I stumbled upon here while googling weight gain after appendix surgery. You see my 22 year old daughter had the surgery when she was 15 years old. Like they others said, I thought she had a virus or even strep throat( which also has vomiting as a symptom , believe it or not.). She also had pain in the belly area which eventual went the right side. Anyway, I took her to the doctor and after taking the test for strep throat (negative ), he thought she had a virus. Took her home, slowly gave her fluids, and she threw up throughout the day. Finally that evening , I feared she was getting dehydrated (mother's intuition) called the doctor and he told me to take her to the hospital. After her drinking that chalky fluid and iv, she got a CT scan that shown that she had appendicitis but it didn't burst. She had the surgery in the middle of the night. I felt so bad for her because she also had her period at the same time. Anyway, I saw her doctor while I was in the hospital lobby and he felt so bad that he misdiagnosed her. She made a full recovery and she only missed two days of school (This happened during spring break ) but didn't participate in gym for 2 weeks. Before the operation, she was very skinny. After the operation, she gained weight to the point of being 20 lbs overweight which is no good since her dad has high blood pressure which runs in his family. She can't lose the weight either. If anybody knows of any websites regarding appendix operation and weight gain, please let me know.
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I stumbled upon here while googling weight gain after appendix surgery. You see my 22 year old daughter had the surgery when she was 15 years old. Like they others said, I thought she had a virus or even strep throat( which also has vomiting as a symptom , believe it or not.). She also had pain in the belly area which eventual went the right side. Anyway, I took her to the doctor and after taking the test for strep throat (negative ), he thought she had a virus. Took her home, slowly gave her fluids, and she threw up throughout the day. Finally that evening , I feared she was getting dehydrated (mother's intuition) called the doctor and he told me to take her to the hospital. After her drinking that chalky fluid and iv, she got a CT scan that shown that she had appendicitis but it didn't burst. She had the surgery in the middle of the night. I felt so bad for her because she also had her period at the same time. Anyway, I saw her doctor while I was in the hospital lobby and he felt so bad that he misdiagnosed her. She made a full recovery and she only missed two days of school (This happened during spring break ) but didn't participate in gym for 2 weeks. Before the operation, she was very skinny. After the operation, she gained weight to the point of being 20 lbs overweight which is no good since her dad has high blood pressure which runs in his family. She can't lose the weight either. If anybody knows of any websites regarding appendix operation and weight gain, please let me know.
November 9, 2014 - 5:29amThis Comment
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