Stomach Growling and hungry

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In my post-op education class, they told us the gurgling and growling is just because your intestines and stomach are no longer continuously stuffed full of food all the time. The air and emptiness makes the sounds. And, they said that instead of thinking to yourself that means I'm hungry, you should think to yourself 'good, I am losing weight!'. I know that sounds corny, but it works for me. And, the gurgling/growling I felt right after surgery was not true hunger for me. I was on not just Clear Liquids, but almost no calories (no juice or shakes) for 4 days and was not truly hungry until the 4th day. I did have to separate out the 'head hunger' from 'physical hunger', though. In my mind, I thought I would not be able to survive that long with no food or real calories. I could only have broth, herbal tea, diet Jello, and Water.< /p>