Question:
almost 5 yrs out, unexplained 30+lbs. weight loss
hi I am approx. 4.5 years out since my surgery, and all of a sudden a couple of months ago I just started losing weight and now I am having a hard time gaining and sustaining weight. I am going between 126-and 133 now, but I have to eat constantly to sustain that. Ideally my dr and I feel I should be at least 150 to be healthy, but I would be happy with 145lbs. Please if anyone has had this experience or has any references where to get help or information to stop the weight loss, or what might be doing this please email me Stacie — Stacie N. (posted on October 6, 2006)
October 6, 2006
I have another gal that needed support in this area..
I will give you her email in a private email or possibly we could do a 3
way call with her at a scheduled time.
I will wait to here back from you...
Have your doctors done any test on you?....I just want to make sure you are
not sick because this gal will only give you suggestions.
There is not anyway you are fighting an illness?
Looking forward to hearing from you...
We could set something up for Monday afternoon for a call.
You are welcome to call me, so you do not have to fear giving your number
out!
Celeste
www.obesityhelp.com/magazine
— shakeyourweight
October 7, 2006
That would be my question as well. Has you Doc ran tests &
are you labs coming out o.k. You could be deficient in something that is
causing the weight loss to continue after
so long. I wish I had that problem. Mine is gong the other
way & I am only 2 1/2 years out. If you have not had any tests run, I
would suggest they start. There should be a reason you have not stabalized
in your weight loss. It usually does not re start after so long. Hope you
can find answers soon. Marilyn, the Bearlady
— Marilyn C.
October 7, 2006
Lots of folks would be thrilled at losing. Have you had bloodork recently?
Call your surgeon and PCP immediately to get checked for all possible
causes.. Might be serious on this you need pro advice. Have you incresed
yor activity or stress level recently. Say new job walking all day?
Sometimes stress can cause weight loss, in my case it causes gain:( Please
let us know the cause once you get checked.
— bob-haller
October 7, 2006
I have had almost every test we can think of, there is not solid reason we
can figure. Does anyone have any other ideas?
Stacie
— Stacie N.
October 7, 2006
If your blood work has come out fine and you've been throughly checked out
by the doctors, why don't you try to add protein shakes back into your
diet? My son - no wls but is just naturally skinny with high metabolism
- drinks protein shakes to try to gain some weight - preferrably muscle
weight.
— KC
October 7, 2006
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG I'm sending you here to talk
with others who have oddball weight issues. Many of us are more than 5 yrs
out. I've had 2 weight losses. One put me just under 110 (for a year) and
I didn't change a thing to drop the normal 112 nor did I change anything
when it popped back up. ??? The 2nd time, tho, I was sick (inner ear
thing, long story), and as soon as my problem was fixed, the wt popped back
up and all I did was go back to my version of normal. The quickest weight
regain recipe is to add milk & banana to your protein shake, but then
you're adding only sugar, so what you gain would be fatty tissue.
— vitalady
October 9, 2006
Stacie, I had the same problem a few months ago. I am three years out from
surgery and had held my weight for over a year. Then I started losing
again for no apparent reason. The weight loss was accompanied by other
symptoms like extreme physical and mental fatigue, palpitations, etc., but
I wasn't eating any differently. I lost a total of 45 lb in 3 months. I
was misdiagnosed several times as the symptoms were treated and not the
ailment itself. Every test imaginable, I had plus several shots of B-12.
I was even referred to a cardiologist and he diagnosed me with heart
failure. Even with treatment, energy was nil. A friend suggested that it
sounded like thyroid problems, so I mentioned it to my pcp during a visit
when I went in to request a medical excuse for a three-week medical leaveof
absence from my job simply b/c I just knew things had to improve or I was
surely on my way out of this life....he felt my thyroid and said it seemed
fine, not enlarged at all, but that he would go ahead and do the test
since he couldn't account for my fatiqgue. Well, to make a long story
short, it turned out that not only was it my thyroid, but that I have an
extremely hyperactive thyroid (Graves disease) for which I take 6 pills a
day to bring to normal levels. Symptoms of this had been the fatigue,
heart failure, palpitations, severe itching, etc., and these symptoms were
what my doctors had been treating me for. I was told that Graves disease
mimics other ailments and therefore, can be hard to diagnose. I said all
of this to say, don't give up.....have them keep running tests until they
find specifically what is causing your weight loss. I had not inquired, I
have been assured by my endocrinologist, that I would be dead now just five
months after initial symptoms began. Instead I am feeling better than I
have in years. Hang in there, we are our own best advocates for our
health.
— MariaHBW
October 10, 2006
Hi,
I'm gonna throw out some ideas... I don't know you or your individual
circumstances, so these are just general things you might want to get
checked out. You did not mention if you are having other symptoms so this
is all very general. I also would like to point out that while this could
very likely be related to your wls, it is also quite possible that it is
entirely unrelated.
***Malabsorbtion - blood tests to determine if you are getting all of the
nutrients you need, stool sample to check for undigested fat and other
nutrients--could be due to WLS or maybe a disorder like colitis, crohns,
celiac disease (you're eating enough but your body isn't absorbing it)
***Nutritional defiency - review your food and vitamin/mineral consumption,
high protein/low carb causes rapid weightloss in some people (you're not
eating enough or not eating enough of certain foods--a nutritionist may be
helpful with this )
***Untreated Diabetes (or inadequately treated) - blood tests for blood
sugar and glucose tolerance, urine tests to determine if you have sugar or
protein in your urine
***Thyroid problems- blood test for thyroid levels, TSH (can affect your
metabolism tremedously)
***Metabolism problems - there are disorders/diseases that can cause
exessive weight loss or weight gain regardless of a person's food intake...
can't think of one off the top of my head but if you want more info, google
will hook you up!
***Parasites/Worms - requires stool samples and cultures, tape worms in
particular can cause extreme weight loss because the tape worm consumes the
food before the body can use it (yes, yucky (can come from animals, from
food/water contamination, camping, etc... probably unlikely, but get it
checked out if you can't find anything else)
Have you been to see your PCP or a surgeon? I would go get checked out by
the surgeon to make sure there hasn't been a malfunction of whatever type
of surgery you have had. I would also get checked out by your PCP as s/he
will probably be less focused on your surgery and look for non-surgery
related reasons this is happening. If your PCP and surgeon can't help you,
I suggest you ask for a refferal to a GI doctor.
There seems to be a mindset on this website that if you have had weight
loss surgery, any sympton or sign of ill health is related to the surgery
or a side effect from the surgery. I think this can be dangerous because
it may keep (or delay) people from getting the treatment the they need.
WLS hopefully will lessen the risk or symptoms of weight related health
problems, but it won't protect you from everything else.
PLEASE SEE A DOCTOR if you haven't yet.
Good luck to you.
— mrsidknee
February 10, 2007
You should get yourself checked immediately my sister recently passed away
and it was the same thing and they didn't know what was wrong.
— mamita093
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