Exhausted all the time

[Real California April 76]

Man am I tired. Before surgery I was somewhat active. I hated sitting around the house. Now I'm exhausted all the time. How did you guys combat this? Ugh

SW: 366

CW: 340

GW1: 200

RNY Dec 18, 2017!

[heatherjudson 62]

You’re almost through the worst of it! You’re energy level returns (for me about 1 month out). You got this!

Surgery 11/27/17
HW: 227
SW: 221
CW: 193
GW: 130

[KimTriesRNY 1,853]

It gets better. I was napping a lot in my earlier post op days. Once you are tolerating a bit more food things will normalize. Hang in there!

[maceyup67 1]

So I’m guessing the fatigue is from low intake? I’m still preop

[Sadiebug 206]

It does get better around 4-6 weeks. But, if you don't start seeing improvements talk to your surgeon or NUT to get advice. I personally had to tweak my Vitamins a little bit before I felt 100%.

[orionburn 1,024]

On 1/14/2018 at 12:39 PM, maceyup67 said:

So I’m guessing the fatigue is from low intake? I’m still preop

It can be a combination of things. It's a major surgery so it's going to slow you down as you heal. But yes, that coupled with low intake makes it all the tougher. Some people seem that they felt up to returning to normal within a few days time, others really needed the 2-4 weeks off before they were back to normal. It wasn't until week 3 where I really felt like I was on the upswing with my energy levels.