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anthrgdgrl · 09-01-2005, 08:54 PM

Ok. I know I am only a few days post op but I have some questions. When should I expect to feel hunger again? When will I feel better (i.e. not sore and tired)? When will I feel "cravings" for certain foods like sweets or salt, etc.? Not that I want too

Thanks

Laura@BellaBabies · 09-01-2005, 09:23 PM

Hi Hollie. I am 2 1/2 months out and I still never feel hungry. I have to remind myself to eat. (who woulda thought that!)

I was feeling a lot better by 2 weeks out, I was never really sore from the surgery except for where they took my gallbladder out. I had a lot of scar tissue that was removed so that was my sore spot, once I had the drain taken out I was much better. Just remeber to rest walk and sip, sip sip!

Smartchic · 09-01-2005, 10:34 PM

Hey,

I am just over 5 weeks out, and I am not ever hungry yet, either. In fact, I hate to eat now, which is not really healthy either, so I am working on that too. I was never really sore from surgery, but I am still more fatiqued than I would have expected.

My business partner and my husband, both are adjusting to me not eating, since I have always been their best eating partner. Not just me who has to adjust to the surgery.

sUzYzPLaCe · 09-01-2005, 10:58 PM

I'm two months post op and my hunger has returned. But it's not that ravenous hunger I used to get. Suzy

ValenP · 09-01-2005, 11:17 PM

I'm 10 days post op and sometimes I feel hungry, my doctor says that it is completly normal that I think it's hunger but it's just my stomach reacommodating, after a while they go away. About the soreness I felt it the first 7 days but right now I'm feeling super uber great, my doctor was amazed since day 1 how great I recuperated and felt, he even joked about it saying he looked like he just had the surgery and not me.

Gladitsme · 09-02-2005, 12:13 PM

I don't feel hungry per se, I just realize I'm light headed, or feeling weak, and think I should eat something. Who woulda thunk it???

Gladitsme · 09-02-2005, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by anthrgdgrl

Ok. I know I am only a few days post op but I have some questions. When should I expect to feel hunger again? When will I feel better (i.e. not sore and tired)? When will I feel "cravings" for certain foods like sweets or salt, etc.? Not that I want too

Thanks

Sore will go away in a week or two, tired hasn't gone away yet for me, and I'm 6 wks post-op. I had some cravings for sweets or whatever, but it truly was head hunger not tummy because everything I craved made me sick.

I thought shrimp sounded wonderful -- hah!

bridgetgirl · 09-02-2005, 02:00 PM

I started feeling hunger after 5 months. The cravings for sugar n stuff wont come on unless you eat sugar. Sugar triggers more sugar cravings. So watch what you eat. Carbs can do it to, trigger sugar cravings.