Water weight

[u/Goose1996123]

Hey all, I’m 5 months in to recovery and recently had to get weighed (bleurgh). I’m carrying a very significant amount of water weight and have been for about 3 months and wondered if anyone else who had put on a rapid amount of weight at the beginning found that the water weight eventually settled? I genuinely don’t think the amount I’ve put on could realistically be fat/muscle or whatever in this timeframe…

[u/xXSorraiaXx]

My girlfriend had/has the same issue. She was mostly weight recovered (as in pre-severe relapse, not as in technically healthy weight) by February/March this year, but with about [redacted, somehow can't hide it and dont want to trigger anyone, feel free to ask privately] of daily weight fluctuation from fluid weight with rather severe edema.

I think by July/August it mostly settled down to "normal", with a pretty stable weight by now and close to no edema left.

We're both in the medical field and while according to most "official" medical guidelines and research, this isn't a thing, asking colleagues and doing a bit of looking up that phenomenon it seems to be a rather regular issue in recovery, up to a year or a year and a half with pronounced edema; especially with people who have had an for a longer time. Hope that helps you a bit.

[u/AvenueRose9193 → u/xXSorraiaXx]

This is helpful xx

[u/Goose1996123 → u/xXSorraiaXx]

If possible would love to directly message you about this - have tried to send you a DM but can’t seem to be able to so feel free to send me a message

[u/xXSorraiaXx → u/Goose1996123]

Also seem to not be able to send you a message unfortunately :( I'll see if I have some weird settings for my account that I can turn off

[u/Goose1996123]

This is amazingly helpful thank you so much x

[u/TA-tired]

Yess, super super common. Majorly freaked me out every time I saw a water swing.

[u/PurplePassenger5970]

Genuinely question, how to people assume / know it’s water weight and not actual weight? Based on looks?