I'm scheduled for surgery on August 24th and I've been taking diuretics for years. I know they don't like for you to take them after surgery but I'm afraid I'll gain weight, especially in the first couple weeks without them. Has anyone else had any experience with this? Did you continue taking them but just cut down after surgery?

Edited August 16, 20179 yr by Excited to lose!

3 minutes ago, Excited to lose! said:

I'm scheduled for surgery on August 24th and I've been taking diuretics for years. I know they don't like for you to take them after surgery but I'm afraid I'll gain weight, especially in the first couple weeks without them. Has anyone else had any experience with this? Did you continue taking them but just cut down after surgery?

If you gain weight from stopping diuretics itll be water not fat. You want to lose fat, not water.

Should not be a problem, take your blood pressure medicine as long as you need it

I am on diretics, bumex 1.0mg 2x per day. Pkys potassium. Dr prescribed by my cardiologist, I have lymphedema and I retain a lot of water. I was afraid when I had surgery because they told me I would be cut in half, one a day ,not the day of surgery but when I went home. . Well when I came home the 2nd day, I called my cardiologist because I was not going to the bathroom like I needed to. I was drinking a lot and getting more and more swollen in my hands,and legs. I saud, I need my pills!!!! He said take them. I will talk to your surgeon. Call us if you need to and you dont get relief. I have been able to swallow all my pills with no problems so I went back on the twice a day and cut my potassium in half because it was big.
Oh my the relief was wonderful! !!!
I am still on my pills and when I see my cardiologist on Sept 11 he ordered blood work to make sure I am hydrated and my levels are ok. Hopefully when more weight comes off, I can cut back. But not right now. I was sleeved on 7-21 and have lost 27lbs, 16 after surgery.
Good luck, hope this helps. Talk to your doctors. [emoji4]


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