Hey ya’all. I am 3 days post op from a lap band revision to the RNY bypass. It wasn’t the smoothest of recoveries. I was sick for almost 2 days. Vomiting more than I was taking in. Also I got Crepitus from my breast to my eyes and it swelled up my left side of the face. That has subsided a bit but still painful in the neck and it rubs on the inside so I get terrible chest and upper back pain. Now my abdomen on the left is so swollen than my left upper this is swollen. Feel like a fatty. The worse of it all is that i gained 22 pounds in the hospital and I ate barely anything. I just about lost it when I got home. But since I couldn’t eat anything they continuously pumped in fluids. Anyone else out there he any of these problems and relate and help me through this “scary phase” of healing? Otherwise I am pretty excited I had it done. I was able to drink a crystal light tonight and not get heart burn like I would have with the band so i was excited about that.

Hi! I hear ya! Had RNY last Wednesday and gained 10 pounds of fluid in the hospital! I have just about gotten down to my surgery weight. I have a severe pain on the left side under my ribcage that really hurts when I breathe. However, I'm doing better than I expected, am hitting 90 ounces of fluids a day, taking vitamins, and trying to walk every day. I'm pretty excited I had it done, too!

there's a lot of sodium in those fluid bags, and you're getting a *ton* of fluids while in the hospital. I didn't weigh myself right away after my RNY or my first plastic surgery because I knew my weight would be way up, and it was just water. I had my second round of plastic surgery this past Friday. I *did* weigh myself this morning, and I'm 4 lbs up from the morning of my (plastic) surgery, and i've been eating much less than usual the last few days. Since I've done a lot of urinating the last couple of days (getting rid of all those hospital fluids), I'm sure I was up 10+ lbs when I was released from the hospital. I'd give it week and then weigh yourself again. You'll probably be fine.

If the swelling doesn't go down, be sure to talk to your Dr. You should probably be urinating like crazy though and that means it's going away.

Update....I managed to lose all the water weight in a week. I was 202 when I left the hospital and today at my one week check up I was 183. Feeling great. Best decision i ever made!!!