Just curious ... I think this weird feeling I'm having is hunger!

it maybe a little of that but the gurgling is mosty gas from the anestetia. you should still be doing the liquid stage. i had the same thing happen to day.

my stomach is making weird noises!!

your stomach will make weird noises its all normal.

I keep burping.... I was at a Christmasparty last night and had to keep apolgizing.. luckyly the people there were church friends and very understanding.

I have had an egg... yogurt and some shredded cheese, cottage cheese, and just had some chicken with melted cheese on it.... tastes great and so far going down very well *knocking on wood*

Still on Clear liquids including 3 Protein shakes a day....

I cant wait till the pureed food stage. only 3 more weeks!

I keep burping.... I was at a Christmasparty last night and had to keep apolgizing.. luckyly the people there were church friends and very understanding.

I have had an egg... yogurt and some shredded cheese, cottage cheese, and just had some chicken with melted cheese on it.... tastes great and so far going down very well *knocking on wood*

Oh, I am so jealous!! I did eat some yogurt yesterday, that was nice. Cottage cheese sounds NICE. I think it's another 8 days before I can have that. And chicken??? It's a WHILE before that. I'm just excited that it's just a little over a week before I can have cottage cheese and eggs. Yummy happy new year for ME.

I got banded on the 19th I had scrambled egg w/ cheese,&1/4 cup of cr.of chix soup strained and 1/4 ff refried beans with just a little light sour cream mixed it(not to bad)

banded on the 19th I have had tomato soup, Cream of Brocoli soup hot coco and protein shakes. My surgion said he put in the larger band and I should heal faster and progress thru my stages faster but to just take it smarter and to not rush it.

He also said to not worry about the calories just to make sure I drink my protein. And to enjoy the nice christmas.

I am burping a lot too. I thought it was just me. glad to know it is normal

Banded 12/18/07, on pureed. I've had eggs with gravy, chicken salad (even the veggies cooked), fish, mashed pototoes & gravy, quick oats, yogurt, pudding V8, bananas. I'm also using Isopure. While I'm able to eat a pretty good variety of food, I'm not very hungry so only eating about 1/4 C of food at a time.

Five days out, I was still having protein drinks.

I was banded on the 19th also and my left side hurt. Are you having any pain in that area? What are you planning to eat for Christmas?

You guys banded after me (17th) are already eating eggs? OOOOHHHH, I'm so jealous!! I'm on semi-liquid until the 31st, then can progress to pureed. Although I was cleared for semi-liquid the day after surgery I had to go back to clear liquid until Sunday before I could eat anything without nausea. I'm cautiously doing mashed potatoes, creamy chicken soup, a little yogurt. I tried gravy on the taters today, made me really sick. I'm not hungry yet so I don't mind, but I am getting tired of potatoes. My 3 year old is helping me with them everytime I make them so its kind of fun to eat with her. I am DREAMING of eating actual MEAT. I've been adding Beneprotein to the soup but the smell of it almost makes me gag. Fortunately I've got a great tasty protein drink with 46g of protein so 2 of those a day and I'm ok with the protein requirement.

Me too Audra!! I am very much looking forward to next Monday, I will have eggs and cottage cheese.

What Protein drink do you have that's tasty?

I'm drinking a Curves Protein shake this morning that isn't too bad ... it's the best of what I've tried so far, anyway. It only has 23 g though, for 8 oz. I'm really only shooting for 40 g so it certainly helps.

Today is 7 days out for me and I have in my lunch box for the day. I protein shake (unjury). Pudding, Mashed potatoes and gravy, Purred brocoli and chedder soup, a vietimiese roll of cooked cabbage,carrots purred chicken rolled in thin rice paper. super tasty I had one last night went down great. oh and cottage cheese. I figure I will eat what I can and What I cant I will put in the fridge for tomorrow. Work makes me hungry. so I was worried about being here and being hungry and grabbing something bad.

I can eat anything my magic bullet can pulverize. But foods that are less moist, seem to satisfy me faster. It's kind of strange, I'm not really feeling hunger ever. And neither do I feel "full," I just feel satisfied. And boy do I hope this continues forever.

I always have to have reasons for things like this... and of course there probably isn't one, but I still wonder if it's because pureed foods are hitting more taste buds and satisfying them? Or could it be that since my stomach is now where it is supposed to be following the repair of my diaphragm that it gets the satisfied feeling quicker? Or could it be that I'm really still tired and worn out from the surgery and just don't feel like eating? Or could it be everything is still swollen?

Here's another strange thing for me. I've always had a "weak stomach," morning sickness that lasted all day for 9 months. Always nausiated over any little upset. Any surgery had my head in a bucket for hours. And so I was fully expecting the worst. And I haven't had one episode of nausia. I know that I was given some medication in my IV to prevent that, but I haven't needed to take the medication I was given for home even once.

Okay, enough rambling!