Hunger!

[Jais 0]

Uh oh, the hunger is coming, and with a vengeance. I was banded on the 7th, and my pain has become minimal. I think it was this passed Friday that I really started to feel somewhat normal again -- and I was so happy because my shoulder pain had me in tears ... I even had to come home from work last Wednesday it was so bad.

Anyhow ... I have been getting my cravings back the last few days. Today has been the worst so far ... all I can think of is FOOD!!!! I know what's coming, and people are not going to like being around me for the next week or two -- I am going to cranky and moody!

Has this hunger hit anyone else yet? Kinda stinks, but this is where the hard part comes in. First week was great, didn't feel hungry -- maybe because of all the pain. Now that the pain has mostly subsided ... here it is!

[sewenup1 0]

Jais,

Contact your surgeon, I was banded on the 3rd and when I saw my Dr post op last week, I was told that I could start on mushies - lots of sauce with them and pureed up but that I could have between 1/2 - 1 cup per meal. As this stopped making me feel full I was to make them less mushie until I can eat soft normal food.

You may need to start mushies, but as I said check with your Dr first.

Danna

[Jais 0]

Jais,

Contact your surgeon, I was banded on the 3rd and when I saw my Dr post op last week, I was told that I could start on mushies - lots of sauce with them and pureed up but that I could have between 1/2 - 1 cup per meal. As this stopped making me feel full I was to make them less mushie until I can eat soft normal food.

You may need to start mushies, but as I said check with your Dr first.

Danna

Thanks Danna, I will give him a call tomorrow.

I am feeling better now than I was feeling earlier ... wow, I just wanted to stuff a hamburger or something in my face, it was bad. I just need to keep telling myself that stuff is the poison that put me in this position -- over and over again, lol!

[Fanny Adams 7]

I hear you loud and clear... that is, what I can make out over the roar of my stomach rumbling... I've been dreaming of spicy chicken wings for days now...

[sewenup1 0]

I want to go to dinner at Tony Roma's (here in Sydney), I want some ribs NOW!!!!

Danna

[munchkin392 1]

I hear you, I was banded on the 5th and I'm starving!!

[kimmi5207 0]

Haven't been banded yet, but the doctors office warned me that the last two weeks of the post op diet would be the worst - that is when I would really begin to feel hungry. Looks like you are approaching that 2 week point.

Good luck. Your doctor may approve something you can add in. Of course, check with him first!

[Jais 0]

Well, I talked to the nurse and my doctor today --- they said I can go onto mushies today! He also told me that I will be feeling hunger until my first fill on January 8th ... but to just hang in there -- that this first month is a big mental struggle as well. So, basically --- he just said to cope with it, and he's right -- nothing worthwhile comes easy :confused: