Over 2 years out and I DUMPED BIG TIME today...grrr

I am a moron.  Ugh.  My pouch rules and  I...well...I lay on the bathroom floor heaving.  You'd think I would know by now, but no.  No, no no.  I do not know.  I was comfortable there for a long time with no real dumping episodes for a while because I thought I was smart about it.  I read labels and sometimes with things I just "know" within a bite or two that if I eat any more it is going to make me sick, so I stop.  But not this time.   The nutrition label looks good on this one - 7g of protien, 6g sugar (my dumping threshold is normally around 10-12 grams of sugar - anything less than that and I am normally all good) and 200 calories for a really awesome Roasted Nut Crunch, Almond Crunch granola bar (the brand is Nature Valley).  The picture shows lots of yummy almonds, peanuts and sunflower seeds sticking together in crunchy-granola-and-nut-eating-tree-hugging-nature-food-goodness.  So I just packed one and took it to class with me for a quick and easy meal on the go assuming it would be fine.  It was not fine.  I got to class early and snacked on it while I waited for my professor to get there.  It was really good - almost like almond brittle, but slightly salty.  I got within one bite of finishing it and then it hit me -  - I. am. going. to. dump.   Pouch must be having a bad day.  Pouch sometimes gets like this, I think when pouch feels threatened or marginalized Pouch turns in to a dominatrix with a whip and leather chaps.  "You will bow to me, slave." Pouch says,  "Lest you ever forget who is running this parade, I shall unleash my furry on your digestive system.  Just try to ignore me now!"  All the while I am bound and gagged - an adult at the mercy of a bisected organ the size of a baseball.  Pouch has problems (I think sometimes Pouch is trying to compensate for a Napoleonic complex - it's all about size...) but please don't tell Pouch that I told you that or else I may dump on water next.  This was right when class was starting, so I stayed there, hoping it would pass uneventfully.  Sometimes when I dump I just get really sweaty and nauseated, it stinks, but it passes.  Not this time.  No, no, no, that would have been too easy.  I turned green and the sweating started.  Then I got really shakey.  Then I felt like I was going to vomit.  I hardly ever vomit anymore when I dump, I just feel like crap for a while and wish I could puke to make it go away, but I rarely ever do.  Well, just to be on the safe side I made a quick exit and spent 5 minutes kneeling to the porcelin god until the heaving subsided and my body once again realized that we are not very good at up-chucking.   Since then I have been carefully nibbling safe foods - like cottage cheese and chicken soup - while stroking Pouch's ego.  "What a good little Pouchie.  We wove our wittle Pouchie-poo, yes we do, yes we do.  Wittle Pouchie is a big tough Pouchie, yes he is, yes he is."  Thank goodness Pouch can't read...Oh, and don't show this to your Pouch, lest he/she catch this revolutionary spirit.  My best bet is to keep the little guy comfortable and ignorant, I do not need an uprising againg anytime soon.  Be warned - that little partial organ can bring mighty men (and women) to their knees, even 2 years out.

I am so sorry! I dont have RNY but when i had my gallbladder attacks if i ate something bad and an attack happended i had to make my self throw up and quick as possible to stop the pain and then afterwards i had to be careful what i hate because for the first 6 mons, you can had wicked bad diarrea (sorry tmi) and pretty much had 5 mins to make it to the bathroom.  So i feel your pain in one way.  Well atleset you know how evil those are.

GB attacks were terrible!  I had them from April until July of 2006, and yeah, that about sums it up.  I will definately not eat them again anytime soon - my husband, Kyle, is going to have to finish the box.

"Roasted Nut Crunch, Almond Crunch granola bar (the brand is Nature Valley)".... OH MY GOD...this made me get soooo sick too...and I'm not even supposed to dump with my surgery....what I think it is is that these granola bars you would THINK would be healthier are actually full of high fructose corn syrup, which is horrible for anyone, let alone us with sensitive stomachs!!!!!!!!  AVOID the HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP for sure...I look at every label now and make sure I'm not eating anything with it in it..... I hope you feel better...be nice to your pouchie!! :) Kim

Yeah...I realized that afterward.  High Fructose corn syrup is ingredient number 5.  That's a red flag.  I should have known.  I'm feeling much better, but I'm playing it safe for the rest of the day.  Don't want to make the little guy mad again...

You have wonderful storytelling abilities! I'm glad you're trying to publish a book ( did I remember that correctly?). You'd make a great author!

 Thank you, thank you.  I am hoping to be published (or at least well on the road to getting published) by May .  As long as I have a bi-polar pouch I'll always have something to write about.

I'll read whatever your write – your words are so engaging!   I hope you are feeling better soon!

 

 

Thank you.  I am feeling better - I'll just be more careful next time

I am 3 1/2 years out and last night I had a piece of chicken get stuck. It hurt so bad I cried. It was awful!!!! I must remember to chew well. The worst thing for me is to let myself get too hungry...then I eat too fast and trouble ensues. We are not invincible................I ran around my house rubbing my sternum and trying to get it to pass. It lasted for a good half an hour. I even tried to make myself puke, but it didn't work. Ay yi yi Thankfully it finally passed. OY VAY!