dumping syndrome

Hello 

I am a vertical sleever been so for 5 years now but i am looking for revision to rny one thing that is worrying me is the dumping syndrome do all people suffer from it ? 

And how do you cope with it ? 

It's a tool, not a side effect.  I "cope" with it by avoiding foods I should not eat.

Only about 30% of RNYers dump (although some people who "don't dump" might dump if they ate a large amount of sugar... but because they choose not to eat something high in sugar a and calories, they don't know that a large amount will make them dump).  I can eat a LOT of sugar without dumping, so for all practical daily purposes I don't dump, but I know from experience that if I eat a half cup of regular (full sugar, full fat**** cream, I will dump.  

Not eating large amounts of sugar/carbs is the only way to avoid it. As far as "coping" with it when it happens, you just have to suffer and wait it out.

Lora

Only about 30% of people even dump, which is a pretty low percentage.  I do not......unless I consume a large quantity of sugar, which I avoid.

I dump once in a while.  It is not fun but I had to go back to being fat and never dumping, I would still pick RNY.  Dumping is always a surprise to me.  Most of the time I can eat sugar with no problems.  Sometimes, I dump, on average about once a year.  I feel it happening and just sit with my feet up until it passes. 

It is one of the prices I pay for having this new lease on life.

I have never experienced dumping syndrome.  I don't eat sweets or fatty foods either, so that could be why...

When you dump , what exactly do you go through and is it embarassing in public wheb you are sitting around people and you acr differently to sugar or carbs ? 

How do you cope with it ? 

I work in a tough work place that i worry if i dumo infront of them it will be really embarassing to me

I just want to seem normal and i donot want anyone to realize that i am any different.  

Most RNY patients don't dump.  If you are eating the way you are supposed to, you will never find out what it's like to dump.  Stay away from sugar and starchy carbs and you won't have to worry about it.

 Dumping usually makes your heart race (you feel like you are having a heart attack) and you will have "cold sweat" episodes.  Some people get diarrhea and nausea.  

As Rocky said, dumping makes you feel shaky and lightheaded or dizzy, makes your heart race and you may get very flushed, and you may have some combination of intestinal cramping, nausea, and/or diarrhea (a little later).  It makes you feel VERY ill and most people HAVE to lie down for 20-30 minutes (sometimes curled up in a ball, spending on how severe it is) while they wait for it to pass. There isn't anything you can do about it except wait for it to pass.

So, yes, if it happens in public, people will know that something is wrong.  That is one of the reasons that it is important to avoid the sweets/carbs after RNY.

Lora

First time for me was about five years out from surgery.  It was Halloween and there was a bowl of Tootsie Rolls on the coffee table.  I had not eaten dinner, it was about 9:00 PM and I was watching TV and started mindlessly eating the candy.  I broke out in sweating, my heart was pounding and I felt sick, nauseated, and dizzy.  I ran to the bathroom and threw up the candy.  Then rested for about 1/2 hour until the sweating and heart pounding went away.  First and last Tootsie Rolls since surgery.

It never happened at work or when other people were present.  Once it happened, I found out that I now dump on a pretty small amount of sugar, so avoid it as much as possible.  Most people never dump and for a long time, I thought I was one of them.  I had lactose intolerance for a long time and that resolved itself about a year ago.