February 14, 2010

Feb 14, 2010

Last night, for the first time ever, I dumped. It was horrible. A couple of weekends ago, I had some turkey keilbasa and it was fine. Last night, I had it again. I was in a hurry to finish dinner and get online with my husband to video chat, so I didn't eat slowly and didn't chew thoroughly. Well, I paid for it. I thought I was having a heart attack. Thankfully, I realized what my body was doing and told the kids NOT to call the paramedics. I had the foamies, took some papaya, drank some water and then the offending food came out. I have never felt such relief!  The whole episode lasted about 30 minutes. I was very weak and tired following it. I was in bed by 8:00 last night.

Now that I know what will trigger an episode, I have vowed to avoid it.

I have been trying every kind of food out there these past few weeks. I even had one of those itty bitty Snickers. I didn't get sick. That's what scares me. I was hoping that sugar would be a trigger for dumping because I was so addicted to it prior to the surgery.I suppose enough sugar would probably be a trigger, but one itty bitty piece of candy was ok. After last night, I have no plans to push it.

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