Weight gain Since surgery

Procedure last july, developed a gut of sorts, but the worst is my face has gotten fat. Anyone out there have this happen? Just curious if the lack of testtosterone causes this. On the bright side my numbers are great, zero PSA. Should be dry in another month or so, the sexual part is still nonexistent. Anyone heard of surrogates?

Cddawgs -- how is surgery linked to testosterone?  are you also on hormonal therapy?

ed

 

While my weight has been fairly stable, I seem to have changed shape.
I have got bigger round the waist, (loads of clothing stopped fitting) so I must have got smaller elsewhere. One area that feels smaller is my biceps, and I guess my buttocks have shrunk too as when I had to see my GP about pain in my coccyx she said I had very little flesh there to sit on and was basically sitting on the bone. Another oddity is that despite have had no HT I am developing bigger chest parts.
Alf

I lost 10 pounds right after the surgery. I could have afforded more, bu that good feeling didn't last. I put back the 10, and added another 10, over 2 years. I'm at my lifetime highest. I could blame it on testosterone but since I had no drug therapies at all, I'll blame it on getting older and eating too much.

English Roger, I'm off to Starbucks for a triple shot venti latte, then this evening grilling some steaks and having a couple of mixed drinks.

I was about 5 pounds overweight before surgery and lost about 15 pounds during my 6 days in the hospital. I had a complication during surgery and was in IC for a couple of days and 6 days in the hospital all together.

 I was very good about my diet during the following 3 months while I was recovering and ended up at my optimal weight. However, as soon as I started getting active again my appetite went up and I immediately started to gain weight. Tack on a few bouts of depression and I ended up about 15 points over weight. A couple of months ago my cholesterol tested border line high and I got the lecture from my GP so I've been working my way back down trying to get into bathing suit shape for the summer.

johnpswe said...
I had to lose 34lbs just to have the surgery. Post surgery i have gained all weight back plus an additional 10-12lbs. No matter how much my activity increases, and calories decrease, I can not seem to lose the weight. On top of that, my energy levels seem to be diminishing.


John, 55 at diagnosis
PSA 4.5 pre surgery
3 of 12 samples positvie
Gleason score of 8
T3
Radical Prostatectomy, 12/10/2015
Unilateral Never spariing
ED still an issue
Constant leakage, no real serious incontinence

when I was in my 30's....I began working out and it changed my physique to muscular from flabby (but same weight). I stayed that way up until they put me under for this op.

I lost muscle mass and put fat on my abdomen since.....regardless of working out.

This operation changed my body....I believe.....permanently. I have no energy either.

I think it's more than age. It's a question I've often wondered about....but never asked about.....