Hunger?

alan · 04-26-2002, 06:19 PM

Since my injury, I haven't felt hunger. I always assumed it was because the abdominal pain sensation makes me feel full, but I'm curious - do quads generally feel hunger, or would I not get hungry even if I had no gut pain?

Clipper · 04-26-2002, 06:47 PM

Interesting question. I'm C5/6 complete and can feel hunger. Would be interesting to hear from others.

antiquity · 04-27-2002, 12:14 AM

I remember Dr. Young commenting about this. I'm C7/8 and do get hungry but I also get full very quickly. After a couple of bites I no longer have an appetite. Vitamins like zinc and b12 are good at increasing appetite, they worked well for me for a while but don't anymore.

starlightangel · 04-27-2002, 08:42 AM

I suppose if I went without food for awhile I could feel hunger... but I rarely ever get to that point. I guess I don't burn off food that quickly.

PS. Alan I just tried sending you an e-mail at the address in your profile but it got returned...what gives?

rtr · 04-27-2002, 09:40 AM

I'm C5/6. I feel hunger. I didn't always though. I think it took a year or more after my injury before I could feel hunger.

pep84 · 04-27-2002, 10:14 AM

I know you directed this to quads, nonetheless I completely forgot that this had happened to me within my first couple of months of being injured. I just wasn't hungry...I'm not sure if it was the depression, but hunger was completely nonexistent.

Lizbv · 04-27-2002, 10:56 AM

yumm i'm a c5/6 usually hungry

cheesecake · 04-27-2002, 11:08 AM

I am avery incomplete para and have almost no hunger sensation so I eat by the clock. Like Seneca I am very thin but my walking burns a ton of calories because of how I walk. I took zinc which improved my sense of smell and helped my appetite for a short period of time. A nutritionist worked out that I need between 3500-4000 just to maintain at 100 lbs. Not feeling hunger makes it hard to do.

Scorpion · 04-27-2002, 12:10 PM

Yeah, I get hunger pangs. (C-6 ASIA B) A friend of mine who's a C-4 does too. When I lived in Florida, he'd call me up to drive over to his house & bring some fast food if he wasn't expecting anyone home for a while. Ah, the carefree days of college in Florida...

I also hunger for love at times, but that's a different kind of hunger.

~Rus

"...because you're not promised tomorrow" ~ Stuck Mojo

1 Fine Spine RN · 04-27-2002, 12:19 PM

When you are feeling hunger, lets go out for lunch!!!
I'm almost free....

04-26-2002, 06:19 PM	#1
alan Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 6,169	Hunger? Since my injury, I haven't felt hunger. I always assumed it was because the abdominal pain sensation makes me feel full, but I'm curious - do quads generally feel hunger, or would I not get hungry even if I had no gut pain?

04-27-2002, 10:14 AM	#6
pep84 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: WPB, Florida Posts: 131	Great Question! I know you directed this to quads, nonetheless I completely forgot that this had happened to me within my first couple of months of being injured. I just wasn't hungry...I'm not sure if it was the depression, but hunger was completely nonexistent.

04-27-2002, 11:08 AM	#8
cheesecake Moderator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: USA Posts: 7,522	Eat by the clock I am avery incomplete para and have almost no hunger sensation so I eat by the clock. Like Seneca I am very thin but my walking burns a ton of calories because of how I walk. I took zinc which improved my sense of smell and helped my appetite for a short period of time. A nutritionist worked out that I need between 3500-4000 just to maintain at 100 lbs. Not feeling hunger makes it hard to do.

04-27-2002, 12:19 PM	#10
1 Fine Spine RN Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Ashburn, VA Posts: 4,447	Hey Clipper... When you are feeling hunger, lets go out for lunch!!! I'm almost free....

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04-26-2002, 06:47 PM	#2
Clipper Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 1,516	Interesting question. I'm C5/6 complete and can feel hunger. Would be interesting to hear from others.

04-27-2002, 12:14 AM	#3
antiquity Moderator Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 14,540	I remember Dr. Young commenting about this. I'm C7/8 and do get hungry but I also get full very quickly. After a couple of bites I no longer have an appetite. Vitamins like zinc and b12 are good at increasing appetite, they worked well for me for a while but don't anymore.

04-27-2002, 08:42 AM	#4
starlightangel Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 1,211	I suppose if I went without food for awhile I could feel hunger... but I rarely ever get to that point. I guess I don't burn off food that quickly. PS. Alan I just tried sending you an e-mail at the address in your profile but it got returned...what gives?

04-27-2002, 09:40 AM	#5
rtr Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 319	I'm C5/6. I feel hunger. I didn't always though. I think it took a year or more after my injury before I could feel hunger.

04-27-2002, 10:56 AM	#7
Lizbv Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 2,844	yumm i'm a c5/6 usually hungry

04-27-2002, 12:10 PM	#9
Scorpion Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Colorado Posts: 5,607	Yeah, I get hunger pangs. (C-6 ASIA B) A friend of mine who's a C-4 does too. When I lived in Florida, he'd call me up to drive over to his house & bring some fast food if he wasn't expecting anyone home for a while. Ah, the carefree days of college in Florida... I also hunger for love at times, but that's a different kind of hunger. ~Rus "...because you're not promised tomorrow" ~ Stuck Mojo