Question:
I am wondering what the average weight gain is right after surgery.
Mt doctor said its possible to gain from all the fluid retention. What is the average and how long does it take for it to come back off. Thanks — Brandi S. (posted on August 30, 2003)
August 30, 2003
I gained 10 lbs over the 4 day stay! I made them weight me twice right
before I left the hospital. Nobody told me to expect that. Anyway - it
was gone in a week.
— Rebecca J.
August 30, 2003
I think I gained about 10 lbs in the hospital and it came right off about 3
days after I got home.
— susanje
August 30, 2003
I gained about seven pounds right after surgery!! But don't worry, it goes
away really quickly!
— Melissa M.
August 30, 2003
I gained 3 pounds when I weighed the day after surgery, and then the day
after that, before I went home, I weighed again and had lost 2 of those 3
pounds!
— Moysa B.
August 30, 2003
I gained one pound in the hosptial the day after surgery but had lost 8
pounds before leaving the hospital.
— Happy I.
August 30, 2003
Wow, you guys are lucky. I gained 16 lbs and that was after being in the
hospital a total of 2 days. I couldn't believe it. But like everyone else
says you lose that right away after you come home. I would say a matter of
2 or 3 days. Now my question is what do count as my weight and how much I
lost. :-)
— Karen S.
August 30, 2003
Hi, I was in the hospital for 5 days. The day I left the hospital I weighed
18 pounds more then surgery day. I didn't weigh again until my 2 week check
up, then I had lost a total of 23 pounds. So, lost the 18+5 more. I imagine
it will drop off quickly for you. Don't worry!
— Anastacha B.
August 30, 2003
Not everyone gains in the hospital...I lost six lbs. while in the hospital
for 3 days for my open RNY.
— [Deactivated Member]
August 30, 2003
I didn't gain either.
— M B.
August 30, 2003
I wasn't weighed at discharge, so I don't know how much I gained, but due
to excess fluid and swelling from surgery, I had to wear size 30/32 stretch
shorts for the first week... I was in a 26 when I checked in.....but by 1
week post op, it all went away....good luck to you.
— Kelly B.
August 30, 2003
I didn't gain any weight. I was in the hospital for three days and I went
to see my surgeon in his office 7 days after and I lost 22lbs. I started
menstruating when i was in the hospital and because of the blood thinners
they had me on, I lost alot of blood. They had to take me off the thinners
after my third week, because I was still mensing. Instead of gaining fluids
I was losing them. That may be why I lost so much instead of gaining that
first week.
— Sandra Z.
August 30, 2003
I gained 19 lbs in the 3 days I was in the hospital. By my 2 week checkup
I had lost it plus 17 more.
— Stacie B.
August 30, 2003
Well, it looks like I've got the other posters beat! I gained 25 pounds in
the hospital - all fluid. I was huge and puffy and felt like a giant water
balloon. It took about a month for me to get rid of it all, but 22 pounds
of fat went with it, so how could I complain? LOL However much you gain,
just remember it's temporary. And you may not gain anything at all. :)
— MomBear2Cubs
August 30, 2003
Think I gained about 15 pounds from all the fluids, and lost them all
within a few days of being home. Don't worry. It all falls right back off,
and then some ;)
— Greg P.
August 30, 2003
17 for me...
— barbara A.
August 30, 2003
I gained 9 lbs in 4 days in the hospital. I lost the 9 plus 8 more at my 1
wk postop visit 4 days later.
— Sandra A.
September 1, 2003
30# for me! I affectionately called my legs my "tree trunks" or
my "sausage legs after I came home from the hospital. I had to wear my
slip on slipplers home from the hospital and for almost a full week
afterwards.
— ChristineB
September 1, 2003
In the first 18 hours I gained a total of 21 lbs. I weighed myself about
20 minutes before I went home. I had lost all but 9 lbs. of it. I was
very lucky. I am now 3 1/2 weeks post-op and at my 2 week check up I had
lost 23 lbs. So don't worry. It will all come of quickly. The nurses
told me once they took my IV out the weight I gained in the hospital would
pretty much just fall off of me. And it did. Best of luck!
— Maria S
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