Cramps

I am waking up in the middle of the night with these horrific leg cramps.  Antbody else have this?  Yesterday I had them throughout the day- I tried drinking more and it seems to have helped.  Maybe dehydration?  Maybe another absorbtion problem of particular nutrients?
Holly

Oh no Holly I haven't a clue. Don't wait though, call your doctor first thing in the morning. You do not need another scare. It might be something simple like drinking more fluids. Don't put it off though.

How much water are you drinking? I'm back on the diet coke kick. Wish I would have never started that. UGH!

I'm down to maybe 1 or 2 a week.  I heard that it can stretch your pouch.  You drink it and then gas may develop and stretch- that scared me off a little.  Don't know if it's true or not and I bet if you drink it more on the flat side it's not so bad.
Thanks-
Holly

yikes I drink it daily!

I would ask your Doc and see what he says- and then let me know!!!  :)
Holly

now I'm scared too. What if they tell me I stretched my stomach out??? I don't think I want to know that.

Do you think our stomach eventually goes back to a normal thin persons stomach size?

Ok guys, tell me. I ate about 3/4 of a sandwhich the other day. First time since surgery. Can you eat that much? I'm worried that my stomach is stretched out.

Some days I can eat that much, other days I can't.  I don't think it is stretched out. 

Hugs,
Katy

Definately check with your doc but that is a sign of dehydration and also a sign of low potassium levels.

Katy

Holly I would definitely go to the doc about the leg cramps.  I read on here the other day from one of the docs that soda does not stretch your pouch once you are over a year out.  Also some days I can eat a lot and others I can't.  I don't think it is stretched too much about normal I think and it also depends on what it is you are eating. 

Anna

hi Holly -
I get the leg cramps at night as well, it like a charlie horse, and i even get them in my feet. I told dr. and he said that is not a good sign, so he sent me for blood work, which i have not gone to have done yet..... i'm still traveling for work, actually sitting in Hong Kong right now.
Anyway - it can be a calcium defiecency or potasium defeciency..... he told me to increase my calcium supplements.. i have done that and it does seem to help.... i need to have my blood work done once i get back in the states. i would call your dr. just to double check.....
Marta