Nausea, the new hunger pain?

[mahealanij 0]

Hello my fellow bandsters...

I was banded on 2/11/11. I almost got through the surgery experience without a hitch but 6 days post-op i woke up in excruciating pain. After about 20 different tests my pain was ruled nerve damage. It has been a hard road since. However, a few days ago i stopped getting worse and have now began to feel better as each day passes. So with this being said.... Is it normal to NOT feel hungry? I can go all day without eating if i werent so concerned with getting some Protein in.

For the last few days i have really been paying attention to the signals my body has been giving me... And i noticed at the times when my body would make my stomach growl, i now get super nauseus. And for quite some days i would take anti-nausea medicine and lay down. So when i noticed this pattern, i forced myself to eat a bit of something. And guess what? I wasnt nauseus anymore. Weird.

So has anyone else had their hunger pains/tummy growls turned to nausea? Thats the only sign my body gives me to let me know i should eat... And its not a very good one.. Who wants to eats when they are feeling sick to their stomach?

Thanks for your time.

[HeatherinCA 10]

Yes, the band controls your hunger, it presses against the hunger nerve or something? I never get really "hungry" I wouldn't say I get really nauseous... all these things feel different though.

[Jodi_620 37]

I had nausea off and on for several weeks after surgery but I never connected it to hunger, maybe I just missed that connection. I can say that the nausea episodes did eventually go away, which is good because I have always been a big baby when it comes to nausea. I almost never feel the actual stomach growling hunger sensation anymore, I just feel the signals that my body needs fuel.