Radical Cystectomy

Hi Annie,Sorry to hear you had an infection.The recovery nurse told me to expect to lose a stone to a stone and a half.I lost a stone in hospital and more when I got home.I weighed under 7 stone at one stage.You are doing the right things so hopefully the weight will go back on when your appetite picks up.It can take time though.It’s still early in your recovery.Jane x

Hi AnnieC, I lost over a stone too but soon put it back. When on antibiotics and afterwards I often feel listless and uninterested in eating too. But it never lasts very long. If you can eat a reasonable amount of balanced meals you should begin to gain some back. I try not to eat processed foods and protein bars and shakes because they usually don't taste very nice and so don't work for me. Chocolate always works but I can't say its healthy!

Good luck

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I’ve used Build up in the past to help with weight gain.I’d always been underweight until the pandemic.I’ve lost most of the weight I gained then and am just under 9 stone now.I was 5 ‘7 “ but have lost height due to arthritis.

I eat when worried or fed up and put on a stone when my husband was ill recently. I've also lost height - 9 centimetres from degenerative disc disease (though despite also having osteoporosis haven't broken any vertebrae (yet)). I used to be nearly 5ft 9inches - 175 cms.

It's left me with bad posture and a spare tire which I haven't managed to shift and feels very strange as I was always the tallest in school, and since. Now I look in the mirror and my eye-line is a lot lower than it was only 6 years ago and I can't reach higher shelves. On the other hand, trousers are  longer so no more hanging at half mast - they are still 32 or 33 inside leg but the top is hanging lower down from the waist. An 'ill wind' I suppose.