Question:
Has anyones resting heart rate drop real low after gastric bypass?

I am 3 weeks post op and 3 nights ago I check my heart rate in the evening and it was in the 50's. Since then its in the 50's from the evening till the morning. Then it is in the high 60's-70's during the day. Normally my pulse before the operation was in the 90's.    — pete (posted on March 21, 2006)

March 20, 2006
Yes, But the real concern was I was still in the hospital when my Heart rate dropped to the 40's and the nurse was not alarmed...Being a nurse my self,I had her called the on call physican,They gave me a bolus of fluid,and stopped all morphine. After 24 hours I was back normal.
   — newme47

March 21, 2006
That occured to me too, my high BP on pills dropped like a rock and even standing up made me dizzy, worse at 4 pm when our biological clock resets. Heart rate dropped too. Give your surgewon a call to be safe and GET IN YOUR LIQUIDS!. WLS causes such a FAST loss it takes our bodies time to adjust. I once saw my BP 73 over 58. it normalized over time.
   — bob-haller

March 21, 2006
Your body has probably dropped quite a percentage of body weight already so yes it will drop. If you are on HR medicine (BP medicine) contact your PCP and make sure you monitor it as you become more and more active it will drop lower and lower and the medicine could drop you too low. Have a great day. Denise
   — dlryanoates

March 21, 2006
Yes,it has happened to me. Not near as often now that I am 8 months post, but initially it happened alot. I thought I was becoming hypoglycemic but my partner is an EMT (in school to get her paramedic cert) & she says they see it quite often. The term is "bradying down", theory being that our hearts are used to working VERY hard when we are overweight & it takes time for it to adjust to the new weight, it is trying to still work as hard but is meeting less resistance. When it happens, sit down, lower your head & breath deep. Watch your water intake, be sure you are getting enough, this is worse when we start to dehydrate. Good luck
   — Roberta Murray