Is your 'hunger feeling' different post op?

[Garry Street 1]

It will be 3 weeks since my operation on Thursday this week. Best food day I have had so far is 800 calories. I have been corresponding with my dietitian and it is the first time in my life I have ever been told to up my calories!

I spoke to the consultant/surgeon last week about my appetite and he said it is not uncommon to lose your appetite. He said it is different for everyone. Sometimes it comes back in the first year and sometimes it does not.

If I can give you any advice it would be listen to the surgery team and as well as all your dietary preparation make sure you prepare yourself mentally. My mood/humour has been up and down a bit.

Good luck!

Edited August 11, 2015 by Garry Street

[geronimo 52]

Just got out of my pre pre-op meeting with the staff (2 week pre-op diet begins tomorrow). I asked each of them individually, and the consensus was that most people feel no hunger for the first 6-9 months, and then it subtly comes back, but is a different feeling from the old 24/7 Hunger that we've all come to hate. They said it's a rarity for people to feel hunger after the surgery.

Edited August 12, 2015 by geronimo

[random girl 6]

I'm 5 weeks and had no hunger at all until about 2 weeks ago. I have slight twinges of hunger, but could be the head hunger. It's so hard to tell. It's nothing like the pre surgery hunger.

My stomach gurgles too. Especially when I eat.

[QuilterGal 216]

My hunger levels have totally changed. I am nowhere near as hungry as I used to get. By noon, I'd be ready to eat my monitor. Now, I feel a slight hunger and I eat because the clock says it's time to eat. My stomach gurgles when I eat. It tells me when food and liquids are moving. When I hear the gurgle, I know I can take another bite.

My doctor said hunger is different after RNY because the hormone that signals the brain that you are hungry is created in the bottom half of the stomach. When they do the surgery, they "disconnect" that hormone from reaching the brain.