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Jan 30, 2018 - 12:53 pm
Is 14 pound weight gain after hysterectomy normal. I just got home from the hospital and stepped on the scales - I have gained 14 pounds between going to the hospital yesterday and arriving home today. My stomach is bloated but my hands and feet aren’t swollen. the Only thing I have had to eat in 4 days is corn flakes this morning. Surely IV fluids and forced gas could cause that kind of weight gain. Anyone else experience anything this dramatic? |
Joined: Dec 2017
Ugh!
I didn't gain that much but put on 4 pounds which is a lot for a little girl like me. I was so upset. I ate nothing but 3 dixie cups of ice cream the whole time! and water and water for pill taking.
I talked to one of the nurses. Those IV bags weigh 3.5 pounds each. So that's part of it I'm sure. You have to urinate, and go number 2 to get rid of that fluid. Rest assured it is not FAT! no way if that's all you ate.
I follow that trainer, Jillian and she said when we lie down, fluid settles so you will weigh more. Try to flush out all that stuff and in about 3 days you should see some of it gone and eventually all of it will be gone. It took me 3 days for 4 pounds so I imagine it should take a little longer.
Joined: Feb 2013
Weight Gain
I also was up in weight, but not as much as you are, definitely less than 10 lbs. My gain went into my legs, ankles, and feet. I think it's from water retention from the saline (salt) in the IV's. I was told to keep my feet above my heart if I could, or if not, to at least get them up on the same level. I think it took a couple of weeks to come down. Fourteen pounds is quite a lot. You might want to check with your doctor on that much. They might want to give you diuretic pills like Lasix, which I was finally able to get.
Joined: Jan 2018
I am 8 pounds down this
I am 8 pounds down this morning so I am feeling better About the prospect. I was just flabbergasted that I could gain 14 pounds in less than 24 hours.
Joined: Dec 2017
great
Told ya'! LOL the rest will disappear in no time!
Joined: Jan 2018
Endometrial Cancer dx - lung nodules
Hello all...I'm new to the board, just joined. I was dx with endometrial cancer on November 1, 2017. Had a full hys, including the removal of both ovaries and tubes on December 8th, 2017. I am now in surgical menopause at the great age of 40!! :) There was no prior history to gyno cancers in my family history. So it came as a shocker. I am still recovering from the surgery and get tired often. I have always been in shape, cross fit, weight training and good BMI. Unfortunately, since this dx, I feel my whole body has changed in a matter of weeks! I was told that my CT Scan showed two - 3mm nodules one in the lower left lung lobe and another in the middle upper right lobe. Along with a shadowing in the center of my chest. I get shortness of breath and have a constant cough. My oncologist/gyno want to repeat the scan this March, as it will make 3 months. Can it be possible...that my cancer has metastasis? I was dx with Stage 1A. Grade 1 with lymphovascular invasion, limited to the uterus. The current course of treatments are just observation , attending all my 3 month check ups. Thoughts?
Joined: Mar 2019
Run, don't walk to a gyno
Run, don't walk to a gyno oncologist for a second opinion. I was diagnosed with USPC stage 1a in October 2018, with LVSI, had 6 rounds of carbo and taxol, 32 IMRT and 6 brachytherapy radiation treatments. So far, so good. Nodules and shadow would scare me.
Joined: Apr 2011
Get a second opinion if it is
Get a second opinion if it is showing up in different places. It should not be a wait and see period for three months. My opinion, trish
Joined: Jan 2018
Thank you Trish...
I appreciate you quick response...means a lot....Im scared...and hating the waiting period...I definitely will... Thank you again sunshine!
Joined: Jan 2018
Yes get a second opinion!
it may turn out to be nothing and I pray it isn’t but waiting 3 months shouldnt be an option. There isn’t any reason for you to have to deal with the anxiety for 3 months. You might want to post a separate message to this board and ask advice from these lovely ladies about how to be an advocate. The ladies are a wealth of good information and understanding!
Good luck!
Joined: Apr 2021
Ehmmmm, as I know, after a
Ehmmmm, as I know, after a hysterectomy you have to gain in weight, however it is not that much. I have gained something like 2.8 punds overnight, which I was thinking is pretty much, however when I have read that you gained 14 pounds... well, something might actually be wrong.