Short Term Prednisone ? Weight Gain??

tcbgirl · April 8, 2009

I am going to get banded on April 21st; however, the ENT put me on Prednisone for 10 days due to chronic sinus infection. Will I gain weight using the steroids for 10 days?

Thanks,

ibelieve · April 8, 2009

You should call your surgeon and let him know about the Prednisone - this medication could affect your ability to recover from the surgery, so I think they will look at your dosing, or may have to reschedule. Mostly I think they would make sure you were taking prednisone during and after the surgery - so that your adrenal system is able to respond to the stress of the procedure and anesthesia.

I have severe asthma, and my surgeon always checks to make sure I am not on it. They will check again I am sure, when I see everyone for the pre-op. I last had to use it in November '08, and I gained some weight, but I think that was mostly as a result of the Holidays, when I ate like I was getting ready for lap-band diet restrictions and getting some things out of my system...

Good Luck. Waiting a little extra time for surgery is not so bad. I started with the Orientation in October, Surgeon visit in November, needing to lose 25-30 lbs (and only losing 16-20 of it), finally getting the surgeon to ok me to schedule the surgery, and gaining a few lbs... now I need to lose again, and in a 2-3 weeks start my pre-op...

tcbgirl · April 9, 2009

ibelieve- thank you for your information :tt2: I've called my surgeon yesterday and he asked me about the dosage and how long I have to be on it.

Here is my dosage:

Day 1&2 - 40 mg

Day 3&4 - 30 mg

Day 5&6 - 20 mg

Day 7&8 - 10 mg

Day 9&10 - 5 mg

I should finished my med on April 17th and my surgery is on April 21st. The surgeon said it is ok. I hope he is right because I do not want any complication. I don't mind postponing it at all since I already got postpone once. I started this journey since June of 2008 and finally is going to get it at April 21st so yes I don't mind if he reschedule at all :blink: I just wanna be healthy for the surgery.