I had my gb removed 14 days ago and seem to be gainng wght. Has anyone experienced this and how did you lose it?
Lynn
This is common.
"...Six months after operation 75 of the patients had gained weight, 21 hadlost weight, and seven remained at their preoperative weight. The tableshows the mean weights over the six month study period. An increase inweight was apparent at three months, although this had no significanceuntil six months..."
"study showed that a significant weight gain occurred aftercholecystectomy, with men gaining a mean of 4-6% of preoperativebody weight and women 3 3% after six months. When patients whoeither lost weight or remained the same weight were excluded themean percentage weight gain rose to 6°' and 6 6%, respectively.We presume that this weight gain was caused by a reintroduction offats into the diet, although a metabolic cause cannot be completely excluded.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1443588/pdf/bmjcred00528-0026d.pdf