Surgery - weight gain?

[carbgrl 0]

I "gained" 5 lbs from my weight the morning of the surgery to the day after. It certainly wasn't from eating anything. I was on clear liquid the evening of the surgery. Does the swelling, air/gas, blood cause a "gain"? Did anyone experience this? I'm 5 days post op and I'm just now back to my the weight before the surgery. I'm still on full liquids.< /p>

[swrktp 1]

I gained the same amount the next day!! But now I have lost that and about 6 more pounds.............I am still very bloated and gassy and feel really heavy!! I hope once the gas is gone the weight loss will speed back up..............

Even thought I Have lost some I feel heavier than before surgery!!

[lady28 0]

Hi ladies,

I haven't gained any weight and have not lost any either. It's been 5 days. I am too still bloated and feel very heavy. The gas is another subject of it's own:cursing:. I hope to start charting some progress soon. I wasn't required to lose any weight pre-op so nothing has really changed at all. Do you think this is normal after 5 days?

SWRKTP...I noticed you were banded the day before me:tongue:. Were you nervous any?

Banded/4-14-09

Weight/ 231 lbs

[WendyII 0]

I'm only two days out. I only had one day of liquid diet to do before the surgery. I have been up and down from 252 to 257 this week. Weighing in this morning at 253.

[sandibly 0]

gee i gained exactly 10 pounds the day after surgery, and within 2 days lost that plus 5. Surgery is trauma to your body, therefore does cause increadible Fluid retention amoung other things!!! of course it isn't "fat" weight. i had surgery a little over a month ago~ and have dropped 40 pounds now! i see by the scale the big weight loss has stopped, and it seems to be going much slower, which i am totally fine with it. although i must admit the 10 lbs a week was a dream, a short dream but a dream none the less.

[carbgrl 0]

Thanks Ladies! I'm soooo glad I'm not the only one. Sandibly, That is a beautiful dream, 10 lbs a week!

[megster27 1]

Well, when you have surgery they pump you FULL of liquids all day long and with the Fluid retention & swelling, you are bound to weigh more. I weighed about 4 pounds more for a couple of days and then that plus 3 pounds came off. You will loose it.

[DeAndraBaby 0]

I havent had my surgery yet, but i just finished my pre-op class and they kept emphasizing that we would be up to 20 lbs heavier after surgery because of all the fluids and swelling of the feet and hands and not to be scared. But to fix it she told us to keep taking sips of Water to flush the fluids out of our body. Hope that helps

[terelbel 0]

Hey ladies, I'm just two day post op. Now the nurse in me must step up and in. Remember they pumped you full of gas which your body must slowly get rid of. On top of the bloating and swelling and any number of things going post op with in your body. It is very tempting to think that you are going to have instant wt. loss, but we all know that's not the case. It is very unhealthy for the spirit to weigh yourself prematurely, very unhealthy. Start looking as if you did this for health and not to instantly loss weight. Weighing yourself often or even in these next 2 weeks before your Doctor's visit and true weigh in should not be done. Instead, concentrate on health, staying healthy, getting healthy, eating right and all the the other post op blahs, rather then your immediate weight. This should all be temporary, give your body time to do what it needs to do to heal without added pressure of how much it weighs now.

[lady28 0]

So terebel,

how are you feeling? Today i'm much tighter in my portal area and that was to be expected. I don't need to take any meds, it's just the stairs at my job are killer:mad:

[terelbel 0]

This need to burp but can't is "killing" me, but beside that, still so excited on my new journey!

[SpiritDriven71 1]

I gained 4/5 pounds also when I got home. it's being bloated from the liquids they pumped into me.

Though I lost a total of 18 pounds my 1st 2 weeks