I'm just over 4 months out from surgery and have the new stoma just 7 weeks or so. I have a problem with food intake and need to know if anyone else suffers from this or can help me find a way to fix it... I never used to be a big eater even though I'm a big girl. Before surgery, I'd eat a bowl of soup and a bowl of cereal and that would be it for the day. Well, that's all changed. I will eat a good meal, 30 minutes later it's running in my bag, and an hour later I'm hungry. Not just hungry but usually starving!! I'm like, what's going on?? I eat snack stuff but it doesn't help. I need a meal.... Now when I get hungry and don't eat in ten minutes or so, I get sick!! I've thrown up on several occasions over this!! Is my body lacking something?? I have to take supplements for potassium, vitamin B-12, and magnesium already. Any ideas??

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