I had a Gastric bypass on 28th November (really happy with my decision!). After the operation I suffered some internal bleeding, was quite bad, my blood count (HB/haemoglobin??) went down from 14 to 7 (which is apparently very low for a man, women’s are naturally lower). The medical staff where certainly panicking. I was passing out/falling asleep while they we debating if had enough blood to be OK for anaesthetic to go back into surgery or if better to postpone surgery to get more blood into me. The surgeon was not happy to go ahead until they pumped 2 units into me, in the end I had one unit of enriched blood (which they squeezed (literally!!) into me in 20 mins despite the warning on pack saying should be administered over at least 3 hours…)
Was all OK, they kept pumping enriched blood into me over the next 4 days and came out of hospital feeling great (blood count was up to 10.6 on last test 4 weeks ago). I really was full of energy and mentally alert when came out of hospital. I then caught a cold which brought me down for the next few weeks and have never felt right since.
Whilst off work I was sleeping up to 14 hours a day. I had recorded load of good stuff on TV but could not even be bothered to watch it and ended up watch rubbish daytime TV. I could not even be bothered to browse the internet (was 5 weeks after surgery before I even looked at this forums I normal check every day or 2). I find it quite strange I could not be bothered to do the things I normal do to relax!
Started back at work on Tuesday and it’s becoming very obvious to me I am not mentally firing on all cylinders. Physically it’s not a problem, cannot even tell I have had an operation (cannot believe how little pain I have experienced). I have a lack of concentration and motivation.
I am eating a very balanced diet, I estimate between 1200-1500 cals a day containing lots of protein and quality nutrition (have never had a problem eating anything and can comfortably eat a 400g meal in one sitting). I am struggling to drink as much water as I should; I mainly remember to drink around meal times when I should not be drinking…)
Don’t believe lack of calories to be an issue, I lived off 500-600 cals a day for 6 months and had lots of energy (losing 16 stones!!!! BBC - Nottingham man loses 16 stone in just six months I put on 8 stone over the next year but at least on way back down again).
Suspect I am short on something my body needs, suspect B vitamins (perhaps replacing the missing blood and having a cold my have drained me off something my body is not absorbing fast enough). I am not due my first injection for 8 weeks, but have made an appointment with the doctor this afternoon to see can have this sooner. I am also going to add a B-vitamin supplement to my diet.
People may suggest I am expecting too much and after 5 weeks I should just give it time, but felt a lot more alert 1 week after the operation than I do now. Cannot do as much physical I could but I am quite active and this is not an issue (was ridiculously fit for someone my size before operation, most people my size would be please with my current activity levels). It my mind that is concerning me…
Other than B-vitamins and drinking more can anyone suggest anything that may help?
Thanks
Simon
Was all OK, they kept pumping enriched blood into me over the next 4 days and came out of hospital feeling great (blood count was up to 10.6 on last test 4 weeks ago). I really was full of energy and mentally alert when came out of hospital. I then caught a cold which brought me down for the next few weeks and have never felt right since.
Whilst off work I was sleeping up to 14 hours a day. I had recorded load of good stuff on TV but could not even be bothered to watch it and ended up watch rubbish daytime TV. I could not even be bothered to browse the internet (was 5 weeks after surgery before I even looked at this forums I normal check every day or 2). I find it quite strange I could not be bothered to do the things I normal do to relax!
Started back at work on Tuesday and it’s becoming very obvious to me I am not mentally firing on all cylinders. Physically it’s not a problem, cannot even tell I have had an operation (cannot believe how little pain I have experienced). I have a lack of concentration and motivation.
I am eating a very balanced diet, I estimate between 1200-1500 cals a day containing lots of protein and quality nutrition (have never had a problem eating anything and can comfortably eat a 400g meal in one sitting). I am struggling to drink as much water as I should; I mainly remember to drink around meal times when I should not be drinking…)
Don’t believe lack of calories to be an issue, I lived off 500-600 cals a day for 6 months and had lots of energy (losing 16 stones!!!! BBC - Nottingham man loses 16 stone in just six months I put on 8 stone over the next year but at least on way back down again).
Suspect I am short on something my body needs, suspect B vitamins (perhaps replacing the missing blood and having a cold my have drained me off something my body is not absorbing fast enough). I am not due my first injection for 8 weeks, but have made an appointment with the doctor this afternoon to see can have this sooner. I am also going to add a B-vitamin supplement to my diet.
People may suggest I am expecting too much and after 5 weeks I should just give it time, but felt a lot more alert 1 week after the operation than I do now. Cannot do as much physical I could but I am quite active and this is not an issue (was ridiculously fit for someone my size before operation, most people my size would be please with my current activity levels). It my mind that is concerning me…
Other than B-vitamins and drinking more can anyone suggest anything that may help?
Thanks
Simon
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