So, I had my knee replaced (it was in bad shape) and then I started bleeding internally and they had to go back in and drain it, I lost a good amount of blood.

It has been a couple weeks, and still I seem like I am retaining water, my rings are tight, and I have some swelling in my leg, not bad, like it was, though. They said once I am up and moving around more it will go away. And I am starting to get around better, I am consistent with PT and my exercises, I now can use a cane rather than a walker, and hope to be back to work in another six weeks or so.

The first few days home I had no appetite and didn't eat, living pretty much on milk. Then, suddenly, I became quite hungry, and my appetite became pretty large for me, anyways. Probably consuming 2500-3000 calories per day, My husband was happy to oblige, preparing any food I wanted, and felt it meant I was healing. I mean, I ate everything....grapes, salad, root beer floats, chicken, hamburgers, whatever.

I am getting fat because I don't do much other than my exercises and PT and decided I need to reduce my food and shrink my stomach. I've cut my calories back a lot. Losing weight will help my knee.

Today I have eaten a granola bar but nothing else, around ten am, and it is now after 7 pm, I am very hungry. I have been all day of course but it comes and goes as hunger normally does for me, and I generally just ignore it and try to not think about it. I used to sometimes go days without eating. Or I would only eat a certain number of calories.

I do not get how I can be gaining weight at all. It should not be possible.

I'm tired of being hungry all the time but I just keep getting fatter.