dumping

[claudia24]

i know i should know this by now but i still get confused with this dumpling, i don't think its happened to me, but if ya'll dont mind can u tell me ur experince of this so if it does happin to me or anyone else, there is a thread we can go straight on to and have a look.

thank you all.

 

[StephieAck]

Ok, my experience was this...I have been very good at counting sugars etc but I baked a cake for my husband and I got some of the cake batter on my finger and before I knew what I was doing I had licked it off. About five minutes later I started to have an uncomfy feeling in my tummy and started to feel sick, kind of like I had eaten far too much, though I hadnt, and I felt dizzy and hot. I went and sat on the sofa with a bowl and my heart started pounding and I was shaking and waves of hot and cold were running through my body but I was sweating a bit. I felt as though I would vomit any minute but luckily I didnt, I just spat up a huge amount of thick saliva into the bowl. I would say that it lasted around 5-7 minutes and then it all eased off and left me feeling totally wiped out.
Since then I am extra careful and I havent had that happen again since.
However, if I have eaten something with too high a fat content my tummy feels a bit 'wobbly' and I get very windy and bloated, I doubt that it is dumping but I do get that exhaustion around an hour later, so maybe it is a late, mild fat dump, Im not sure.
I was thrilled when I had that sugar dump because I wanted the fear of it to keep me on the straight and narrow and it really has.
My experience was quite mild compared to some peoples.
Hope this helps a bit.
Steph xx

 

[jaxx]

You will definitely know when you have an episode of dumping syndrome.

I started with heart palpatations, feeling very nauseous and feeling very weak physically. Usually I go to bed to sleep it off as I can hardly keep my head up. Then I usually get woken up with a severe headache and a dash to the loo.

 

[phatmomma]

Sounds delightful - mental note to self ''be careful what you put in your mouth'' including high sugar foods...

here's hoping you never dump Claudia cos it sounds piggin horrible xx

 

[Cuppacocoa]

Hi Claudia, as Jaxx said you will know when you are dumping!

I dumped for the first time last week (5 months post op) after eating a large orange and a kiwi fruit at 9pm one evening. I was fine until 10pm when I felt the need to visit the bathroom. This was followed by just over an hour of hell - diarrohea, vomiting, hot and cold sweat, shaking, waves of faintness and a general feeling of being totally out of control of my body. Not pleasant! It took a further 1/2 hr or so of lying down until I returned to normal. This is the only thing I have ever dumped on, I seem fine thus far with the odd bit of sweet stuff, I guess the fructose in the fruit was just too much at once.

Cuppa xx

 

[claudia24]

Hi Claudia, as Jaxx said you will know when you are dumping!

I dumped for the first time last week (5 months post op) after eating a large orange and a kiwi fruit at 9pm one evening. I was fine until 10pm when I felt the need to visit the bathroom. This was followed by just over an hour of hell - diarrohea, vomiting, hot and cold sweat, shaking, waves of faintness and a general feeling of being totally out of control of my body. Not pleasant! It took a further 1/2 hr or so of lying down until I returned to normal. This is the only thing I have ever dumped on, I seem fine thus far with the odd bit of sweet stuff, I guess the fructose in the fruit was just too much at once.

Cuppa xx

bloody hell, glad ur ok hun x

 

[samsmum]

A mild dump can be that I generally feel rough with a headache, feel a bit sickly and wind.

A bad dump can be me trying to be sick (cannot be sick since op) retching, diarhia, shivers and once having to go to bed as I felt really ill.