I am 6 days out from surgery. I'm not really in any pain. Soar but thats about it. The thing that's freaking me out is I'm hungry, I feel like I'm drinking too much broth, jello and water. I'll have soup or yogurt for a meal, and then I'm hungry not that long after. I'm sipping my water constantly, but the moment I smell my husband making dinner.. I'm starving. Then this morning... total breakdown. Is this normal??

Not normal as in being common place, but it is definitely not rare. This could be a good sign that you are going to have an easy recovery. I know that in the early recovery stage there is some lack of sensation in the skin as well as numbness in the stomach. It can be confusing to people because they are expecting a sensation of fullness but the signal is being sent because the stomach is numb.

This is one reason that measuring your food is so important early on. We can't rely on the sensation or signals being sent so close post op. There is also the confusion between actual physical hunger and habitual eating or boredom hunger.

Your stomach had the nerves cut, so it will be numb for a number of weeks. It is very important to measure your meals during this time so as to not hurt yourself. Liquids go down easier/faster, but make sure you don't overload there either.

As for the hunger, perhaps it is "head hunger". That is much more common at this phase than actual hunger. Or you could be the rare bird that is actually hungry...

Things should improve as time goes on and you can eat real foods in a couple months. In the meantime, keep up with your liquids and try not to hang around the cooking if it can be avoided.

Good luck!

I am sticking with measuring everything. I'm just freaking out.

I've had hunger pains. My doctor told me some people do, some don't. In the beginning like you are I had to figure out that the hunger pains were really gas. If I made myself burb some it helped. Maybe some gas x would help. Good luck, and congrats on your surgery.

Hi, I was sleeved 2/15 and I am still really, really hungry too. I know it's real hunger because when I drink something (shake, soup, milk) it goes away for a little while. But like you, I get hungry again really soon. I am so hoping that this hunger goes away at some point because I feel like I am on a starvation diet right now! It's been hard. Some people say we will fill fuller when we add solid foods. Let's hope that's true. Also, I was really emotional the first week and some people say it's because our fat releases hormones into our system when it is burned. Thus the flood of emotions. Hang in there! I am with you too!

I was sleeved on 2/13 and also have felt very hungry for the past few days.... I go back tomorrow to get my next phase diet.

I was sleeved Jan 12, 2017 and felt a lot of hunger the first few weeks. Some one recommended drinking Water whenever hungry, and that seemed to help. Plus, getting fluids in!! The hunger cravings seemed to get better once well into purée phase.

For the first week and half I would cry when I saw others eating. It's a little easier 2 weeks out but I definitely get head hungry still. I think that's part of my "addiction" to food.

It's normal to feel this way!! We are stripped of every pleasure in life but after 1.5 weeks you will feel so much better promise!!