Hunger pains

Leah P.
on 12/2/15 4:16 pm

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Hi everyone! I have a question, does anyone experience hunger pains after RNY? I was told that the portion they remove of the stomach contains the hunger hormone The reason I ask is because I do feel hungry at times. I'm trying to decipher if it's a mental hunger or a physical hunger. I'm only a week and a half out from my surgery so I'm still learning all of these things. Mentally I have to change a lot so that's why I'm wondering if it could be a mental hunger.

RNY: 11/23/2015

Age:31 Height: 5'6

HW:284 SW:280

"I may not be there yet, but, I'm closer today than I was yesterday."

H.A.L.A B.
on 12/2/15 4:23 pm

RNY on 05/14/08

They typically do not remove the rest of the stomach in RNY... did they remove yours? why?

And a first few days post op - what you dealing with is either head hunger - ... or acid... are you on PPI?

Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG

"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"

"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."

Leah P.
on 12/2/15 4:32 pm

with

No, they didn't remove it. I guess the better way to word that would have been the part they disconnected. Because is pretty much useless now. I'm not familiar with PPI, what is that?

RNY: 11/23/2015

Age:31 Height: 5'6

HW:284 SW:280

"I may not be there yet, but, I'm closer today than I was yesterday."

H.A.L.A B.
on 12/2/15 4:37 pm

RNY on 05/14/08

Proton-Pump Inhibitors (PPIs) http://www.medicinenet.com/proton-pump_inhibitors/article.ht m

Meds that reduces production of acids in your stomach..

a lot of docs put people on PPI for the first 3-6 months post op.. Sometimes too much acid =hunger...

Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG

"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"

"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."

H.A.L.A B.
on 12/2/15 4:42 pm

RNY on 05/14/08

o.. the the remnant is not useless.. it will wake up eventually and make more hunger hormones.. at least for some of us.

Plus is makes digestive juices that flowing into small intestines ... that's why it calls a bypass..

https://www.google.com/search?q=rny+surgery+diagram&espv=2&b iw=894&bih=524&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiDw8ekur 7JAhUD5SYKHXSlBIUQ_AUIBigB

Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG

"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"

"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."

Leah P.
on 12/2/15 5:22 pm

with

Oh ok. That all makes sense and no I don't have a PPI. They put me on omeprozol, an antacid, for 6 months. I keep forgetting to take it though. Maybe this will help me remember so I don't get hungry.

I knew that the remnant produces enzymes and that's why they leave it but I didn't know it could make me feel hungry. That's good to know.

Thanks for all your help!

RNY: 11/23/2015

Age:31 Height: 5'6

HW:284 SW:280

"I may not be there yet, but, I'm closer today than I was yesterday."

rocky513
on 12/2/15 5:27 pm - WI

Omeprozole is a PPI. You need to be taking it daily. Stomach acid mimics hunger and can cause ulcers in a new pouch. Put the bottle by your hair and TAKE THEM. Your doctor prescribed them for a reason.