Exhaustion and sickness after surgery-help!

[partofme! 36]

Hi all!

I am 2.5 weeks post-VSG and have lost about 20 lbs so far-woo! However, I have been battling sickness (cold, sore glands, etc) and am beyond exhausted. I will typically have one or two days a week where I get a burst of energy and will actually clean up, but most of my day is spent on the couch, feeling awful. I have been "eating"...I wondered if maybe I was low-Iron as I was craving spinach yesterday. Well, my hubs and I went out yesterday and we ordered a health spinach dip (or so they told me) and the restaurant covered it in olive oil! I took one bite and literally felt nauseated and had to ask my Soup to be packed up and we had to leave!!!

I went to the doc early in the week and she said everything looked good, so I am wondering-how do I tell how much is sickness, how much is post-surgery pain/tiredness...and when should I be concerned?

I mean, I can't couch surf forever...and literally I get out of bed and then hit the sofa all day, getting up to just do basic things. I seem less energetic now than when I first came home, and I did get sick on day 4, picking up a cough and cold. Now ihave swollen glands and sore throat. ARRRGGG

Any advice on what their experience was like a few weeks post-op would be helpful.

Thank you!

[suzthebrit 146]

I didn't get sick on day 4 and I felt the same way as you for about 3 1/2 weeks post op. Then all of a sudden one day I went shopping and felt pretty good. You've had major surgery, you are not eating the amount your body was used to before the surgery. Give yourself time.

Are you getting in as much Protein as you can? Taking your Vitamins? Drinking your fluids? If you can answer yes to all three questions then you are doing everything you can. Just give your body some time to recover.

[partofme! 36]

Hi! Thanks for your reply! I am taking Vitamins, drinking...but Protein I am working on-getting better!!!

Thanks so much for your support and advice~