ok, yesterday was not so bad......

Mar 18, 2009

Yesterday's episode of dumping syndrome wasn't so bad...maybe it was just something didn't agree with me.  Tonight I experienced what/how everyone usually describes it.  The bad thing is I wasn't even at home I was a a Bible study,  I had brought meatballs with me to eat since this is something I have eaten before and noodles, which I have not tried before, but I only ate one... I also made some very low fat, no sugar cookies, which I ate one of, but had eaten them earlier in the day as well.... OK there is the background... if you have a weak stomach then don't read on, although most of you who have had gastric bypass can probably sympathize.  I started feeling really sick to my stomach about 20 minutes after I ate, part of the reason I think this all happened was I ate too fast.  Well so I felt sick, but it also felt like really bad acid reflex and that something was stuck...most of you are probably shaking your head up and down (for those of you reading this who haven't had the surgery, sorry).  So I sat for a little bit hoping my feelings would go away, I tried drinking some water but it made things worse.  I felt like I was going to get sick, I felt hot and felt like as some people have described it as having a heart attack.  I went into the bathroom to see if I could "fix" my problem.  My problem is I am one of those people who can't make themselves sick because of some past history stuff.  I brought up a lot of phlegm (people who have had the surgery...always amazed how much acid is in our little stomachs, anyone else find this?) .  I sat down thinking I was fine, drank some water and once again got the severe chest pains....I knew I had to leave.  So I quickly got up and left (sorry Jeremy, now maybe you will know why I had to leave early, I would have rather stayed)  It took me twice as long to get home as I had to keep pulling over and I made a mad dash for the bathroom once I got home.  I still feel icky and its been more than 1 1/2 hours.  But I now don't have the chest pains at least and I am not getting sick anymore, I felt the whole dizziness thing as well (although this is not new for me since I have been dizzy for 19 days now).  Well I know this was true dumping syndrome tonight, don't want to experience it again.

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