I was supposed to have vgs surgery 1/24, but i was dehydrated and the surgery instead took place 1/26. I received fluids in the hospital and was appalled to learn,when I got back home, that I had gained FOURTEEN pounds in the hospital. I am so discouraged. I am very sore, the tylenol with codeine is not halping and I am gettting depressed that i havent had solid food for 10 days and wont for another 19 days.

Has anyone else gained 14 pounds in the hospital? I was on a liquid diet! I want to quit but im afraid of ripping open this stupid sleeve.

How frustrating! I didn't gain but I didn't lose much. Since you had excess fluid, I'm guessing that all or most of the gained weight is "water" weight (fluid) and some is all of the air pumped into the abdomen to increase visibility of stomach during surgery. I'd be discouraged too. Trust me....this gain is likely to come off rapidly and will soon be behind you. Walking does help move the fluid and air (as you probably know). I'm sorry you feel so awful. There are better days ahead.

I'm day 3 post op and its starting to get better. I still feel so bloated and sore. Hoping for a better week and for the excess gas to be gone. I didn't go down until today and I'm sure there is more to come off more rapidly once my body regulates. I feel like I'm drinking too much but just getting in my 64 oz

Hang in there - I'm right there with you

It sounds like water weight, which should come off quickly. At the pre-op class I attended they actually told us not to weigh ourselves in the days after surgery because gaining water weight is so common, and they didn't want us to get discouraged and think we weren't losing weight. Your body just needs a little more time to adjust. Don't give up.

I am 5 days postop. Just keep reminding yourself that you are strong, this will make you stronger and it is only temporary. A year from now, probably a few months from now, you will be so happy and proud.

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Thank you so much for the words of encouragement. I am so depressed and ready to throw in the towel and eat a cheeseburger. I am trying to hold off one more day to see if any of the 14 pounds disappear

Speaking from personal experience, eating a cheeseburger and puking it back up is worse than not eating a cheeseburger. It gets better.

You probably picked up a lot of water weight, especially if you were dehydrated going in. They pump you full of tons of fluid during the surgery, which due to the trama gets stored in your body in different areas. It’ll take a week or more for it to come out, but then you’ll see a big difference.

Hang in there it gets easier.

25 minutes ago, abefroman329 said:

Speaking from personal experience, eating a cheeseburger and puking it back up is worse than not eating a cheeseburger. It gets better.

thanks for the advice. i had cheese and cheezits and nothing came back up.

16 minutes ago, Losebig said:

You probably picked up a lot of Water weight, especially if you were dehydrated going in. They pump you full of tons of Fluid during the surgery, which due to the trama gets stored in your body in different areas. It’ll take a week or more for it to come out, but then you’ll see a big difference.

Hang in there it gets easier.

THANKS, BUT after 12 days of not eating, i cant handle it taking a week or more to come off. i need to figure out a way to eat. this was a disasterous mistake.

10 minutes ago, linda8 said:

thanks for the advice. i had cheese and cheezits and nothing came back up.

One you add red meat and a bun, it all goes to ****.

Hey , sorry you are miserable but eating something before the doc says can make your staples come undone or worse. I’d call your surgeon to get some advice. Or if you have a nutritionist ?
I hope you feel better soon. Please don’t take my post as mean I just don’t want you hurting yourself.

2 minutes ago, WaywardMama said:

Hey , sorry you are miserable but eating something before the doc says can make your staples come undone or worse. I’d call your surgeon to get some advice. Or if you have a nutritionist ?
I hope you feel better soon. Please don’t take my post as mean I just don’t want you hurting yourself.

thanks for the concern.

Did you talk to a therapist before the surgery? It may help a ton to talk to that person again along with your nutritionist. Between the fluids and gas I also gained in the first few days and then I lost all of that plus some a few days later. I had days where I felt just like how you are feeling but reminded myself that there is no turning back. If you eat a cheeseburger there is a high chance you will end up in the hospital again and that will only delay your ability to eat normal foods again. Just remind yourself why you decided to have this surgery in the first place and hopefully that will help you. You will be able to eat again!

Are you allowed purees or just liquid ? If you can have purees a pureed soup is fairly satisfying at that stage. If its just liquids some of the protein shakes have additives that are suppossed to help hunger. I used premier shakes and while they don’t satisfy the mental part of eating they do make you full and take away the physical hunger.

5 hours ago, linda8 said:

I was supposed to have vgs surgery 1/24, but i was dehydrated and the surgery instead took place 1/26. I received fluids in the hospital and was appalled to learn,when I got back home, that I had gained FOURTEEN pounds in the hospital. I am so discouraged. I am very sore, the tylenol with codeine is not halping and I am gettting depressed that i havent had solid food for 10 days and wont for another 19 days.

Has anyone else gained 14 pounds in the hospital? I was on a liquid diet! I want to quit but im afraid of ripping open this stupid sleeve.

You do realize that pre-op & post-op weight gain/loss is expected right? I see a lot of people on here concerned with their gain/loss when it is completely irrelevant. I honestly don’t know why anyone is concerned or is even keeping track at this point when the real concern should be preparing/recovering. Really the only time anyone should be paying attention to the scale is when the transition to solid food has been made & even then results shouldn’t be expected immediately. Before I had surgery I devoured all the water I could & after surgery received god knows how many bags of fluids as well as the fluids I had started drinking. I don’t have a scale at home & honestly don’t care to. I’ll leave it to doctors appointments or the gym to see what I weigh & even then there’s no rush. All that should matter really is that in the next 6 months to a year I hope to see 100 pounds less of me than a year before & everyone else should be hopeful to see the same.

Edited January 29, 20188 yr by Seahawks Fan