Weight gain!

I'm still in the hospital being treated for dehydration and severe intestinal swelling. This morning, my IV and drain were finally disconnected. Taking the opportunity to weigh myself, I was dismayed to find I'd gained about 10 pounds since surgery, after eating literally almost nothing. My nurse assures me this is fluid weight. Did any of you experience this? How long did the setback last?

--Lenore

I had no access to a scale that would go up as high as I needed it to while I as in the hospital (they had one, just WAY too far away from where my room was).  But, I've read a lot of vets on here saying you can gain 10 or so pounds of fluids.  I wouldn't worry about it at all. 

stay off the scale, seriousely you are healing you had a complication requiring IV fluids. Your job right now is too heal!

You were dehydrated. You got hydrated.  Water is HEAVY, so of course it shows on the scale.

You have had no setback whatsoever in your weight loss. The numbers are completely meaningless right now. Stay OFF the scale and focus on recovering from major surgery. You're going to be fine. The single most important thing in life for you right now is FLUID. Get single minded about this and focus on healing. In a couple of months you can be all happy about the scale again if you must. But right now the scale is a total liar and needs to be evicted from your life.

This is absolutely just fluid, due to being on the IV so long. A lot of us leave the hospital weighing 5-15 pounds more than when we went in. It's completely normal; just a part of the process. Don't worry! The scale will be moving in the right direction soon, at a rate like you've never dreamed of before.

How are you feeling?

Now listen here girlie girl, STEP AWAY FROM THE SCALES and repeat after me, sip, walk, sip, take supplements, sip rest, sip repeat! that is your focus right now. this is a marathon, not a sprint. Relax you will do fine.

I did a cleansing fast for 10 days before surgery, then ate nothing for 10 days after surgery. (the 10 days after was because of my surgeon's instructions).
On day 11, I weighed the same as before I began the fast.  I knew it meant nothing.  My hands and feet were swollen, as was the rest of me, it just didn't show as easily as the hands and feet.
Your nurse is right, and stay off the scale.

Thank you all. The scale is hereby vbanished!

from A day before the surgery till a week after I gained 20 pounds and my feet swelled up so big I couldn't put my shoes on. When I was in the hospital for dehydration and when I was on tpn after I gained about 15 pounds and it only took me 2-3 weeks to get it off. It seemed like forever though.

 I'm glad you mentioned the weight gain with the TPN.  I've been on TPN since the end of October and I have noticed that weight loss stopped.  I've been gaining and losing the same six pound since I started TPN.  I'll be glad to start losing again.  I realize now, that I am lucky I did not gain any weight.