calf pain

[candice2lose 0]

I had my surgery on the 23rd. I have severe calf cramps. They did a ultrasound to rule out a blood clot in the hospital and I did not have one but my calfs are so sore it hurts to walk.

anyone have this problem??

[anewbeckiboo 1]

In my case, severe cramps like that means that I need some potassium. Did the doctors say anything about that? I'm not sure what you can take at this point in the process. My old potassium pills are useless to me now because they are extended release.

I hope you find something that works to ease the cramping!

[anewbeckiboo 1]

Sorry for the extra reply, but I just thought of something that always helps me when my potassium drops...sugar free poweraid (or gatoraide if you don't mind the sugar). Helps me every time and it's liquid so you should be able to have some right now!

[rault18 1]

Fyi...the first time I had surgery actually was pretty painful because of my knees and legs and calfs hurt a lot to but it's because of the anesthesia some people have some side reaction from the muscle relaxants..my past surgery was 5 hours and after two days I felt like a truck ran over me. The lapband one was shorter making this pain shorter as well.

Google muscle ache after general anesthesia

[chattiemom 0]

I had the leg cramps several days after surgery... it was so hard.. It felt like huge knots in my calfs.. They felt so tight.

I added apple juice (or any type of drink with potassium) and forced myself to walk and it got better by the next day.

Good Luck

[L12 13]

Dehydration can cause cramping. Make sure you're drinking enough--for some reason my body seems much more susceptible to dehydration since I've been banded, and I have to drink A LOT in order to prevent side effects.