I did not have cravings for some time after my VSG due to nausea in response to smells, (not everyone has this but I did). I realized at some point, (I can't remember when, exactly), that many cravings are a result of head hunger or an emotional trigger, (for me). I learned to ask myself, "what am I REALLY hungry for?" Dehydration can often mimic hunger. Emotional triggers or head hunger from seeing a really great food commercial or certain scents or memories can also trigger a craving for many people. I think that having bariatric surgery and carving out better habits for yourself can reduce cravings but at some point you will probably have cravings. You are stronger than your cravings though, and bariatric surgery is a great tool to give you a boost, metabolically and physiologically, for a time. It will give you time to reset but at some point it will be more about the choices you make. We live in an obesogenic society and increasingly with the health-at-every-size movement it seems like the support for actual health is harder to find. Accountability is so important if we want to KEEP our health. Cravings happen. They vary. Learn your triggers. It will require work. You can do it but invest pre op and during the honeymoon phase in those early post op months and years for lifetime success.

I have the very same problem, I can only have chicken soup and dry things like crackers, toasted bread and tortillas, everything else makes me nauseous and gives me pain, I have been dealing with this issue for sometime now, I also take protonix once or twice a day with no help, I am having a colonospy and endoscopy soon,

Can I ask why you were going to have revision? is it for this issue or something else.

Yay! You're about to transform your life in a wonderful way.

I have never seen anyone here say they had an enlarged spleen. Or anything about their spleen.

My last hurdle to be fully accepted into the bariatric program at our hospital has been jumped! Just got the voicemail that I am cleared. A few more nutrition classes and meetings with physical therapist and I'll be on my way to the OR. I am not sure why.. but that Psych evaluation had me worried. I was sure I didn't do well on the second test.