Tummy rumbling...Still hungry?? WTH??

Hello friends,

I have some concerns...So, I had a .5 cc fill last week (full 7 days ago)...(I have 6.5cc in a 11cc band) Initially when I went to my Dr. I had explained to him that after i would eat my personal alotted calories (1200) that just a couple hours later my stomach would be rumbling...Literally vibrating so much that you can see it and hear it...It had been doing this for a while now...This is not recent...But I felt it was finally time to mention it to my Dr...And I would try to "drown" it out with water or diet Green Tea and it seemed as if my stomach would be mad at me because it wants something with substance not liquids....In those cases I would eat like a 80 cal string cheese and it would subside for a lil bit but then the rumbly tummbly would be back again...Has anyone else experienced this before??? He said the fill would help but Im still experiencing this and Im concerned...Its obviously not my brain telling me Im hungry...And I try to stay busy inbetween meals...I have 2 small children so they keep me plenty busy and I try to exercise every day whenever I get a chance...Any advice???

Could you be eating the wrong types of food at your meals?  Rather than calories alone,I  concentrate on trying to get in lean protein while at the same time eating sufficient volume of food to stretch the pouch enough to deliver the "satisfied" signal to my brain.  Right now it probably takes a little more volum e than it should to produce that satiety for me but I've only had a couple of fills and I might need another 1/2cc or so.

Definitely gonna increase my lean protein...Thanks hun!!

When your tummy is rumbling, do you have any other symptoms of hunger, or is it just the noise? Why do you say "its obviously not my brain telling me I'm hungry"?

I'm not sure if medical conditions or disorders can cause a rumbling tummy, but most of the time it's related to normal digestive processes, and your brain is indeed (even if you're not aware of it) communicating instructions to and receiving messages from your digestive tract.

The purpose of the stomach is to store and process the food and liquid we ingest. It uses mechanical action (muscle contractions) and chemical action (enzymes, acids) to break food down into a form that can be handled by the small intestine, where nutrients pass through the intestinal wall and into the bloodstream for transportation to the rest of the body. When your stomach growls, it’s not necessarily communicating hunger. The growling sound is generated by peristalsis, the rhythmic muscle contractions that occur as my stomach and small intestine churn up liquid and solid food as well as air and gas, turning it into a sludge called chime and sending it on through the lower digestive tract.

About two hours after the stomach empties out, it begins to produce hormones that stimulate local nerves to send a message to the brain requesting more food, kind of like telephoning the China Supreme Restaurant to place an order for a Number 8 platter with a side of pork fried rice. The brain replies by telling the digestive muscles to restart the process of peristalsis, at which point the muscle contractions move out any remaining bits of food that were missed the first time around and also tell you, sometimes quite loudly, that you’re hungry again. The muscle contractions last 10 to 20 minutes and recur about every hour until you eat again.

Having said that...I agree with the other poster who pointed out that the right food choices can make a difference in your satiety. The more solid the food, the more it activates the vagus nerves in your upper stomach, which are responsible for sending satiety messages to your brain. Also, I want to mention that it can take up to 2 weeks for a fill to kick in - that's happened to me several times. Finally, I should tell you that I got hungry 2-3 hours after eating (no matter what food choices I made) for the first 2 years after my band surgery. To me, that was a big improvement over getting hungry an hour after every meal pre-op. It wasn't until my 15th or 16th fill, almost a year ago, that my satiety started lasting for 4-5 hours after a meal.

Jean

Thank you Jean I appreciate all the info

Jean:

Your posting has given me HOPE!  I got my first fill last Thursday and really don't feel any different.  My surgeon said he put 3cc's in and even did it under xray so he could tweak it just where he wanted it.  But if you're saying is sometimes takes awhile to feel the effects, I have hope.  My mind was going crazy thinking... "It's got a leak!  I'm going to have to have surgery again!"  But I'll wait awhile longer before I freak out!  In the meantime, make sure I'm eating more solid protein and less liquids as they don't give me that full feeling.  Here's too future success!!

We need at least 60 mg of Protein a day and if i don't get mine, I am not satisfied! I use Nectar and Inspire protein, they mix up great and I love the Inspire peanut butter cookie with chock mild and blended with ice! Yum. Try more proteins and fruits and veggies!
You can get the protein here

http://www.stvincent.org/St-Vincent-Womens-Hospital/Medical-Services/Womens-Health-Boutique/Bariatric-Products.aspx

Maybe that will help too..To change my up my protein powder...I will definitely look into those kinds of protein shake....Thank you!!