Well, was doing well. had it on March 22. But in last 3 days have gotten weak, muscles hurt really bad, can hardly walk! Assume its a protein deficiency. Going for lab work today if I can walk from the car to the Dr. office. This is scary. I may not have followed the plan totally right, but thought I had been drinking enough of the shakes..........this is reallly terrible! I wonder how long I will feel like and be a virtual invalid!

You poor thing, that doesn't sound right at all, especially if you are getting protein in.....are you drinking enough water? could you be dehydrated? I know those symptoms you described happen when you don't get enough water and protein shakes don't count! Good luck and let me know what happens!

Yikes! Please keep us posted, I will be sending healing vibes your way.

Please call someone to take you to the doctor if you can't make it. This sounds serious and you need medical help. Please let us know how you are doing.

Keep the fluids and the protien!!!! Good luck

Have you had any change in your eating habits recently? If not maybe you have some sort of viral infection.

My care team does not seem very concerned which has me annoyed. I double checked the protein amounts I am taking in and it's over 60 grams. I am 5'10 and somewhat muscular-was in decent condition prior to band even though I was obese.....but this is so debilitating. It's possible i am not drinking enough, but not by an amount enough to cause this, I wouldn't think! If I thought the ER could have done anything for me I would have gone yesterday, but if it's metabolic, I didn't see what they could do other than blood studies which I hope to hear back on today. I tell you what, going from a stong and very independent person to not being able to walk to the dr's office is very disturbing! I see the surgeon tomorrow morning to have staples out and I will impress upon him how serious I feel this is......I am so exhausted....thanks for your support, out there! So far the loss of 13 pounds has not :sleep:been worth this...but we shall see.

Are you taking your vitamin and calcium supplements? I hope your surgeon gives you answers as to what is going on.

They may not appear to be taking you particularly seriously because they're probably assuming its nothing that cant be rectified by eating and drinking more.

Nobody in the western world becomes deficient in Protein, even if you're not eating enough, our bodies are well able to withstand longer periods of poor eating - and with the focus on protein in America, there's no way this is going to happen to you. What you describe is actually how I've felt when I've tried high protein low carb diets! I had major episodes of fainting after surgery and my doctor told me off - told me to get off the Optifast and juice routine and get some real food in, just in liquid form. I felt so much better when I was eating protein, fat and carbs, and not living on shakes.

Have a look at what you're eating and try to work out how balanced it is, make sure you're eating enough and we'll cross fingers for you that you're not coming down with a bad dose of the flu or similar.

Hopefully you feel better very soon.

I am being admitted to hospital today. white cell count is up. You'd have thought needing a wheel chair to get form my car to her office yesterday and my then verbally stating that I can barely walk, in case, the point was unclear, might have gotten some reaction, but no. So now they have a room for me and it turns out if has nothing to do with anything i did or did not do. I am very displeased and plan to get a second opinion from a doc outside of my doc's pratice. They seemed kind fo cavalier when I had the procedure as if it was not big deal, told me to start exericsing 45 minutes a day within a few days of surgery, etc.....I made a mental note about how that came across and will keep it in mind if they underplay this episode. I am so weak and so exhausted............must be systemic infection......sure hope i can be made better...............

Thanks! Off to hospital.

It could be SO MANY things. I'm glad you're in the hospital. Ask for a second opinion while you're in there. It could be an autoimmune response, a vitamin deficiency, a virus, electrolite imbalance....etc., etc., etc. Make sure they exhaust all the possibilities.

Wow, I hope you get to the bottom of it. I must admit, it didnt sound like anything particularly nutrition related, it sounded as if you were sick. I hope its not too nasty or serious and that you get better soon.

Sorry you are feeling so bad. I hope it's nothing serious. I hope you feel better soon and they find out what's going on. Take care and keep us posted.

Hope some IV antibiotics will have you back on your feet soon!

Got blood clot, nearly died. Lots of damage.....been on back for 8 days. Horrible pain.................Sorry I decided to have this done. I am a mess!

Shannon, do the doctors know how long you've had the blood clot? What are they doing to treat you for it? Are you feeling any better? It seems like some doctors don't take the care of their patients very seriously.

Get well! I'll keep you in my prayers.