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I've been trying to read post about after surgery, etc. My question is...I know you are not eating as much but do you feel hungry? I know sometimes if I don't eat I get really shaky - I guess may be a little hypoglycemic or something. Do you feel that with the band since you are not eating as much?

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I USED TO ALSO FEEL SHAKY BEFORE THE BAND BUT THAT NOW DOES NOT HAPPEN, WHEN I FEEL FULL I FEEL QUITE HAPPY, AND FEEL VERY NORMAL AFTER A MEAL, AND THE FEELING WEAK HAS ALL STOPPED.

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Ditto for me. I used to get shaky and feel very light headed when I was hungry. I dont ever get that hungry anymore. But when I am hungry I dont get that feeling anymore.

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This was a concern of mine before surgery, but it was the weirdest thing. I did not experience any shakiness until the 2nd week. The first two weeks I had so much gas and swelling I was not even hungry, what cured my shakiness was Protein, I loaded up on the Protein Drinks, it curbed my hunger as well. Don't worry you will be fine, we all made it through and so will you :)

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Yup, same here. A couple of days before banding, we were doing some errands and lunch was late and I was very shaky.

Yesterday, I was at work allday. Had a protien shake for Breakfast, Soup for lunch(11am) and didnt get supper till almost 7. No shakes, no hunger.

Preband I would have wanted to kill someone

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Slight off topic.

I get shaky every now and again (the most recent event being today) and I usually find it's because I'm short on Protein.

I've tried eating a banana or something (thinking I was hypoglycaemic) and looking for fast shugar. It's never helped.

I have found my best cure for the shakes is milk (milk shakes? ? - sorry slight pun) followed by some more substantial Protein.< /p>

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You know, that is something I really hadn't thought about since getting my band. I used to get killer shakes and headaches when I was hungry. But now, even with the limited amount of food I am eating, I never, ever have that problem. I don't know if it is because I am not hungry thanks to my wonderful band, or if it is because the food that I am eating is of a much higher quality and nutritional value now than before I was banded.

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I had problems on the liquid diet, those stupid Protein shakes are not fuel for my body, even though the seem to work for lots of other people. I need carbs pure and simply or I cant function. Once I ditched them and started blending up real food to liquid form I never looked back.

I can eat plenty enough not to get low blood sugar.

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Pre-band I also would get the shakes, headaches, even nausea if I become too hungry. I've been banded over 3 yrs and I can honestly say this simply does not happen to me anymore, unless I absolutely go all day long without eating (which is one of the reasons I wound up banded in the first place.)

It's a great relief to no longer have this - whatever it was. :mad:

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