Shower from hell

MzJ0nes
on 9/9/12 9:55 pm, edited 9/9/12 3:21 am - NY
VSG on 09/04/12
So i was sleeved 9/4 and everything has been going well, ive been pacing myself getting in more liquid and protein each day 48oz of liquid today and 50g of protein. I know that things take time and im not going nuts because i cant get to the 64oz/70g goal, i know ill eventually there. Sooooo day of surgery i was 299.6, today i am 286.0, yay! (my roommate is gonna hide the scale from me soon, its an obsession lol). Ok so everything is going great pain is resolving, im walking everyday and feeling pretty good.........but then i took a shower today as i do everyday ofcourse, my usual steamy hot relax all the muscles in your body shower. Next thing i know im halfway on my bed breathing hard and dizzy. I overheated in the shower and fainted trying to get to my bed, it was the scariest thing ever. It happened so quick i couldnt get to my bedroom quick enough. Blahhhhhhhhhh does this mean no steamy hot showers for a while???? :( i know worse things can happen but jebus i love hot showers lol. I guess this is my rant of day lol.
        
bugirll
on 9/9/12 10:13 pm - MD
DS on 03/19/12
It means you need to call your doctor.  You could be dehdrated and the hot shower lowered your BP so much that you fainted (heat=dialated blood vessels=lower blood pressure=dizziness and fainting if you are dehydrated).
DS with Toon Sonneville 3/19/12
MzJ0nes
on 9/9/12 10:16 pm - NY
VSG on 09/04/12
I actually went to the ER all my vitals were good, i just cant take heat right now
pineview01
on 9/9/12 3:15 pm, edited 9/9/12 3:15 pm - Davison, MI
Get your BP checked too!  I had this happen, not in shower though. 
My normal high with meds bp had really dropped with the weight loss.
33 pounds in 6 days may mean you are dehydrated too. 

Where you on meds for bp?  Have they been changed recently? 
Just something to check out.

BAND REMOVED 9-4-12-fought insurance to get sleeve and won! Sleeved 1/22/13! Five years out and trying to get that last 15 pounds back off.

MzJ0nes
on 9/9/12 10:18 pm - NY
VSG on 09/04/12
 My bp has always been normal, today it was 122/77
pineview01
on 9/9/12 10:23 pm - Davison, MI
Great bp!  wish I had yours. 

BAND REMOVED 9-4-12-fought insurance to get sleeve and won! Sleeved 1/22/13! Five years out and trying to get that last 15 pounds back off.

MzJ0nes
on 9/9/12 10:20 pm - NY
VSG on 09/04/12
 And sorry i made a typo its 286, 33lbs in 6days would be insane lol sorry
pineview01
on 9/9/12 10:25 pm - Davison, MI
That is why I thought you where dehydrated.  I thought you
had lost most of that as water.

Good Luck and stay away from hot till your feeling better.

BAND REMOVED 9-4-12-fought insurance to get sleeve and won! Sleeved 1/22/13! Five years out and trying to get that last 15 pounds back off.

foolishgrrl_1
on 9/9/12 11:14 pm
VSG on 03/11/13
After both my surgeries (appendix and then gall bladder), I had the same thing happen in the shower while I was still healing.  I have no idea why, and it has happened a handful of times since.  It starts out where you start to feel nausaus and then you get all weak and ready to faint.  When it first happened to me, I was maybe a week out of surgery?

Now, if I start to feel nausaus, I just turn the heat down to a cool temp and then gtfo! lol

That has been my experience, and it sure hasn't stopped my super hot showers!  Be careful, congrats on the weight loss, and good luck with everything!

H.
jarabacoagirl
on 9/9/12 11:58 pm
VSG on 12/17/12
It's funny you say this cause I'm preop but find that since I've been obese I can't tolerate being in a hot tub or jacusie without being lightheaded and dizzy.  So I go in and than 2 minutes later I get out.   My BP is normal.  I wonder if this is a hormonal thing.  I think after surgery hormones change.  Also in my cause I had rapid weight gain which I'm sure affected my homrones.  Men never seem to have this problem unless BP is high. 

HW 302 lbs SW  279.8 lbs.  CW  193.8 lbs   MFP Jarabacoagirl  Preop diets 22.2 lbs, 1st month 21.2 lbs, 2nd month 14.6 lbs,  3rd month 11.2 lbs, 4th month 7 lbs, 5th month 7 lbs, 6th month 6.8 lbs, 7th month 5.2 lbs, 8th month 4.4 lbs 9 and 10th months slowed down didn't record exactly

108.2 lbs lost from highest weight!

 (86.2 lbs of that was lost since surgery date)

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