Feeling cold after surgery

This is actually the husband posting.  My wife had her surgery on tuesday morning and has come home today.  Since she has been home, she has felt extremely cold.  She is currently in bed with a heavy comforter and a smaller blanket over her.  Is this a normal occurence?  I'm a bit of a worrier :)

Does she have a fever?  If not, no worries.  Get used to it.  She will be freezing ALL THE TIME from now on. I take a hoodie into a restaurant with me when it is 99 degrees outside.  

How sweet you are to support her so much! 

 It is normal to feel cold post op.  I am an RN and anyone receiving general anesthesia will feel cold post op.  I had RNY on 9/14/10 and am experiencing the cold also.  I asked my surgeon and he said it's because "You've lost some insulation."  I live in Michigan so I'm not looking forward to winter now!  Hope this helps.

As long as she is not running a fever and is not showing signs of infection, yes it is normal. I did balance out though after the first month, I feel alot better and nowhere near as cold.

I too was FREEZING when I came home--which is completely NOT me! I echo the others--as long as there's no fever just let her bundle up and rest!

Thanks for the replies.  The first thing I did was take her temperature.  97.9F so all is good.  Everything went beautiful while she was at the hospital, just want to make sure it continues at home :)

Like others have said, as long as she's not running a temp, the cold is normal. Here's why:

** Reduced calories. What is a calorie? It's a measure of how much heat it takes to raise the temperature of water. So fewer calories means less body heat being generated by the body.

** Reduced insulation. Although she may not have lost much weight just yet, she will. And fat is a great insulation for our bodies. But as she loses weight, she'll also lose her permenant winter coat that keeps her overheated all the time.

I'm 3 years post-op and I remember that first winter after surgery. I was so cold it was literally painful for my skin to be exposed to anything other than cozy warmness. It took about 18 months before I started to notice that the bitter coldness went away some. But I'm still cold by nature even so far out from surgery. My mom had WLS 7 years ago and she still gets cold easily too.  It's just a new part of life after WLS.

Very common. I'm still cold.

I'm 16 months out and I'm always cold...... except when I'm having a hot flash!  LOL.  Right now, I'm wearing two t-shirts, a sweat shirt, leggings and socks.... and I'm still chilly!   I never realized when I was obese how much the excess fat was making me hot!