Tomorrow I will be 3 weeks post op. I am experiencing horrible leg cramps. I have decided to make a banana milkshake, only bananas and milk. Also, the liquid vitamins and the chewables cause me to throw up so I started taking gummies. Anyone else experience horrible leg cramps? If so what did you do differently?

If you're having bad leg cramps you're likely low on all your electrolytes. Water / Calcium / Magnesium / Potassium.

It might be a good idea to drink Gatorade. I used to drink the real Gatorade too, it just seems to be more potent than G2.

Good luck!

oh joy :-( I experience horrible leg cramps now and I don't get sleeved until Monday :-( I think it has to do with dehydration. Drink more water and probably Gatorade would be good to get some electrolytes. And the calcium in the milk is good too for cramps.

The leg cramps can be cause by dehydration and low potassium. If you try the vitamin water or gatorade and things do not improve I would contact your primary care doctor. They may want to check a chemistry panel to make sure that your blood work is within normal limits.

Thank you, great suggestions, I heard it could be dehydration but I wasnt sure. I experienced dehydration earlier and was hospitalized 10 days after my surgery. I wish I could get the hang of this.

The nurse called me back and told me I am not getting enough fluids or protein. She said seize eating and drink milk all day. That will count as my fluids and protein. ( I cant tolerate the protein shakes. ) She also said start taking two Flinstone complete vitamins twice daily. She informed me that the gummies dont have all the vitamins necessary to meet the requirements.

I'm a life long leg cramp sufferer. I control them by monitoring potassium and water intake. Your body is losing some mass so if you're like me and you're laying in bed, you'll feel those leg musscles twitching. Its been over a year now since I had a cramp and thats with heavy gym use. This is how I have been controling it

Call your doctor right away...I had the same problem a few weeks ago, and someone said it could be blood clots. Well I went to the doctor and it wasn't blood clots, but glad I got it checked out.

It could also be all of the above, but I would still have it checked out...

Well I have leg cramps and back ache my surgery was on Monday march 17 2014i call d dr for dome pain medicine for my back and to let him know of my leg cramp so waiting for the call and alwalys cold

Edited March 21, 201412 yr by virgo63

I am 16 months out from my surgery and these are the first leg cramps I have gotten . They are so bad I can't walk them out they are in my thighs and growing areas. But I did not take my bariatric vitamins all day either. And I do not think I drank enough water . I have found out if I take my vitamins and drink lots of water and Gatorade I never get them . But I just wanted to share with some newbies that it is something that can be controlled . Lots of water . I freeze my bananas then put them in blender with almond milk makes the best shake . Get my calcium and potassium.

I had them before surgery and would walk them out but these made my feet stiff and stuck and it was bad given i havent gotten them since before surgery and i probably didnt drink enough yesterday someone told me gulp mustard yellow i did it took it away in less then 1 min

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I had them before surgery and would walk them out but these made my feet stiff and stuck and it was bad given i havent gotten them since before surgery and i probably didnt drink enough yesterday someone told me gulp mustard yellow i did it took it away in less then 1 min

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I have to ask. What does the mustard do to releave cramps?

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So glad I found this forum. More glad I found this topic. I have had very painful leg cramps for many years. They seem to be worse when I drink a lot of fluid just before bed. My GP says that I am diluting my electrolytes. Having to drink 64 oz of fluid will most certainly bring these cramps on. The only think that will stop them is very salty lemons, or salty pickle juice. I'm afraid the acidity will be a problem with the unhealed staple line. I'm really worried about this because my surgery date it next Monday, and these cramps are sometimes crippling. I'm wondering if there is some muscle relaxing drug, perhaps an Atropine injection that I can use if these cramps occur. Any suggestions more than welcome.

On ‎8‎/‎30‎/‎2016 at 0:15 PM, dede_mont said:

I have to ask. What does the mustard do to releave cramps?

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Thanks, haven't tried mustard, but just about everything else. The salty pickle juice works right away, and so does the salty lemons. I think what is actually relieving these cramps is just the salt, but it is not allowed. These are not just your everyday Charlie Horse cramps, but Charlie Horse on steroids.