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Post Surgery: Things That Make You Go HMMM!

By FibroDiva

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I've been home for a little over 24 hours now. I freaked out when I realized

  1. I gained 15 pounds in the hospital on the clear post op diet
  2. my feel and ankles look like those of an elephant.

Then I remembered what Tony said, "As long as you sip and pee all day long, you're doing fine". Ok really, my son remembered. I called Tony at LCMH and he said this is normal because I was being pumped full of fluids and will eventually urinate out all the excess fluids and swelling.

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    Bariatric Hero

    mokee

    Gastric Sleeve Patients

    Same thing happened to me and oh my stomach looked like the Himalaya Mountain Range. It was very scary. I gained 15 lbs.

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    rickyc

    Gastric Sleeve Patients

    i went in at surgery the 17th of july .at 308 came home from surgery at 330 !..said i was dehydrated when i came in ??

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    FibroDiva

    Pre Op

    I saw my PA on Thursday and she said the same thing you pointed out rickyc, I'm dehydrated. HMM, cause the RN coordinatored said it's from all the fluids given via IVs.

    mokee, don't be discouraged. Since August 5 I have lost 10 pounds. I'm still 5 pounds over preop weight

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    elisa123

    Gastric Sleeve Patients

    I had lost 8 pounds going in and came out and gained like 10 . It takes 1 full week to get all the fluid out . now I am day 8 I think and down 16 pds-good luck!

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    FibroDiva

    Pre Op

    Thanks for joining the conversation elisa123. I am 12 days post op and have finally lost 18 pounds, the 15 of IV fluid gain and an extra 3 pound.

    Keep up the good work everybody.

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