I was banded on April 8. I have been doing fine with the Clear liquids and have been getting at least 70 grams of Protein a day. Now I am up at 4:30 a.m. and hungry. I have two more days to go until shakes and thick liquids. I even feel a little shaky.

Is this normal? Thanks.

Alice

I was banded on Monday, 3/31 and on Thursday, 4/3 at 3:30 a.m. I woke up with the worst hunger pangs. I had to get up and have some skim milk. I was fine until then, not hungry at all. On Thursday, I started to feel kind of shaky and lightheaded. I pretty much felt shaky and lightheaded off and on until I went on pureed foods on Wednesday, 4/9 when I had my post-op appt with my surgeon. After I got the go-ahead to go on pureed foods, I felt much better. I just felt like my body was reacting to the shock of just being on clear liquids and not getting much in the way of calories. And I think the hunger 4 days after surgery must be some of the swelling going down and you're stomach registering hunger then. (At least that's what I assume. Don't really know.) Just try and hold on until you have the go ahead to go to the next phase. The skim milk on the clear liquid phase really helped get through it, at least for me.

Thanks for your reply. I kind of thought that the swelling going down might have something to do with it also. I would have quite a bit of gurgling in my upper stomach after drinking for the first few days and that is gone.

I did not have skim milk on the clear liquid stage but hope to be at that after I see the nutritionist tomorrow.

Thanks, again.

I didn't even feel like eating for a week and by then I could have my shakes, so I never really got hungry.