Kpeyton

I am currently 9 days post op. I have been hungry since the day after surgery and I'm not just talking head hunger. Liquids have been no problem to get down from 3 days post op forward. Just a little while ago I ate an entire cup of sugar free jello with no issues and I still don't feel "full". I do feel satisfied though. I am just worried that I have done something wrong? I am on full liquids for 2 weeks and I have stuck to that. The only things I have had are sugar free jello and sugar free pudding.

Looks like we are both in the same boat! I just tried tomato soup about an hour ago and only allowed myself about 2 ounces just because I was afraid that it may upset my stomach. So far so good. I still feel hungry but it was nice to try something different. I was like you, it was pounded into my head for 6 months that I just wouldn't be able to eat much of anything that it really scared me when everything was going down so easy and that I'm actually feeling hunger. Because they told me that I would not. I know everyone is different but I swear what I am feeling is not head hunger. Another poster made a good point that it may be acid, I never thought of that. I was put on Prilosec once daily that I have been taking religiously because I already had ulcers before hand.

Thank you all. You have helped ease my mind. I definitely do not want to do anything to jeopardize my surgery, so I have not moved on to solids. I can start with mushies next Wednesday.

I can only compare it to the fullness I felt pre op. The feeling of being full (but not stuffed). The jello will leave me satisfied for around 30 minutes then the hunger comes back. I hope that makes more sense.