Hi, Pals. For those who are a bit further ahead of me, I was wondering if you could help answer two questions. My surgery was August 29th so I just came home from hospital yesterday.

First-hand I weighed myself on the morning of the surgery and after the 2-week liver shrinking diet and the two day liquid diet- my weight going into surgery was 231. I weighed myself this morning and I have shot back up to 244.5. And I have "eaten" ok not clear liquids and protein shakes since surgery. I was thinking this may be bloating and trapped gas, but not sure. Did anyone else have this? When did you start to see the weight decline?

Second questions- when I try to wear my contacts post surgery, my vision is blurry. The pain reliever they gave me is a narcotic pain reliever and it seems to dialate my eyes. I can see a bit better in my glasses, but prefer contacts. Stuff up close is quite blurry. Did anyone else experience this and if so, what did you do- or did it just go away?

Thank you!

4 minutes ago, MassMom said:

Hi, Pals. For those who are a bit further ahead of me, I was wondering if you could help answer two questions. My surgery was August 29th so I just came home from hospital yesterday.

First-hand I weighed myself on the morning of the surgery and after the 2-week liver shrinking diet and the two day liquid diet- my weight going into surgery was 231. I weighed myself this morning and I have shot back up to 244.5. And I have "eaten" ok not Clear Liquids and Protein Shakes since surgery. I was thinking this may be bloating and trapped gas, but not sure. Did anyone else have this? When did you start to see the weight decline?

Second questions- when I try to wear my contacts post surgery, my vision is blurry. The pain reliever they gave me is a narcotic pain reliever and it seems to dialate my eyes. I can see a bit better in my glasses, but prefer contacts. Stuff up close is quite blurry. Did anyone else experience this and if so, what did you do- or did it just go away?

Thank you!

For your first question, gas doesn't cause weight gain, but all the swelling and fluid retention from surgery sure does. everyone is different, but you should see some reduction as you start to heal up, usually a week or so.

Surgery, caloric intake changes, stress, diet changes, medication, all can cause vision changes. With this, you are just going to have to deal with no wearing contacts until everything sorts itself out.

Thanks for your response. It is very helpful.

5 hours ago, MassMom said:

Hi, Pals. For those who are a bit further ahead of me, I was wondering if you could help answer two questions. My surgery was August 29th so I just came home from hospital yesterday.

First-hand I weighed myself on the morning of the surgery and after the 2-week liver shrinking diet and the two day liquid diet- my weight going into surgery was 231. I weighed myself this morning and I have shot back up to 244.5. And I have "eaten" ok not Clear Liquids and Protein Shakes since surgery. I was thinking this may be bloating and trapped gas, but not sure. Did anyone else have this? When did you start to see the weight decline?

Second questions- when I try to wear my contacts post surgery, my vision is blurry. The pain reliever they gave me is a narcotic pain reliever and it seems to dialate my eyes. I can see a bit better in my glasses, but prefer contacts. Stuff up close is quite blurry. Did anyone else experience this and if so, what did you do- or did it just go away?

Thank you!

Bariatric Master nailed it.

one more thing though, just remember to go easy on yourself over the next few days. youre going to experience all sorts of strange bodily sensations and youll simply need to remenber "im post surgery. this is normal and expected," for the most part.

of course when in doubt reach out to your surgeons office, but you get my drift.

goodluck

On 8/31/2018 at 12:54 AM, MassMom said:

Hi, Pals. For those who are a bit further ahead of me, I was wondering if you could help answer two questions. My surgery was August 29th so I just came home from hospital yesterday.

First-hand I weighed myself on the morning of the surgery and after the 2-week liver shrinking diet and the two day liquid diet- my weight going into surgery was 231. I weighed myself this morning and I have shot back up to 244.5. And I have "eaten" ok not Clear Liquids and Protein Shakes since surgery. I was thinking this may be bloating and trapped gas, but not sure. Did anyone else have this? When did you start to see the weight decline?

Second questions- when I try to wear my contacts post surgery, my vision is blurry. The pain reliever they gave me is a narcotic pain reliever and it seems to dialate my eyes. I can see a bit better in my glasses, but prefer contacts. Stuff up close is quite blurry. Did anyone else experience this and if so, what did you do- or did it just go away?

Thank you!

I had had my surgery 8/30 and came home Friday. My weight was 234 the morning of surgery and was 238 when I came home. I had a lot of swelling & gas after surgery but my weight has been going down. Just remember to keep sipping. I am on a full liquid diet and when I am not sipping protein shakes I am sipping my water.