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Huge weight gain while still in hospital?

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kiwi17    54

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Surgery was 4/23. I gained 18 pounds in 3 days while still in the hospital after my sleeve. I was readmitted to the hospital 8 hours after my initial discharge after it was found I had lost blood flow to 20% of my spleen, presumably from a blood clot. I received a large amount of IV Fluid in that time which resulted in those 18 pounds. I lost that in 5 days plus an additional 9 pounds since, but to me, those 18 pounds of fluid "don't count". I was just wondering if anyone else had a large weight gain immediately post-op.

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TES    858

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Yes, I gained about 14 pounds, which from what I understand isn't uncommon. It came off within about a week, and then the "real" weight loss started. Sorry to hear about your readmission but it's great that they caught the blood clot and treated it. Wishing you well--hopefully the rest of your recovery will be smooth sailing.

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SerendipityHappens    1,594

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I had a problem with my IV blowing through my veins and I only received a small portion of the fluids they wanted to give me and I still managed to gain 10 pounds in the hospital! Took me a week to lose it too! I don't count those ten pounds.. I consider my post surgery loss to be from my weigh in on the day of surgery.

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JennyBeth    127

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I've never heard of anyone not gaining while in the hospital. It seems pretty common/normal. Even my feet felt swollen while I was in the hospital! It all comes off!

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MrsG    329

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I've never heard of anyone not gaining while in the hospital. It seems pretty common/normal. Even my feet felt swollen while I was in the hospital! It all comes off!

Ditto! Gained 10lbs and had swollen everything!

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gibson_girl    108

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Oh yah! When I weighed myself post op after losing 11 lbs pre op 7 days of starving I was MAD. Don't worry, since 4/16 when I started the pre op I've lost exactly 30lbs. 19 of that is post op, but the entire 11lbs came back before it went away! It's just water!

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gibson_girl    108

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All of my postop weight loss doesn't include the gain either. I just totally wrote it off!

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iontash    25

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I had my surgery on Tuesday May 7th and JUST got home from the hospital. I lost 8 pounds on the Pre-opp liquid diet and gained ALL 8 back in the hospital in ONE day. I was feeling so discouraged, but I feel a little better seeing that this is a common experience. I feel so bloated and gassy right now. When does this gassy feeling go away? Ive been walking 15 miniutes every two hours around the clock.

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soocalchic    1,087

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19 lbs here while I'm the hospital it's a fairly common occurrence

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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