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Hello! I just had my surgery on 4/18/12. I was in a lot of pain, but each day I see improvement, pain has subsided for the most part, just extremely sore, like i did a 1,000 sit-ups. I have been following my doc's plan, protein shakes, sf jello/popsicles, broth/cream of chicken. Well that was all fine these past days, i really didn't have an appetite until today. Can anyone give me some tips on controlling hunger pains? I just made my second shake today and decided to add less than half of a banana to it and used my blender, tasted good. But can still feel hunger. Also when does the extreme soreness go away? Thank you in advance for taking the time to read my post

I feel i'm drinking a lot, but then again, i haven't been keeping track. Is hunger a sign of not drinking enough H2o? But as of today i'm day 6, so its gotten a little better. But now i'm feeling like a constant stomach ache, but that can have been meshed in with just pain, hunger pain, and an upset stomach rolled into one?

Hi Jim, That sucks that the website is shutting down. Have you tried www.lapband.com, it sounds similar to the one you were using, you can track your weight, appoinments, etc.

Did you have a hernia? My doctor told me I had one, so while I was there he sewed it up and told me I would have left shoulder pain. It went away in a couple of days.

Hey Sunni, yea I have been eating cream of chicken, but have been getting a little sick of it as well. I actually had a a hardboiled egg smashed with a little bit of mayo. It went down fine, but kinda feel guilty? Thinking maybe I should stick to the plan, but I'm hungry and and thinking how hard this is going to be for 2 weeks

Hi, I only had nausea right after my surgery. Its been 3 days for you and your still feeling nauseated? Are you drinking enough Water? Yea i know what you mean about hunger, and it must be really hard to see people around you eating. Its just me and my little son, he finally came home after family was kind enough to watch him, so i made his first meal yesterday, chicken strips and bread, and that is something i normally wouldn't even eat, but gosh it looked so good, i wanted to take a bite so bad, and thats when i started having hunger pains after seeing him eat "normal" food. So my recommendation is to leave the room when other people are eating, and follow other peoples comments on this post, hope this helps, good luck, i'm on the same boat with you, so we'll get through this :-)

Thank you for your post, yes i have seen a dietitian and was advised, basically for the first 2 weeks, protein shakes, Jello, popsicles, broth and my doc gave me permission to add cream Soups. I know its a life style change, but still struggling with it, maybe its not real hunger pains? just so used to eating. How did you do with the rules? You said by wk 3 you started to get hungry, i believe wk3 is mashed foods? How did you do with that? What kinda mashed foods did you eat?

Hi Kristie, wow congratulations on your surgery, and very cool we had it on the same day, also glad to know i'm not the only one extremely sore and hungry on day 3 So how are you coping with the hunger? what have you been eating?