Endometrial Ablation and Weight Gain (Girl Stuff)

answer22

Due to polyps in my uterus it was recommended to have an endometrial ablation (microwave/hot water). It's been about 1 year and 6 months since the procedure. I went from 130lbs to 145lbs. Nothing has changed in terms of my diet or exercise and I'm unable to move the scale at all. This just HAS to be related to the ablation. How, I don't know. It's worth mentioning that I'm no spring chicken and I realize that we gain weight (usually) as we age. I am almost 51 years old. Some of these posts have been very helpful because now I'm wondering if the removal of the lining which contains estrogen has in fact altered my hormone levels and maybe that's causing the weight gain. Or (& hopefully not) my ovaries could have been damaged by the heat and in turn reduced or changed hormone levels. I hardly recognize my lower body. My thighs and stomach have gotten much larger. It's horrifying to not be able to control this at all. I'm eating well and walk on the treadmill and at work at least 5 miles a day. I cannot get the scale to budge more than a pound or so. I don't know what if anything I can do.

radmack

It might depend on why you had the procedure. Fibroids can greatly enlarge the uterus. Might not make you gain 20 lbs but it would definitely make your waist larger.

answer22

My experience post-ablation are the same as what you are describing. My 'annual' appointment is this month. I will ask for blood work and approach it from the angle that my hormones must be out of balance. I will not be defensive! Let me repeat that a few times :-)

chaneynezbeth

http://www.steadyhealth.com/topics/weight-gain-after-thermal-uterine-ablation

suzyjane1972

chaneynezbeth wrote: »

http://www.steadyhealth.com/topics/weight-gain-after-thermal-uterine-ablation

This is your first post and you search for a 2 year old thread??

queenliz99

chaneynezbeth wrote: »

http://www.steadyhealth.com/topics/weight-gain-after-thermal-uterine-ablation

In this link, the posters have all the same problem of gaining weight and the answer is simple. CICO

Psychgrrl

It does nothing to affect your hormones. If that's all you had done (ovaries still present), then it's not the cause. (Sorry!)

dragon_girl26

VividVegan

I'm 24 (almost 25) and to give a bit of history, I was on birth control until 20 then had a tubal at 20 or 21 and an ablation at 22. I started losing weight around the age of 23 but that's because I started eating less and exercising more while adding more protein for improved strength training. My weight loss (nor past gain) had nothing to do with procedures nor did birth control.

DelaneyNewman

I had an ablation done and have gained 20 lbs as well. I'm also having issues losing the weight which seemed easier before. There isn't a link between ablation and weight gain. But know you're not alone =/

Brendalea69

I had novasure uterine ablation on Jan 12 2017 and the day after I had a gain of 2 pounds which I believe was from the IV fluid...Its been 3 weeks and I've lost the 2 pounds plus 4 more

jenckm

I had an ablation in July of 2012, by December of 2012 I had gained 40 lbs. I went to the Dr. and had my thyroid tested, nothing. My responses from Doctor's are well, you are at that age... very frustrating. I have now gained over 50 lbs, I have done the beachbody workouts, watch what I eat and walk and just keep gaining. I am very upset about the weight gain. Before my ablation I could work out and diet and lose weight and now I work out and diet with no results. I wish now that I would have not had the ablation and just taken the medication to stop my constant bleeding and clotting.

gcoulter73

I am sorry you are going through this. I understand. I had an ablation in 2015 and have gained 11 pounds since while nothing I do has changed. Yes, I fully think it is due to the ablation and I attribute it maybe to water retention now that I don't get a period. I am a marathoner and weight train 3 days per week. I can't exercise any more than I do. I eat pretty healthy. I run pretty high mileage and in fact have not really fluctuated in weight for as long as I remember. I have always been 115-119 until two years ago when I had the procedure. I too, even in high peak of training, have not been able to lose. So weird. Best of Luck to you. You are not alone.

DanielleMarie78

I had lost 25lbs by cutting out all sugary snacks, from 155-130 and easily kept it off for 2 years. I had an endometrial ablation (Novasure) in 2015. Afterward, I immediately gained 3lbs, and eventually regained almost all of my prior weight loss. I still do not eat sugar, so my diet hasn't changed, it's actually gotten healthier in response to the weight gain. I have spoken to 2 general practitioner doctors who agree that it could be because of the ablation, however, there is no real evidence, and nothing really to reverse the affects. I always had a flat stomach even at my highest weight until after the ablation, and I am now seeing all the added weight go to my belly as well. I'm working hard now in hopes that I can reverse this affect, but frustrating as I don't feel I have the luxury to enjoy even the occasional treat anymore as just one seems to make the scale go up.

DanielleMarie78

CICO debunked: http://www.caloriegate.com/calories-in-calories-out/11-experts-demolish-the-calories-in-calories-out-cico-model-of-obesity

Our frustration after ablation comes from less calories in, more calories out and still weight gain. Not everyone's body processes food or expends energy the same way, the CICO is an old theory that just doesn't add up. A 100 calorie scoop of Haagen Daz is not the same as 100 calories worth of an apple and a handful of grapes.

150poundsofme

Hi, I haven't had one but did you gain weight as soon as you got home from having the surgery? I gained 18 lbs. in the hospital (8 day stay, no food), a 4 day stay put on 8 lbs. and a 1 day procedure put on 4 lbs. So it could be the fluids in your IV. Keep on focusing and try to relax a bit; the weight will come off.

2kidsmotivation

I suspect this is what is wrong with me. What did you end up doing?

VioletRojo

2kidsmotivation wrote: »

I suspect this is what is wrong with me. What did you end up doing?

This thread is six years old, I doubt the original poster is still around to answer your question.

JRsLateInLifeMom

Messes with hormones for some they say weight gain is a side effect but not for everyone but many do.
Tubal ties also can cause weight gain in some while another woman drops weight.

youngmomtaz

Damaging/removing the endometrium does nothing to cause weight gain. Your ovaries are unaffected therefore hormone production should be unchanged. Unless you have been injured during surgery it is most likely coincidental. I just had an endometrial resection, an ablation was out of the question for me because of fibroids; but in the end we were hoping for a similar outcome. I have gained about 2lbs since the surgery. What do I blame? Migraines actually. Spring has me pretty up and down with severe head pain and back to back migraines. These are aggravated by poor food choices(I was often unable to prepare my own food) and raised heart rate(so very little exercise). I am finally feeling a bit better as the weather settles some and a med adjustment kicks in. I am finally able to actually look at controlling calories again instead of eating whatever seems to sit well that day.

Instead of so many women blaming the ablation I would like to see them go to their ob/gyn and ask for some simple hormone bloodwork. That would answer their questions and help redirect them towards calorie control instead of blaming a benign(in regards to weight loss) surgery.