The bypassed stomach

My RNY surgery surgery is scheduled in 6 weeks. I was wondering does the bypassed stomach get hunger pains or make noises. Are the hunger hormones still released? Thank you in advance.

So I don't know where it originatedls from-- the remnant stomach or pouch- but yes my abdomen carries on with WHOLE lot of noise-- still at 3+ years out. It's comical to me now.

Re: hunger EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT. I have not had hunger return. I'm literally never ever hungry. But I still crave things-- big time. By that deep hunger growl for me is gone.

I think there is a lot of misconception in term if the hunger hormones being gone/diminished. It varies- greatly.

Your stomach will make a lot of noise after surgery. It should not be mistaken for hunger. It's not.

You won't physically feel hunger for quite awhile. You might feel "head hunger" and the so called"need" to eat. Getting the head hunger under control is the hardest part. We are used to eating whenever we are bored, happy, sad, stressed, etc. We eat to fill an emotional need than real hunger. Many of us have never allowed ourselves to really feel hunger. We feed ourselves at the first sign. It's actually OK to allow ourselves to get hungry.

I don't think my stomach makes any more noise than it did pre-surgery. Maybe it did right after surgery - I can't remember - but it seems the same now.

I lost my hunger for five months, but then it came roaring back. I don't think it's as intense as it was pre-surgery, but it's definitely back! Most of us do lose hunger for anywhere from a few months up to a year or so (for a few lucky folks like Peach, the loss is permanent - wish I'd been one of those!!), so make sure you take advantage of that time period since things will get a harder once your hunger comes back.

I don't think I'm any noisier now than before surgery. And I don't think it's ever my actual stomach that makes noises. Its farther down in the intestines.

Your remnant stomach continues to produce acid, and acid and bile enter the intestines farther down than they used to. It's just the pathway that's different.

There are a lot of hormones responsible for hunger. Even ghrelin, which VSGers like to think is responsible for hunger, is produced in other places, not just the stomach. Insulin, for instance, is also responsible for hunger. And simple carbs make you pump out a lot of insulin. Going low carb cuts down on insulin, and hence hunger.

But really, we are all here because of food desires originating in our heads. We all ate so much because of a variety of head issues, not because of actual physical hunger. Hoping for a unicorn hormone to help us keep weight off is a forlorn hope. Fighting food desires, not real hunger, is what serves us best.

I'm 8 weeks out. My stomach does not make noise, and I do get hunger pangs... however they are rare and "light."

I wasn't hungry in the traditional sense, for about the first six months. I still wanted to eat -- but I wasn't "hungry."

Being hungry came back after that, albeit, not quite as intense as before surgery. I am hungry all the time now.