I'm 5 days post op from gastric sleeve ? However, I've been having heart palpitations ever since. They're not intense or consistent but they're random and just feel weird. Prior to surgery I had a stress test, EKG, etc and I was fine. I do have controlled high blood pressure but haven't been allowed to take my blood pressure medication again yet (although I never had heart palpitations when I had uncontrolled HBP either). So, I'm wondering whether anyone had a similar experience and what was the reason/outcome? I'd hate to wait in an emergency room for 7 hours for nothing and when I called to talk to my surgeon yesterday, the a**hole acted like I was bothering him (this was the only time we've spoken since he operated on me). Thank you in advance.

Think it would be best to head to the hospital. They usually see you pretty quickly if it’s anything related to your heart (well they do in Australia). Better to be sure it’s nothing than it to be something & not know.

All the best.

Been having the same problem since I had my gastric sleeve in 2022. Went backwards and forwards to A and E/ER for 18 months and told the ecg was fine. Was finally referred to cardiology and a 7 day ecg picked up regular bigemeny and trigemeny, skips and tachycardia. Still awaiting follow ups but my palpitations are literally non stop and worse when I eat. It seems to be pointing to vagus nerve irritation. They’re going to start me off in Ivabradine in the meantime but so far not really any answers.

I'm sorry that your Dr. reacted that way, but don't worry about it now because there is a perfectly reasonable explanation. When someone has been very overweight for a long period of time their body can become used to handling large amounts of blood and fluid in the system which causes the heart rate to slow down. Once some of that extra weight is removed the heart suddenly has to pump more quickly, hence the palpitations you are feeling.

I've had these same symptoms and I was also diagnosed with sleep apnea around the time of my surgery so they put me on Zepbound. The medication helped but it didn't fully take care of the problem because what happened is that while I was sleeping my body would start to fill up with fluid again which causes snoring and sleep apnea (which can also cause heart palpitations). So, when I woke up and sat straight up in bed the sudden change in position caused the blood to rush away from my head and into my feet so quickly that it created a temporary shock of low blood pressure which then triggered more heart palpitations.

It sounds like you are still retaining some fluid after surgery and this could also cause the palpitations. I am not saying that is your issue but it's something worth considering. The good news is that these symptoms should go away on their own as you lose weight, become more active, etc.

I hope this helps!