HUNGER

[hinportland 83]

There's not much I have trouble eating. I'm pretty lucky. All in all this surgery has been a lot easier than I expected.

[NoOrganicForMe 40]

Hi Everyone

I am still Pre-op.... just a question. The surgeon said that part of the stomach removed contained hormones that triggered hunger. so you are not feeling hungry all the time like I am now... is he exaggerating ????

[takroom 192]

Noorganicforme- you are correct, the area of the stomach, containing the ghrelin, is removed. It's a different kind of hunger now. I am 4 mos post-op & my body tells me when I need to eat, but it's very different than before. Best of luck to you

[TexasT 99]

Your stomach produces and excretes the hormone ghrelin, which causes the feeling of hunger. Cannabis also does this, which is why smoking pot makes you hungry (just some additional info). Anyway, the portion of your stomach that is removed is the part that makes the majority of ghrelin, but the remaining stomach WILL still produce it. So you may continue to feel hunger (I do) post-op, but it won't be as bad as what you feel now. Also, even though you may still feel hungry, you won't be able to eat but just a bit and it will go away. So it won't be like it is pre-op. Some people have NO hunger, but I'm not one of them.

[NoOrganicForMe 40]

Good to know ... I have been overweight since birth.... don't know what it feels like not feel hungry all of the time.... a "different kind of hungry" is a welcomed change for me... Thanks for your insight everyone.

[Holly5.3 423]

It's true about the hunger feeling different. A lot of us have posted on several threads about stomach acids and the new sound affects remind some people as hunger signs. For me when I need food, my body reacts (burping, gurgling), but if I ate one tiny bite too much-burping again. It's a new skill-set acknowledging physical hunger and need for fuel and when you've had enough. Two things I obviously have had a hard time with my whole life. It's work. But it's working! I feel lighter than I have felt in almost 20 years! Best decision of my life!

[Mexico 16]

My hunger feeling is an empty feeling but it seems wierd to say to someone im empty when to most people its hungry lol so I continue to say im hungry even though I just have that hollow empty my body needs some fuel feeling

[mzrich 29]

someoneThis thread is supposed to be about a hunger feeling that is not hunger. Actually its acid reflux. I have prevacid but i am not able to take them because they are capsuls so i am stuck with acid reflux and heartburn which feels like hunger

[NoOrganicForMe 40]

Sorry mzrich my fault the thread got off track.....

You know in my family when someone had heart burn or was gassy... my mom used to make them drink herbal "Mint Tea" . Maybe that would help you if you sipped some Mint Tea.