Possibly weird dumping question

Shellbatronic
on 7/22/11 5:22 am - NC

(Not dumping right now myself, but came up in conversation and I just don't know the answer).

If you eat something and have done the no drinking before-or-during thing, and then you dump like right after you eat, do you still need to wait the prescribed amount of time before drinking again?

Laura A.
on 7/22/11 5:38 am - Manteca, CA

RNY on 03/20/06

Not sure if I'm understanding your question....

Are you asking should you wait 30 minutes after dumping to drink??? I would say no....the rule is for eating only.

Laura A. 5'3" BW299/CW135

Shellbatronic
on 7/22/11 5:40 am - NC

RNY on 07/01/11

Yes, that's what I was asking.. wasn't sure if the eating that caused the dumping still "counted" as eating so far as that rule goes.

Thanks!

Laura A.
on 7/22/11 5:48 am - Manteca, CA

RNY on 03/20/06

I go by the adage that all food in 'counts'...how my body reacts to it is another story...

I am a dumper....with several things: fat, sugar, carbs.... So like if I have something with too much fat that causes diarrhea, I still 'count' that I ate it..... it just was eliminated more quickly than something else....

Is this what you mean???

Laura A. 5'3" BW299/CW135

sonnieN
on 7/22/11 5:42 am - grand rapids, MI

RNY on 05/14/08

Personally for me I don't think I'm up for drinking when I dump or immediately after. I'm curled up in a ball or passed out sleeping for well over a half hour. However if you think tha****er would help you get thru the episode I'd say go ahead and drink. This is an exception to the normal rule and when dumping you'll do anything to help make yourself feel better as soon as possible.

poet_kelly
on 7/22/11 5:43 am - OH

RNY on 11/04/08

Yeah, unless you feel certain you threw up ALL the food you'd eaten. But people don't always threw up when they dump.

Kelly

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laura_vermont
on 7/22/11 5:43 am, edited 7/22/11 5:44 am

RNY on 03/31/10

I think you are confusing vomitting and dumping.

Some symptoms of dumping syndrome include:

nausea or queasiness
a sense of fullness accompanied by discomfort
cramping
diarrhea
general weakness
profuse sweating
vomiting
heart palpitations (an increase in heart rate)

Eating & drinking rules would still apply -- I dump, I don't vomit. I've never vomitted since surgery, so I don't know about rules re: the eating/drinking & vomitting.

High Weight 278; consult weight 234; Surgery Weight 219 Surgeon's Goal Weight 150 -10/27/10 - Personal goal weight 140 - Achieved 12/11/10

Shellbatronic
on 7/22/11 5:54 am - NC

RNY on 07/01/11

Ooh, maybe you're right. I was specifically thinking of vomiting, I guess I didn't realize they could be mutually exclusive (thankfully, I guess, not having had a real 'dumping' episode yet.)

Thanks!