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Post Op Surgery Day 5 Question

Well I went into the surgery 546lbs, and it's now day 5 of post op and I'm just having broth and water and little protein powder, but I am currently only 544lbs. I'm just shocked in 5 days I've lost 2lbs is that normal?

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  • Yes songsmith is right. We do get filled with whatever it is that they blow up our tummy with to get the instruments in. Then all the IV fluids and meds we are given. I had my surgery on Jan 26th and

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I gained about 4 pounds with my surgery (this Monday). From what I've read, we get so filled with fluids and gas and other stuff that it's normal to gain or stall just a little at the beginning. Give it time. :)

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I'm just shocked I guess, thanks for the reply. Just going to ride it out hopefully I'll start losing faster.

Yes songsmith is right. We do get filled with whatever it is that they blow up our tummy with to get the instruments in. Then all the IV fluids and meds we are given. I had my surgery on Jan 26th and didn't get on the scale until Feb 3rd when I went back for my 1 week follow up. By then I had lost all those excess fluids from the surgery and was 13 pounds down from surgery date. Since then I have lost an additional 7 pounds. Oh just in case you don't know about 3 weeks out you may come to a stall. If your Dr was like mine I had 2 week of full liquids. The 2nd week I got to add egg. This week I got to add tuna, cottage cheese etc real food. My body is saying hey what are you doing to me and doesn't know how to react so it has stopped losing for awhile. There is a thread on this site called "embrace the stall" that Inner Surfer Girl wrote

http://www.bariatricpal.com/topic/351046-embrace-the-stall/?hl=embrace%20the%20stall

it is worth reading so you are prepared for that time if it happens to you. I know if I hadn't read it before I got to week 3 I would have been so pissed and would have been ranting like crazy. Now I am just following the program, exercising a little and doing what needs to be done. I know the weight will move again once my body realizes I mean business and plan to get to goal whenever I get there.

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