Question:
what is longest dumping can last??
I am 9 weeks out I ate 3 water crackers and 1/4 cup eggsalad at 1pm this afternoon I am still sick and still throwing up. Is this normal?? — grneyed4u2 (posted on May 4, 2007)
May 4, 2007
I had some tomato soup and apple juice one night about 3 weeks post op and
was SICK for like 3-4 hours....it was crazy. I would start to feel better
then WHAM, crappy again. Hasn't happened since, thank goodness, but it was
the most unpleasant thing.
— jammerz
May 4, 2007
The water crackers were probably too dry. I vomited after eating bran
matzah....stick to wasa lite & crisp crackers, they digest very well
and egg salad tastes yummy on them! As for the tomato soup, it probably
has too much added sugar in it, I also vomited from it once after eating it
in the diner. Best advice, if you don't know what's in it, don't eat it!
— Sheri A.
May 4, 2007
First thing.........Call your doctor. Especially if this happens alot. It
could be a medical problem
Hi, I'm three years out. It was probably the egg salad. Was there Mayo in
it? I had a problem with that in the beginning. My advise to you whenever
you are adding something new to your pouch. Take a small mouthful and wait.
If that goes well try two. Don't worry, it will change. You'll be able to
eat almost anything after a year or so and then you really have to watch
it. Three years post op and I still get sick on milk products. Mac and
cheese are the worse. I can eat mac and I can eat cheese, but If I eat it
at the same time or I'm sick for hours. After bypass what makes you sick
usually are:
Dumping from Too much sugar, Too much fat, eating too fast. Lactose
intolerance. Also if food is too dry or not chewed enough it will get stuck
going in the pouch or leaving the pouch and THAT is painful.
I was told by my doctor that vomiting is usually not part of dumping.
Lactose intolerance and stuck food are.
— smparker2
May 5, 2007
I doubt that it was the water crackers that made you sick. I have had
trouble with eggs every since surgery and my nutritionist said some people
cannot tolerate eggs at all. I tried them in many different ways and I
still get sick when I eat an egg. I am 6 months out and hope that someday
I'll be able to eat an egg or egg substitute without getting sick, but so
far I cannot. Hope this helps. Good luck!
— Virginia M.
May 5, 2007
First off -- I did the saem thing -- crackers with my chicken salad -- bad
idea -- no more crackers -- actually no anything that looks like bread for
the first 6 months. I'm almost 3 months out and last Saturday ate the tip
of a slice of pepperoni pizza to see how the bread would taste -- HORRIBLE.
No breads, pastas, rice, anything like that for the first 6 months and
even after that eat your meat and veggies first.
I hope you are feeling better and the vomiting has subsided.
— the7thdean
May 5, 2007
Hi Debbie. I am so sorry for your bad lunch. It is Saturday, so I don't
if you can contact your surgeon or not, but I would give them a call on
Monday. I think the throwing should stop, and I assume that you are
throwing up air at this point, not food, because all the food should have
passed or come up already. Is this the first time you had egg salad? Do
you have any pain in your middle area? I ask this because heaving (barring
the food thing) like you are can be the sign of a gall bladder attack. If
you just feel nausea and sick and are throwing up, that is one thing, but
if you have pain in the middle (if you have to think about whether or not
you have pain, you don't have this pain), then you could be experiencing a
gall bladder attack. Try to rest and take it easy. I hope this passes,
but either way I would check with my surgeon by phone on Monday. If you do
have pain and it gets worse, you should be seen sooner, go to your hospital
where you had surgery and ask them to check you out. If it fades and stays
gone, then just call them Monday and check in. Your health is really
important to you and to them. Take care, Patricia P.
— Patricia P
May 5, 2007
When i get sick it is usually 1-3 hours after eating. It also last 2-3
hours sometimes and I throw up these hours as well. Sometimes it is just
foam. I am almost two months out and down 56 lbs. I am still only eating
about 2-3 tsps at each meal. Now to me 1/4 of a cup of food is alot, but i
am sure everyone is different. I can't hold a lot of food yet, but i am
getting my fluid in which is very important. Good luck, but i think it
will pass.
— missyheffelfinger
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