Lookin good girl!

Hi Shell, I read y/profile. We had our banding really close together. I got mine 06/12/07.

So what I thought was dumping before - feeling icky, practically falling asleep mid-sentence, and a little upset tummy - is not dumping. I now affectionately call it my Carb Coma. I'm very sensitive to carbs now and anything over 15 gm puts me in a carb coma. But... last night I had my 1st REAL dumping episode. Severe chest pain, severe upper abd pain, nausea, sweats, difficulty breathing, tachycardia. It lasted about 20 minutes and then subsided to just feeling icky and hungover. I can tell you this was the worst experience I've ever had - I do not wi**** on my worst enemy!!! The problem - I don't know what I ate that caused it! I had about 1/2 cup of Chili at a restaurant then about 1.5 hr later I had Unjury Chicken Soup protein drink (first time for trying this but it only has 1 gm of sugar) and then I had my Citracal creamy bite - like I do every night. I don't know, but I sure don't want to go through that ever again!! My husband said it was even painful to watch... Today, I still feel kinda hungover as I didn't sleep well. I'm being VERY careful about what I put in my pouch today and hopefully I don't have to experience that again - yuk!!! Anyone with a similar experience? Any thoughts on why/what caused it? Bekah

ahh ladies, welcome to Merlot. yummmy. I made love to that bottle on new years eve. I drank plenty of water in between and didnt feel much in the way of a hangover. But those times are few and far between for me also. I just prefer to drink wine and my pouch accepts it fine. sorry for the visual... belinda

I tried a Cosmopolitan Martini last night to celebrate the new year. First drink since surg. I used to be a light weight and I certainly still am!! That particular drink doesn't have much sugar at all so I didn't dump or feel yucky, but man was I dizzy!!!!! I could hardly walk out to the car - good thing my husband was there, who knows which car I would have ended up in Bekah