Dumping or Stricture?
RNY on 09/17/12
I'm now almost 3 weeks out from surgery. All was going well (except right side pain****il Thursday... Thursday I pureed some beef and bean chili ate about 1/4 cup or so. Three hours later I was extremely sick. Throwing up, diaherra, nausea, hot and cold. So... I assume I dumped. I think it was the beef - as the chili was neither fatty or sugary.
Yesterday (Friday) I only ate sugar free jello to give my stomach a chance to relax.
But fast forward to today, I had some baked potato soup pureed. This is probably the 4th or 5th time I've had it. A couple hours later I got the tightness in my chest. I've been throwing up on and off for the past hour or so. I'm just throwing up water and my calcium chew that I look at noon. Every time I take another sip of water I end up running to the toliet again - throwing up.
I figured I dumped on the chili because of the beef and I was ok with that. But now with my reaction to the soup today - I'm worried it might be a stricture. Because I've had the soup numerous times before I don't understand why I;m throwing up today
Can anyone give me any suggestions?
Yesterday (Friday) I only ate sugar free jello to give my stomach a chance to relax.
But fast forward to today, I had some baked potato soup pureed. This is probably the 4th or 5th time I've had it. A couple hours later I got the tightness in my chest. I've been throwing up on and off for the past hour or so. I'm just throwing up water and my calcium chew that I look at noon. Every time I take another sip of water I end up running to the toliet again - throwing up.
I figured I dumped on the chili because of the beef and I was ok with that. But now with my reaction to the soup today - I'm worried it might be a stricture. Because I've had the soup numerous times before I don't understand why I;m throwing up today
Can anyone give me any suggestions?
i doubt it's dumping - as dumping is a specifc reaction to sugar, and unless the beef was cooked with sugar, it's not that.
it could be a stricture, or it could be that it didn't settle well with you.
it could be a stricture, or it could be that it didn't settle well with you.
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I don't think it's dumping, since I'm assuming there wasn't much sugar in the chili or the soup. Plus, dumping usually happens much sooner after you eat something. Also, dumping usually causes a rapid heart beat and sweating along with the nausea, vomiting, diarrhea - which don't always come with dumping.
It could be a stricture. I'd stick to full liquids for the weekend and give your surgeon a call Monday. If you can't keep water down by this evening, though, then I'd call the surgeon this weekend - someone should be on call from his office even though it's the weekend. You don't want to get dehydrated.
It could be a stricture. I'd stick to full liquids for the weekend and give your surgeon a call Monday. If you can't keep water down by this evening, though, then I'd call the surgeon this weekend - someone should be on call from his office even though it's the weekend. You don't want to get dehydrated.
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