Wow so this is dumping

Exactly!! Cheese doesn't bother me one bit either! I haven't tried Greek yogurt in a while.  It just seems like my tolerances are starting to change at this point.

 

Thanks so much!

 

Pam :)

That is how I understand it, too. Totally on the bathroom floor, begging Jesus to take you to Heaven, because you are in HELL!

If I were not an atheist - THAT'S exactly how I would describe it!!!  

I understand that a lot of people want to dump but honestly, if you have, you have no doubt.  And you most certainly are not farting about on your laptop posting about it ...

"minor dumps" and "dumping on protein shakes" are just wannabe's ...

If your partner doesn't have 91 ... ready to press 1 on their phone - you are not dumping.   My boyfriend has seen it a couple of times and still is NOT convinced he shouldn't be calling the paramedics ...

I am so new to this. Just wanted to say. I hope you feel better.

I'm a dumper...and I can tell you that I feel like I need to go to the hospital when I dump.  I actually feel like I'm having a heart attack.  It is the most awful sensation EVER!  If all you ate was low carb pretzels and hummus, I don't think it is dumping.  Maybe you ate too fast and it is stuck or heavy in your pouch?  

The nausea and diarrhea with your protein shake is likely lactose intolerance... I have that too.  Cheese and yogurt work for me too.  I guess they add some kind of enzyme in the processing that "eats" the lactose .

Although those of us who've had gastric bypass are warned about "dumping", I don't think we take it seriously enough.  To read about it here on this forum, it sounds like something very uncomfortable, but that will pass after awhile, and all is well.  As Sin Kim posted, it's kind of like a "badge of honor" we earned for having this life-changing surgery. 

 

The truth is, dumping is basically another term for hypoglycemia, where our blood sugar levels drop drastically because of the rapid release of huge amounts of insulin by the pancreas.  It's usually brought on eating foods high in sugar.  The thing I didn't understand, or take seriously enough, is that dumping (basically HYPOGLYCEMIA) can be VERY DANGEROUS.  Here's some information from the Mayo Clinic website:

 

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/hypoglycemia-unawareness/MY01835

 

For the first 6 months or so after my surgery, my diet was stellar:  no sugar or junk foods crossed my lips.  Over time, though, I started slipping here and there, and at some point I ate something (I think it might have been ice cream, but I don't really remember for sure), and I dumped.  My dumping symptoms were somewhat different than what I'd read they would be, so it took me a time or two before I realized fully what was happening to my body.  The other thing I didn't realize is that the dumping sometimes doesn't occur until and hour or more after eating, so I don't think it's always associated with what we've eaten. 

 

My symptoms are:  severe sweating (for women of menopause age, it feels like the worst hot flash ever!); sometimes rapid heartbeat; dizziness; confusion; and sleepiness.  During my first episode, I actually lost consciousness for a few minutes.  At the time, I didn't have a clue that I was at a very dangerous point, and probably needed immediate medical attention.  I was fortunate in that it passed without consequence (other than that I started researching dumping, and realized that dumping brings on hypoglycemia.) 

I'm sad to say I didn't learn my lesson right away:  since then, I've had a couple more episodes, though not quite as severe as the first.  Now I know that if this happens, I need to immediately eat something very sweet, to rapidly raise my blood sugar, and then eat something else to stabilize it.  (This was what a nurse friend confirmed.)   

 

Short story long, DO YOUR RESEARCH!  Then, keep your diet clean and healthy.  You shouldn't have a problem if you do that.