Someone just told me about this group and hopefully it helps. I have a few questions , is it normal to want actual real food not the liquid stuff I got to eat. Is it normal or common to actually be hungry like my stomach be growling. Another question has anybody advanced their diet to soft food before they were suppose to. ? Last question does the patches like the vitamin patches and iron patches and stuff does that actually work ?

Edited August 28, 20224 yr by ashbutt31

its normal to be hungry, You went thru a major change quickly. Stomach will growl and once you move onto solid foods most notice a lot of rumbling when you eat. As for advancing their diet... dont do that. Follow your surgeons plan. Its there for a reason. For you to heal... Advancing too soon could put you at risk. need time for your stomach to heal. I did the patch vitamins only for the first few weeks after surgery. Once i healed up and i was on solid foods i switched to regular capsules.

The stomach growls could be acid. Are you on a PPI? After stomach surgery, the stomach produces more acid than normal, which can result in stomach growling sounds and if you're not on a PPI it can cause a sort of gnawing sensation or even mimic the sensation of hunger.

What is a PPI?

3 minutes ago, ashbutt31 said:

What is a PPI?

Proton Pump Inhibitor. Aka acid controller/reducer. A lot of surgeons prescribe them for a few months after weight loss surgery to reduce the amount of acid that your stomach produces until you're fully healed.

It is normal to hate every step of the staged return to eating and to want to advance faster. Don’t chance it though. The stages are there to allow your stomach time to heal and you could seriously hurt yourself if you advance your diet too quickly. Your stomach growling may take some getting used to. Post surgery a growling tummy doesn’t necessarily mean you are hungry. Mine makes noises all the time. And it’s makes tons of noises while it is digesting. About the patches. I asked the NP about them and she said that she has been trying for a couple years to get several of the companies to send her evidence that they work and she hasn’t gotten any yet. If you can’t tolorate anything else, it’s better than nothing and hopefully they work for you but if you can tolorate the chews or capsules I personally would stick with them until there is more research to prove that they work for certain.

On 8/28/2022 at 2:08 PM, I♡BypassedMyPhatAss♡ said:

Proton Pump Inhibitor. Aka acid controller/reducer. A lot of surgeons prescribe them for a few months after weight loss surgery to reduce the amount of acid that your stomach produces until you're fully healed.

Is a PPI omeprazole ?

23 minutes ago, ashbutt31 said:

Is a PPI omeprazole ?

Yes ma'am.

My stomach made all sorts of weird grumbly noises after surgery. It wasn't hunger. It was just my stomach making noises. It was noisier than it ever had been. It was a noisy beast though! I've been on Omeprazole since before my surgery. I had GERD preopp and my doctor wanted me on it post opp because he said it helps with the healing, maybe by reducing the acid? A PPI might help you.