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Posted 10/5/2010 1:51 AM (GMT 0)
Okay, I'm a Crohnie that does not suffer from the constant D that many of you do - but since my resection, do "go" 1-3 times a day which is a huge increase from before. And many times, it's D.

Whenever I go, esp if it's D, I feel like I'm really hungry afterwards. Tonight I ate dinner, was in the bathroom not 10 minutes later, and now would swear that my stomach is growling. Like I never even ate.

Is it growling or is it my digestive system just working? Is it possible that the food went through so fast that my body thinks it's hungry? I don't understand the digestive system well enough to know if these are truly hunger pains or if I should ignore them.

My DH thinks I'm crazy but I swear that anytime I spend time in the bathroom, I come out really hungry. Is it a mindtrick? Or do you ever feel that way too?

Posted 10/5/2010 3:29 AM (GMT 0)
I've had an episode delay a meal, and feel pretty hungry when finally done.  I don't think food can literally move through that fast.  I suspect it is just your system working after eating that is causing the growling.  Especially if you are having an episode, your inside are doing double duty, evacuation and digestion.  MY GUESS.
Posted 10/5/2010 2:20 PM (GMT 0)
I have been telling my hubbie for months now that as soon as I have an attack, then the attack passes, my stomach starts growling and I am ravenous! (this was before predisone and the truely ravenous cravings started!). so I know what you are saying, just don't have an answer as to what it is. I started thinking maybe the painful part of my bowel gets irritated about the same time as my tummy is empty- just happens to time itself that way. But I really don't know. My hubbie thinks I am silly. Now I feel vindicated! Thx!

B
Posted 10/5/2010 7:08 PM (GMT 0)
My best answer is that when you eat you start peristalsis, or basically you 'wake up' your digestive system, so your system makes you run to the bathroom. You might ask your doctor for some Bentyl or Levsin which slow down the system and see if that helps. Some people take them as a pain reliever for cramping pain, but I take it because it slows down the waving action of the intestine. If you took some right before a meal, it might help.
Posted 10/8/2010 7:20 PM (GMT 0)
Being dehydrated sometimes makes me feel hungry, too. If you're having a lot of D, you might be dehydrated. Maybe drink a large glass of water after going to the bathroom? (Then have a snack - it happens to me, too.) :)

Good luck!
Posted 10/8/2010 7:36 PM (GMT 0)
Yep - Happens to me.  I eat, go to the bathroom, and feel empty and starving.  I think sometimes things do pass through faster than others.  I have had people and doctors tell me stuff takes days to go through your system.  BULL!  I can eat something I haven't eaten in a month (corm for example) and go the bathroom within an hour and there be the corn.  It has to be what I just ate, it's not been hanigng out in there that long as much as I go to the bathroom, it can't.  So, you are not alone.  I've had 18 inches removed of small intestines in 2000. 

Posted 10/9/2010 1:15 AM (GMT 0)
thats a tough question, everyone is different, so I get that way on occassions, sometimes when i go alot my stomach just isn't right enough to eat much, sometimes yea I'll get hungry, but I have dumping syndrome from so many surgeries, so you might have a little bit of that, but usually you have hypoglycemia with the dumping syndrome, I do big time.

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