Stomach growling

stevie95678
on 5/6/15 11:23 am

I'm about 28 days out since my surgery on 4/8. I woke up this morning, got ready for work and MY STOMACH GROWLED. WTH? Are these the nerves that I hear about waking up from the surgery? As I'm sitting here, it's gurgling like it needs to be fed - it's not lunchtime! For breakfast, I had a Fage blueberry greek yogurt and a mozzarella cheese stick and this morning I've had a little under 20 oz of water. What gives? Can anyone give me a heads up as to why my tummy is growling?

rocky513
on 5/6/15 11:29 am - WI

Stomach noise is NORMAL after RNY. Your stomach is basically a funnel. Under-chewed, partially digested food is emptying directly into your intestines. Your stomach is not grumbling, your intestines are. Don't mistake the noise for hunger. IT'S NOT, so don't feed it! With some, the rumbling improves over time. Most will have a "noisy stomach" forever.

HW 270 SW 236 GW 160 CW 145 (15 pounds below goal!)

VBG Aug. 7, 1986, Revised to RNY Nov. 18, 2010

stevie95678
on 5/6/15 11:53 am

Thank you. I've been telling it to behave and just had a cup of hot herbal tea and it's settled down a bit. Unruly gut!

Amy1Pressley
on 5/6/15 9:03 pm - MS

I am 10 years out and I still sound like I have an "alien' in my stomach we have 2 stomachs our pouch and old stomach so you might be noisy some times

Terrycapp
on 5/6/15 12:06 pm

Yes, I'm two years out and my stomach gurgles and is very noisey now. I just had to get used to it, sometimes I swear I can hear the liquid going through it, it's very weird.

Terry GBS RNY 04/04/2013

auntmimi
on 5/6/15 12:11 pm

My tummy "talks" to me all the time. Before my surgery at some of the support meetings I heard the "vets" talk about it. I thought "thats strange" now I know what they are talking about. Mine always seems to "talk" at the most inopportune times, ie meetings with my managers, quite times with my spouse, at church during prayer time.