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ilovemusic    0

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Can someone please tell me if this has happened to them? I am 7 weeks out from my surgery, and have lost 30 lbs. Problem is, this last week, I am really swelling up in my feet, ankles ad legs. Has this happened to anyone else? I keep my sodium low, and take potassium once a day. I can not find anything on this. Please help. I feel like a balloon again! I am at a stand still opn the weight loss too. I bet if I could lose some Water, I could be doing better. I drink 64 oz. a day. It is not helping. I feel like I am losing my mind!

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Heather~ Sweetdreams    10

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You may want to contact your doctor. Anytime there is swelling in your feet and legs it has the possibility to be linked to a medical problem. I'm only a week out, so I can't offer any advise on it other than that. Hope you get to feeling better!!

Can someone please tell me if this has happened to them? I am 7 weeks out from my surgery, and have lost 30 lbs. Problem is, this last week, I am really swelling up in my feet, ankles ad legs. Has this happened to anyone else? I keep my sodium low, and take potassium once a day. I can not find anything on this. Please help. I feel like a balloon again! I am at a stand still opn the weight loss too. I bet if I could lose some Water, I could be doing better. I drink 64 oz. a day. It is not helping. I feel like I am losing my mind!

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Can someone please tell me if this has happened to them? I am 7 weeks out from my surgery, and have lost 30 lbs. Problem is, this last week, I am really swelling up in my feet, ankles ad legs. Has this happened to anyone else? I keep my sodium low, and take potassium once a day. I can not find anything on this. Please help. I feel like a balloon again! I am at a stand still opn the weight loss too. I bet if I could lose some Water, I could be doing better. I drink 64 oz. a day. It is not helping. I feel like I am losing my mind!

I am pre-op so I am not sure. I don't know about where you are but where I am there a pretty widespread heat wave. I learned with 3 pregnancies that heat will swell you up pretty quick. I would just try to stay as cool as possible and keep moving as much as possible (because of the surgery, but put your feet up some too) and check in with your PCP. HTH.

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I am pre-op so I am not sure. I don't know about where you are but where I am there a pretty widespread heat wave. I learned with 3 pregnancies that heat will swell you up pretty quick. I would just try to stay as cool as possible and keep moving as much as possible (because of the surgery, but put your feet up some too) and check in with your PCP. HTH.

Thanks so muchfor the advice. The heat had never occured to me, and it is really hot . Best wishes on your surgery. Hang in there girl. Your help is coming!

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VSG4aHealthierMe    6

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Glad I could help :)

Thanks so muchfor the advice. The heat had never occured to me, and it is really hot . Best wishes on your surgery. Hang in there girl. Your help is coming!

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Roseib    13

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Adding more Water takes care of it for me, especially when it's hot outside. I seem to need more water and although it sounds contra-intuitive, adding more water apparently helps me lose the excess fluids. I think you should talk to your doctor, though. I drink 88-100 oz of water but then I am a lot farther out than you.

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Adding more Water takes care of it for me, especially when it's hot outside. I seem to need more water and although it sounds contra-intuitive, adding more water apparently helps me lose the excess fluids. I think you should talk to your doctor, though. I drink 88-100 oz of water but then I am a lot farther out than you.

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SleeveGirl-TX    183

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You should probably see your regular doctor about it. If you have swelling much more in one leg than the other, that could be a sign of a blood clot, I think. I am trying to remember...

For me, my legs swell when I'm sitting in my chair for too long, esp if it's too hot out. What helps is making sure I'm laying down (in bed, recliners don't count) at least 8 hours per night. Then I don't have the problems.

Also, drink lots of Water, it helps flushes everything out of your body (no idea if it helps with edema, but hey, always a good idea!)

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I haven't had VSG yet, but had the same problem just this last weekend. I over-did it on the salt (beef Jerky, french fries, diet coke,etc.. and it was hot) and my legs and feet went balloon crazy---started to hurt a little bit even! Talking with the doc is always the best route, but I have no insurance so I went to the local pharmacy and picked up a diuretic and started drinking LOTS of water--took a few days, but I can actually see my feet and ankle bones now! Good luck to you!

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