Day 2 Post-op and I’m UP Almost 9#!?!?!?

[LAJ23 70]

WTH? How can this be? Day of surgery I was 223.2. This morning I’m 232! I’ve had nothing to eat or drink except sips of Water & meds. I don’t get it! Please tell me there’s some crazy reason for this that I wasn’t told about and that it’ll drop quickly!!!! I honestly couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw those numbers. Been walking quite a bit too! 😖

[NovaLuna 710]

NEVER weigh yourself the first week after surgery. You have Water weight from the IV's they gave you from your surgery. It'll take a few days for that to go away. Stay away from the scale for another five days AT LEAST.

[BigSue 1,396]

This is very common because of all the IV fluids you get in the hospital. I came home from surgery 5 pounds heavier than when I left, but those 5 pounds came off within two days.

[Pandemonium 515]

Echoing what everyone else has said. It is very common. Same thing happened to me when I weighed myself the day after surgery just to see.

Fast forward another day and several trips to the bathroom where I peed out the four IV bags of fluids they pumped into me in the course of 24 hours and all of that weight was gone.

Weigh yourself when you're 1 week post-op and see how things are proceeding.

[Lanie992 168]

Yes, the same thing happened to me. I had never been above 200 lbs in my life, but I was post-surgery.

The others are right... you are full of the air they pump in your stomach, the IV fluids AND there is swelling.

Just wait a few days and it will go away. Don't worry.

I flipped out too!

[colormehappy 124]

Totally normal. I “gained” 10 pounds post op, mostly from fluids and swelling. It was all gone within 10 days.