridiculous. I can't wait for the green light so I can have a spoonful of refried Beans.

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Jazzzyjay    222

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I haven't eaten in 12 days ????

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Jazzzyjay    222

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Yes...Hang in there. And holla at me if u need to scream????

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erica_ozzy73    241

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Not sure what re fried Beans are?.. but they don't sound nice lol

Hunger nerves aren't cut lol.. they take out a part of your stomach that make some of the hunger hormone " ghrelin"

So in some people he hunger is non existent, some it remains but very little.

As I said the liquid stage it very different to the solids stage of real food lol

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CStoned    155

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I was hungry....soooooo hungry after surgery! I feel ur pain. I suffered until my 3wk post op visit with surgeon. I too asked "Respectfully dude...wtf?!? Doc...I thought this whole thing was to kill hunger! Im hungry! Why am i hungry? "

He smiles & shakes his head... He said the surgery isn't going to take away my hunger but to teach me how to control myself. I left that appt thinking i had messed up getting this surgery.

Fast forward to week 10. I still get hungry, but with the stomach pouch being so small a tiny bit gets the hunger gone. Im still sometimes making my meal plates (a saucer) too full (greed! Especially if its good) but the sleeve shuts all that madness DOWN in 3.2 bites...

It's feeling like a mistake now...but when you get used to this sleeve, your mind & life changes. The transition from "Living 2 Eat" - to - "Eating 2 Live" has made me face some real sh#t about myself, my motivations in life...but imma survive & win & u will too. You did NOT make a mistake New-Sleevers.... but you did make a difficult decision & it takes heart. Stay the course, it's worth it.

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CStoned    155

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Also....talk to ur surgical nurses about some heartburn meds over the counter. The 1st one of those i took killed the rumbling in my belly & made me careful to see if my hunger be real sometimes or if its just stomach acid.

And stay UP on ur Water intakes yall...

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Jazzzyjay    222

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Ahhh the voice of reason and compassion...Thank you so much!!

Well then I look forward to week 10 ???? I still think my Dr has some explain'in to do lol.

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Also....talk to ur surgical nurses about some heartburn meds over the counter. The 1st one of those i took killed the rumbling in my belly & made me careful to see if my hunger be real sometimes or if its just stomach acid.

And stay UP on ur Water intakes yall...

Yea I've been on those since day one out of surgery

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I thought I was hungry too. Nope it was acid. When I started my ppi the hunger dissapeared. It was acid I needed to be on prevacid

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I thought I was hungry too. Nope it was acid. When I started my ppi the hunger dissapeared. It was acid I needed to be on prevacid

I'm in a ppi

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