To think it's not normal to go from a size 16 to an 8?

[sammyfaye]

Within 3 months?

3 months ago I was healthy and okay overweight, but otherwise fine.

I had keyhole surgery and from then on, I've been unable to eat much, regularly suffering with nausea

My body is craving healthy, vitamin filled foods which is great, but I have next to no appetite at all, nauseous a lot of the time and now I'm a size 8 after going into surgery as a size 16.

I've been to the GP who prescribed Cyclezine. It does help - I can eat something at least on it. But I'm still nauseous and not got an appetite

I also have pelvic pain almost constantly. GP has referred to Gynae after me insisting but the waiting time is long, my appointment isn't until December

AIBU to think this much weight loss isn't normal or healthy? I look gaunt.

I am constantly tired and feel weak toon

Think you need to focus on the nausea and loss of appetite when you see GP rather than the weight loss as GPs are notoriously obsessed with BMI and healthy weight. Unless you are very tall then 149lbs is probably a healthy weight, I realise its due to you being nauseous and having no appetite but that's the problem rather than your weight.

Go to a doctor you may have cancer ?

I’m a bit fuming on your behalf. “Obviously if you eat less you will lose weight”, what a ridiculous comment from a doctor, would the gp say the same to an anorexia sufferer for example. The loss of appetite (and consequential weight loss) are symptoms, not the cause of a health problem here.

@MrsVeryTired that’s a very astute point. I struck similar with my GP when I lost 8 kg very rapidly: to me it was alarming but to him I was just near the bottom of the healthy bmi range, size 8 and looked a picture of health.

@Fudgewomble and an average height woman will have a BMI of around 25 at 149lbs so not underweight in the slightest (but I'm assuming OP is much taller than average, at that weight I am a 12-14 dress size).

I’m sure in your case your ovaries are fine. However, I was astounded when I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and at an advanced stage 3c with two tumours on my ovaries at 6cm and 8cm each - I’d just had a c section and they noted on my surgical medical notes that they’d checked my abdomen post C-section (but somehow missed the massive tumours on my ovaries!). So things can be missed…..

It really sounds like cancer. This should be raining huge alarm bells to the GP. I'm so sorry OP. Deffo keep fighting.

How are you, op?