I am so tired!

I don't know why but I stay so tired, I am going on my third week and I keep getting weaker and weaker. The first week I had plenty of energy and the second week I started to slow down and now I could sleep all the time. I am trying to eat right and get my liquids and protein in and take my vitamins but I am still tired. I don't know what else to do. Anyone else feel this way?

I am tired, too. I don't think that I've gotten more and more tired, tho. But I also did not have plenty of energy the first week. I had NO energy the first week. Each week I gained a little more stamina. I have less energy than I thought I would 3 weeks out. I walk one day, I want to nap the next. I learned at support group that our fat cells are greedy things - storing all kinds of stuff: estrogen, anesthesia, and toxins. This first month the fat cells release all that crap into the system causing all kinds of symptoms. All that said, wanting to sleep all the time... that's a lot. Have you called your doc? Hugs, Nan

Vickie, I hit 3 weeks this past thursday and I feel the same way. I get home from work at 5ish and I struggle to make myself do homework with the kids and get dinner done. Hubby has taken over much of that for right now. I am normally a night owl (prior to surgery) and now I am in bed at 9pm. Its 10 after now and hubby was picking on me telling me it was past my bedtime. I am hoping if I start b-12 shots it will help.

Monica, I started my B 12 shots today, I hope that helps. I'm gonna start getting them every Monday. I hope this helps cause I can't stand this much longer. I am usually a night owl but I want to nap all the time. Good luck. Let me know how you feel after you start your B 12 shots.

I went to my app this afternoon and this was my complaint as well....However i was not getting the protein in and my meds so this was my problem...now to work on these problems...

Tomorrow I will be 3 weeks out, and I am very tired also. Before surgery I had no problem making it on 3 to 4 hours' sleep, now I am sleeping 10 hours with a nap in the afternoon, and I am still tired. At my 2-week appointment, they increased my Iron, because I am anemic, so I am hoping that this will increase my energy. My husband thinks that I am loosing weight so fast it is causing my energy level to drop. (57 lbs down) Other wise I feel fine. Donna

I have trouble waking up. I wake up in some kind of groggy half asleep half awake kind of a thing. Then fight for the next hour to get up. I was also someone who got up and started my day right away. I also am tired in the afternoons. I fell asleep yesterday evening between 8 and 10, got up for an hour then slept all night. The Nurse tells me that this is normal. I just feel like I could use an energy boost!

AMEN! I guess it's almost been a month since surgery for me, but I am EXHAUSTED! Today, I decided to try the "energy makes energy" philosophy, and I went to the Y and tried to use the treadmill. I made it 1/4 of a mile and then didn't know how I would have the energy to get back home.

Misery loves company! What a terrible attitude, but I am so relieved that others are feeling this way! I have not been energetic the past few years, but neither have I felt like I could not get off of the couch. I made an appointment with my PCP... all is OK. My poor, fat body is just trying to recover from major surgery! Blessings to us all! Tracy