I am new to this but my sister had this before me and the responder who recommended prilosec was on the money. My sister's stomach was producing too much acid and it felt to her like extreme hunger and sure enough when she would eat it would calm right down. But she went back to her doctor who did the procedure and he prescibed omeperazole and she said that if she had had it before she might never have needed the surgury! It is definitely worth a try.