Drinking, eating constantly

I am 4 days post op and feel like I am always trying to drink or eat liquids.  I never feel hungry and don't know if I should be experiencing anything else. Is anyone else like this?

What you are experiencing is 100% normal.  Your surgeon's office should have told you what to expect post-op, but I know that some do not.  You pretty much HAVE to be either eating or drinking during most of your waking hours when you are early out because with the small pouch (that is temporarily even smaller because of the swelling from surgery) that is often the only way to get enough in.

You aren't hungry because some of the nerves were cut during the surgery. Usually, hunger will return in a few weeks to a couple of months (it varies a LIT from one person to another, and some people never get back the traditional sense of hunger).

Lora

This is your job right now and you need to do this to heal.  It gets so much easier after 2 weeks.

I felt like a newborn after surgery because all I did was eat, drink and sleep.  What you are experiencing is totally normal.

Thank you so much, I was really worried.

heather