Uh oh, the hunger is coming, and with a vengeance. I was banded on the 7th, and my pain has become minimal. I think it was this passed Friday that I really started to feel somewhat normal again -- and I was so happy because my shoulder pain had me in tears ... I even had to come home from work last Wednesday it was so bad.

Anyhow ... I have been getting my cravings back the last few days. Today has been the worst so far ... all I can think of is FOOD!!!! I know what's coming, and people are not going to like being around me for the next week or two -- I am going to cranky and moody!

Has this hunger hit anyone else yet? Kinda stinks, but this is where the hard part comes in. First week was great, didn't feel hungry -- maybe because of all the pain. Now that the pain has mostly subsided ... here it is!

Jais,

Contact your surgeon, I was banded on the 3rd and when I saw my Dr post op last week, I was told that I could start on mushies - lots of sauce with them and pureed up but that I could have between 1/2 - 1 cup per meal. As this stopped making me feel full I was to make them less mushie until I can eat soft normal food.

You may need to start mushies, but as I said check with your Dr first.

Danna

Jais,

Contact your surgeon, I was banded on the 3rd and when I saw my Dr post op last week, I was told that I could start on mushies - lots of sauce with them and pureed up but that I could have between 1/2 - 1 cup per meal. As this stopped making me feel full I was to make them less mushie until I can eat soft normal food.

You may need to start mushies, but as I said check with your Dr first.

Danna

Thanks Danna, I will give him a call tomorrow.

I am feeling better now than I was feeling earlier ... wow, I just wanted to stuff a hamburger or something in my face, it was bad. I just need to keep telling myself that stuff is the poison that put me in this position -- over and over again, lol!

I hear you loud and clear... that is, what I can make out over the roar of my stomach rumbling... I've been dreaming of spicy chicken wings for days now...

I want to go to dinner at Tony Roma's (here in Sydney), I want some ribs NOW!!!!

Danna

I hear you, I was banded on the 5th and I'm starving!!

Haven't been banded yet, but the doctors office warned me that the last two weeks of the post op diet would be the worst - that is when I would really begin to feel hungry. Looks like you are approaching that 2 week point.

Good luck. Your doctor may approve something you can add in. Of course, check with him first!

Well, I talked to the nurse and my doctor today --- they said I can go onto mushies today! He also told me that I will be feeling hunger until my first fill on January 8th ... but to just hang in there -- that this first month is a big mental struggle as well. So, basically --- he just said to cope with it, and he's right -- nothing worthwhile comes easy :confused: