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Im five days out and im feeling hungry and anxious. Therefore I feel the need to eat and crave at all times... could it be im ready for food? Please advise...

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Stick to your docs plans. The sugar free popcicles really helped me. Are you on a PPI? Someone on these boards said that would help controll your hunger early on too.

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The hunger can be acid. In addition to the PPI, you may also want to take an anti-acid everyday. I was feeling hungry and just added a PPI today. Hopefully it will help. It's important to stick to the diet your surgeon gave you so that heal correctly. It's NOT easy - but guess no one ever said it would be...... :) It WILL get better!!!!

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Ppi is proton pump inhibitor, Prilosec is one helps with acid in the stomach

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An anti-acid will help with existing acid (my doc recommends 1/day for 6 weeks). A PPI will help prevent the acid from forming in the first place. Sometimes both are used, sometimes only one or the other. I'd check with your doc. The doc and his staff are there to help you. My doc's staff has been AWESOME about answering my questions and providing support.

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Thank you very much! Learning something new every day!

Me, too.. I know that my doctor requires that I take a pepcid the night before surgery and another the morning of surgery, but I now know why....thanks!

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I hear you! I'm almost 3 weeks out and still having cravings and hunger. I'm taking a doc prescribed prilosec 40 mg a day and trying to get my Protein in. I still think a lot of it is head hunger and i'm having very specific cravings. and what is a PPI If i can ask? becasue I might just need to start doing that lol Thanks all for the good info on this post!

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OH if I looked and read I would see that I'm already on a ppi LOL mybad!

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Watch the MSG's in the food you eat. Some people like me are really sensitive to eat and it really adds to head hunger. It is all Soups, salad dressing, some cheese and most all processed food, and restaurant food. I cut all out that I could and really started reading food labels. Head hunger disappeared and I rarely get hungry now.

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