Oh the Joy of Foamies....

Jul 05, 2009

Joy?  You've got to be kidding!  Foaming....every bariatric patient's worst nightmare!  I am not sure which would be worse -- foamies (throwing up after eating) or dumping (the other end - you know what I mean!)

I had several "wonderful" experiences with foamies while on vacation, traveling back to Indiana to bring my daughter home from college.  Yup - I drove the whole way!  And being a post-op bariatric patient can be quite challenging in the eating arena when traveling - I mean, how many ways can you eat an omlette or chicken or steak in a restaurant? 

So my big "first" experience with foamies was in a clothing store - I had to ask the sales clerk to give me paper towels to clean up the mess in the dressing room - kind of embarassing, but at least only my daughter and myself had to look at it!  Ugh! 

Several other smaller experiences followed in the days to come.  At first I wasn't sure whether they came because I ate something with sugar in it, or if it was the amount I was eating.  I have since concluded that, while it may have been a combination of both, that mostly it was because I ate more than my poor little pouch could handle.  When it is too full, there is only place for the excess to go, and that is back up, unfortunately.

When I got back home after vacation, I thought "well, I won't ever do that again....now I'm home and can eat NORMAL...."   Wrong!  Took my daughter to Sonic, and I thought a cheesburger without the bun would be fine - wrong, wrong, wrong!  I threw up for two and a half hours - - normally it comes right back up and it is over with, but not this time - - wow!  Well, needless to say I think I have finally learned my lesson - - no more Sonic for me, to say the least!  Although I did throw up again just the other day, but it was over with quickly, and it was because I ate too fast and too much (again!  you'd think I'd learned my lesson by now!)

So, I'm sorry "Mr. Foamie" that it is not a pleasure to make your acquaintance - I do not prefer to meet you at any time in the future, thank you very much, and your presence in the past has been unwelcome, to say the least!  Farewell!

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