No appetite

[pstock911 12]

I'm six weeks out from surgery, and I have zero appetite. I'm having to force myself to,eat. Is this normal?

[Rebecca Jo Ragon 33]

I don't know if it is normal. You may want to see how others respond and talk to your contact at your drs. office if their answers do not put your concerns to rest. I know that no appetite/hunger early on is very normal. Because many of the nerves are severed during surgery, it takes a while for them to grow back and become active. However, I don't know when that approximate time frame is. I am sure it is different for everyone. I am 7 weeks out and I think my hunger came back around week 3 or 4. By week 5, I started getting very hungry if I didn't eat every few hours.

Hopefully, you can eat even if you are not hungry. It is important that you get that Protein in for healing!

[SugarFreeMe 293]

I'm 1 year out as of yesterday and I'm never hungry. I eat according to the clock now and often add a snack at night to make sure I get enough calories and Protein in. My surgeon has often told me that if I'm not hungry, don't eat but I find that if I don't eat I'll start feeling weak and lethargic. It's all a learning curve. As you go along you'll notice that you'll plateau and at that point you may need to add calories so you don't go into starvation mode and your body quits burning calories. Hang in there, you'll get it. I know that everyone's body is different.

[giggleblue 64]

I'm only three weeks out but not physically hungry as well. I have symptoms of hunger (growling and painful belly, headache, irritable, ect.) but never actually feel hunger like i did in the past. i'm not sure if that will change, but i think it's normal.