Question:
Never feel full

   — Tigs (posted on June 13, 2007)

June 13, 2007
Hello, 1st. question? Are you 1-1/2 days, weeks, months out? I am 2 months & 4 days out, & i have never really felt satisfied, full, anything. I posted a question similar to yours about a week or so ago. I had a few responses. Check the top 300 questions to find the results. Anyway, my 3 month check will be soon and I am going to keep asking until I get better help or the non-issue goes away. My dietician said that I may just have a fast outtake of food. Anyway, I feel the same as you, it bothers me that something is wrong, but I stick to my guns, and dont snack or eat more than the recommended amount. Good Luck!!!! Hope we find out more.
   — LaurieP

June 13, 2007
First and foremost - Not everyone will lose their appetite, fill full, be able to eat a lot or swallow bigger things. I have two friends who can pretty much eat what they did before surgery and almost as much. They do not get full and do feel hunger. All of these things are a side effect of surgery and are NOT going to happen to all of us. Granted, most of the time (70% at my surgeons office) it does....like me....I can only eat 4-6oz at a time, I am sugar and fat sensitive, feel full and still have no real appetite. The other (30%) have a variety of different spins on their lifestyles - some can eat sugar/fat, some cannot. Some dump, some don't. For these gals, my surgeon has put them on a strict (but doable) diet and exercise program to use in conjunction with their tool. The surgery was done, and done correctly; but their body didn't react like the other 70% of us. It happens and it just means that yes, you might have to work a bit harder at the weight loss and at keeping it off. So what I can say is - yes, it can be normal. Take this time to change your lifestyle and make better food choices and do what you need to do to keep yourself healtht.,
   — jammerz

June 13, 2007
i am 5 weeks post op , feel exactly the same,,going to surgeon next tues. maybe he can answer some questions about this, so far i have lost 35lbs.
   — mbk928959

June 13, 2007

   — Tigs

June 15, 2007
hello. your not alone. i feel the excact same way. i had to complane to my dr. telling him that i stay hungry, and i never get full.nore do i get sick . so at one point my dr, had me increase my meal ntake from 3 - 6meal a day. but i still get hungry. and im 4 months out of post op.your not alone sometime i get night mare thinking that i may overeat and stretch my stomache. i measure my food to makes sure im getting the correct serving. so i wont
   — yvettetas