4days Banded Gained 8 Lbs

[latinamom 9]

I was banded on Dec 27 I gained 8 lbs and to this day I still weigh the same is this normal. I've been eating Jello and broth What is going on am I doing something wrong.did I fail

[BRathman10 0]

I am not a Dr. but I think that you are just swollen from the surgery. Give it about a week and it should start falling off. If nothing happens by then I guess I would give my Dr a call and make sure everything is where it should be. Good luck!

[mjp33 4]

I had surgery on 12/21 and was up about 10 lbs before it was all said and done (3 or 4 days later). I wasn't eating much of anything after my surgery and when I did eat it was a teeny tiny amount of broth or sf popsicles.

I think it's mostly the swelling from surgery. They pumped me full of fluids while I was at the hospital. I think I finally got back down to my day-of-surgery weight at about day 9 or 10 post-surgery. Hang in there...just worry about healing and staying hydrated right now.

[laddie1229 18]

I was banded 12/29. I am only weighing in once a week, on my weekly bandaversary. My husband bought me a Weight Watchers scale a few days before my new life began. I lost 42 lbs on WW and 3 lbs on pre-op liquid diet. I promised myself I would only weigh once a week just as I did the 6 months I went to WW. I don't want to be a slave to the scale.

[Jachut 487]

Its the darn IV fluids the fill you with. My lapband surgery i wasnt on an Iv for more than a few hours but after both my bowel surgeries it was days. I could even bend my fingers and toes, i was getting so impatient with the nurses, i w ready to rip the datn thong out. I too was heavier when i got home despite going without food for days and then followong a shorter clears to liquids to solids routine. Took two weeks to pee it all out.