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I've gained 46 pounds in 12 days!

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  • CipherZero
    CipherZero Posts: 1,418 Member
    For what it's worth I put on 35 lbs of water weight following open heart surgery. It was very possible and even expected in my case. It also almost all came off in two weeks as my body eliminated it at two pounds and more a day.

    But it happening with no root cause like that? DOCTOR, NOW.

    [edit: typing coherent sentences is hard]
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    Egads.

    I hope you get it sorted and let us know when you do.

    I'm surprised they're blowing off the weight gain, but I suppose they've ran all of the tests they know to run for potentially bad things for which sudden weight gain would be a symptom.
  • ivy20062007
    ivy20062007 Posts: 6
    So I ended up going to a PCP and they told me that I more then likely malnourished. So that and the rapid weight loss put my body and shock. They still are not clear on what is causing the swelling but once that is figured out they said the weight will come off as quick as I put it on.

    Such a relief having someone believe me and give me some type of answer!=)
  • sabified
    sabified Posts: 1,035 Member
    Good to hear as well! I hope that's the correct diagnosis... be sure to keep an eye on it if it starts to go up instead of down as they said.

    Good luck with recovery!
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  • christullos
    christullos Posts: 89
    Are you coughing when you lay down? Look up pitted edema. I had this same problem. Forty pound weight gain, seemed like in two weeks. My diagnoses was congestive heart failure. When your heart is not working properly then it slows down all your other organs. Your body can not expel excessive water. I now take lasix (water pills). Go to the doctor again and find out
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