Why can't we throw up post op??

Christie N.
on 8/14/12 6:58 pm, edited 8/14/12 7:04 pm - Riverton, UT

So since I've had my RNY surgery back in 2008, when I've either been sick with a bug or been pregnant - throwing up is not possible now. With my 3rd pregnancy back in 2009 (first one after WLS), I only dry heaved when I did throw up, even after just eating. Only a tiny bit of food would come up, like barely anything when it did.

I am 8 wks pregnant now with #4 and have noticed this again when I started throwing up tonight. Why is this that we can't throw up anymore? It's more like just dry heaving or mucusy stuff? I've had the foamies before but can't throw up! lol TIA

Hit goal weight of 140 at 13 months out from RNY!! 130 pounds GONE!

Leslie M.
on 8/14/12 7:01 pm - AL

RNY on 02/25/08

Not sure but I can't vomit either and I had my RNY feb. 2008! But I'm not complaining.....I don't like to vomit. LOL

Good luck with the pregnancy.

Leslie

Citizen Kim
on 8/14/12 7:02 pm - Castle Rock, CO

RNY on 07/27/04

It must be an individual thing - I can throw up at the drop of a hat!! It's only food though as there are no digestive juices in my pouch but I can almost do it at will ...

Congrats on the pregnancy!

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exohexoh
on 8/15/12 10:55 am - West Chester, PA

RNY on 09/27/10

ditto, but i've always been like that (well the throw up at the drop of a hat part anyway). i feel like throwing up is almost cleaner now without all the bile and other stuff in it. though i did get really sick once post-op, enough that bile came up, but at that point it was all that was coming up.

<3 jen <3

<3 starting weight: 252 <3 goal weight: 135 <3 current weight: 151 <3

RNY: 9/27/10 <3 Extended Tummy Tuck w/hip & thigh lipo: 6/6/13

Christie N.
on 8/14/12 12:03 pm, edited 8/14/12 12:03 pm - Riverton, UT

RNY on 06/12/08

thanks!!!!

well I hated throwing up before WLS too and I'm not complaining either now that it's just dry heaving! LOL

I just want to know WHY we physically can't throw up anymore. Anyone know WHY?????

Hit goal weight of 140 at 13 months out from RNY!! 130 pounds GONE!

(deactivated member)
on 8/14/12 7:21 pm - waukesha, WI

I can throw up at will.................effort less.

jackietex
on 8/14/12 7:24 pm

It's actually much easier for me to throw up post-op. If I feel sick, and it's food-related, I bend over and use my belly muscles, and up it comes.

Lap RNY February 15, 2012
Starting weight 195 (ht. 4'10)
Surgery weight 178.5
Current weight 113

Cicerogirl, The PhD
Version
on 8/14/12 7:36 pm - OH

RNY on 08/27/07

I was not able to throw up "at will" until after I had my incisional hernia repair. Now, on the extremely rare occasion that I feel the need to throw up (like Saturday when I was at an office pool party and I ate one of those no-bake cocoa/sugar/oatmeal/PB cookies, started getting nauseous right away, and just knew it was going to lead to dumping if I did not throw it back up), I can usually do as you do... although occasionally I need to take a drink of water first.

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

Cicerogirl, The PhD
Version
on 8/14/12 7:24 pm - OH

RNY on 08/27/07

The problem with being able to vomit after RNY is twofold. First and foremost, part of the vomiting mechanism relies on the contractions of the stomach and your small pouch isn't big enough to generate enough of a contraction. Second, the other mechanism involves contraction of the abdominal muscles on the stomach to assist with expulsion and, again, your pouch isn't big enough for that to work as well as it did before (less surface area for the muscles to contract around) and because it sits up high, the abdominal muscles don't have as direct contact with it as they do with he remnant stomach.

Some people have more control over vomiting than others, and some people find that when they strengthen their abdominal muscles (via exercise or tummy tuck), it is easier to vomit.

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

happy_baker
on 8/14/12 8:43 pm

RNY on 02/15/12

Thanks for the information. I've never been able to vomit, either. Always wondered why. :)

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