Weight Gain Right After Surgery?

[LessOfAmy 2]

I had a DS on 4/19, spent 2 nights in the hospital, and then had to travel 4 hours to get home yesterday. I was disappointed when I finally stepped on the scale to find I had gained 11 pounds!!! Is this normal? Is this because of the IV fluids?

[Arabesque 7,240]

Yep, it is. They pump you full of lots of fluids. You’ll pee it out over a couple or so days & the scale will drop. But it is a shock when you see the number on the scales & realise how much they filled you with.

PS Congrats on your surgery.

Edited April 23 by Arabesque

[LessOfAmy 2]

Thanks! I was NOT expecting the scale to go up. I was shocked, but I know it will go down eventually.

[catwoman7 11,212]

yep - super common. It's just the IV Fluid.

[Arabesque 7,240]

I honestly didn’t notice it after my sleeve surgery but I was in hospital for a couple of days so it was day 4 before I think I weighed myself so had likely already peed most if not all of it out. I was out the next day after my gall removal & there was a good 2+kgs (5 odd lbs) on the scales (at my current weight so a lot comparatively). Yikes. I swear all I did was pee for the next few days. 😁

[NickelChip 1,213]

So. Much. Fluid.

Seriously, my hands were so puffy that all my wrinkles disappeared (spoiler: they came back).

I was also in for 2 nights and that IV was going non-stop. It took a little over a week for me to return to my day of surgery weight. Totally normal. They really should warn you, though.

[ms.sss 15,581]

so when i had my WLS, when i got home one the next afternoon, i was just under 2 lbs lighter.

but when i had my plastics, 2 days later (i was in hospital longer) i was 5 lbs heavier...and i was like 115 lbs at the time so that was a lot considering my frame. like @nickelchip my hands where like inflated balloon paws...(i'll see if i can find a pic)

[LessOfAmy 2]

Yes, NickelChip, that is definitely something we should be told to expect going into surgery. The whole point of WLS is to lose weight, so to gain weight after surgery was alarming. I've lost 8 of the 11 so far. Trying to be patient!

[LessOfAmy 2]

I am SO bummed. Tomorrow I will be 1 week post-op and I've lost 0 pounds. I finally made it back to my pre-surgery weight today.