Soooooo is it possible that with the weight change that our immune system slows down or loses effectiveness? I had an ingrown hair near my groin. Ive had them before but THIS?! It turned into an abnormally LARGE abcess within the matter of days. I went to the er. The doctors were in shock & asked me how i was managing. Anyway a nurse had to hold me as they lanced it. I screamed & cried. I also now have a weird irritation in my throat. Doctor said its probably due to the rapid weight change ?‍?

Usually weight loss & eating more nutritious foods boosts your immune system. Maybe you’re a little run down from the recovery & healing, the physical & emotional stress of it all, from the changed diet/lower calories & the initial more rapid weight loss. Low protein can affect healing but, if I remember correctly your protein intake has been okay. How are your iron levels? Anaemia can affect your immune system too.

Sorry lancing the abscess was so painful. ☹️

Edited August 7, 20242 yr by Arabesque

I was almost scared to open this this morning as I’m headed to hosptal on 25’ minutes. ? That is the absolute worst. I had one near what going on down there so my primary sent me to gyno. He said that wasn’t necessary but it was more comfortable knowing he looks at that All day long. Mine had to be landed and then packed with something soaked in antibiotic several times while it healed it was really bad. He said it just happens in a perfect storm of unlucky events that can bappen ti anyone. This was long before any weight loss surgery. Anyways, I hope it heals real quick and your back on to living your best life real soon.

usually your immune system gets better - but like Arabesque said, maybe it's just stress and exhaustion from the surgery and the changes? Or it may be completely unrelated. I'm so sorry this happened to you!

It might just be poor timing (I've had rare occasions like that myself, long before surgery was even an idea in my mind). Like other have said, anemia and diabetes (and a slew of other things) could be lowering you r immune system.

Alternatively, have you noticed any other skin changes lately? As I lose, certain areas of skin are getting drier -- and definitely I'm shedding the older layers of skin faster than before. I'm also losing hair in places other than just my head (I have a small balding patch on one eyebrow wtf), but if that's happening in your nether region it could create more moisture & friction. (I know this paragraph is a mess, I'm sorry -- just trying to say maybe it has nothing to do with immune system and you just need to keep an eye on your skin condition there (and elsewhere) for a little while to see if you need to be doing anything differently.)

Hey family! Maybe i have to do better with my protein intake — or this is just a normal life occurence. Either way it was beyond brutal and scary and i pray i never have to experience it again.

A lot of early post-ops are on a virtual starvation diet which does wonders to every system in your body. This is rather expected, and something to get through for all of us.

And as we all should know, when the body isn't getting adequate calories it eats fat. Yeah! And muscle. And eventually organs. Plus, your metabolism slows down. Everything that isn't critical is curtailed if not outright shut down. Things that were easily dealt with before might not be easy during starvation.

Over a month, even two or three most healthy persons can cope. And typically, by three months most post-ops are upping their calories adequately. The longer we remain at starvation levels the more harm that can be caused.

However, above all else, no matter what you do, carp happens.

Good luck,

Tek