My name is Brian and I am 48 hours post-op. I'm not sure what is going on but I get like growling in my stomach like I am hungry...It's actually pretty painful. I can feel it build like when you are sitting and you know your stomach is going to growl really loud. Well my stomach growls and then hurts like crazy for a few seconds afterwards. I'm not hungry at all but it did wake me up in the middle of the night. Any ideas or is it one of those things that will get better with time.

Other then that I feel fine.

Thanks for any help you can offer.

Brian

Edited December 5, 200817 yr by starr

I think it's a combination of hunger pains & gas. Make sure you drink your protein drinks and try some gas-x. good luck!

Like what was said previous, it propbably has something to do with gas. Make sure you get up and walk, that is the only way it is going to get out. Also a heating pad may help, I never used one but from what has been said on here it helps. Again protein is importand and get gas ex strips, they do wonders.:tongue2:

If you don't really feel hungry, then I agree with the other posters that it is probably gas. I will admit that gas-x really didn't help my gas at all. Only walking and a heating pad helped me. Keep walking even if it is just the hallway of your home. Don't over do it, but walking helps to move the gas from surgery out of your body. I hope you feel better soon. Congrats on your surgery!

i had the same thing, it ended up being that i was actually hungry, the pain ment for me to eat. Many people have it, and that is what i found. Eat or drink something..(obviously not the same time)

I am so glad that someone else is going through what I went through. I mean I'm not glad you are in pain but people thought I was crazy when I was having this same problem and said that it was just gas but from what my surgeon told me was that I was on liquids for about 5 days, pre and post op, and once I switched to full liquids, my stomach was not used to the nutrients and whatnot. Also when you go on liquids the ph balance of your stomach gets out of wack and somethings just won't digest well. I would have these terrible stomach pains but it felt like a cross between hunger pains and really bad cramps. It would last any where between 2 to 8 hours sometimes. After seeing my surgeon and he insisted on everything being normal I felt better. I seemed to do better with mushy food so I switched a little earlier than advised and after about a week it totally went away. I hope this helps...I know exactly what you are going through...Good Luck!

I felt like I wasn't getting normal hunger urges what I would get is similar to what your experiencing. I would also feel nausea. When I drank a protein shake or had a sugar free pudding or jello it helps!! Hang in there you'll probably feel better tomorrow. I had a tough 48 hrs too.

I too got the hunger pangs. I got very frustrated w/everyone telling me it was mind hunger when I was in physical pain. Anyway, to this day my large stomach will growl w/hunger pangs when my small stomach is full. Its very frustrating but now that I can eat solids its much better. If that is your worst complaint, you are doing swell. :thumbup: Hang in there!