Question:
Is there a reason why I would be so prone to throwing up at dinner versus other times
I am having vomitting lately, but only at dinnertime. I have read some folks talking about vomitting and needing your stoma stretched, but for instance yesterday I had peanut butter crackers and milk in the morning, an orange in the mid morning (just the juicy middle), a 1/2 of a tuna melt for lunch, but then at dinnertime I couldn't keep the spaghetti down. If my stoma needed stretched, then wouldn't I have trouble with breakfast and lunch too? I can eat the identical thing (i.e. shredded chicken salad) for lunch and have it go fine, and then eat it at dinnertime and get sick. Also, later in the evening (like 8 p.m.) - then I can eat something fine. Within 2 bites of dinner, I know I'm gonna be hurting...my chest is tight, my stomach is doing flip flops. What could this be from? I'm about 7 weeks out - open RNY...down 31 pounds as of a week ago. — Tracy M. (posted on February 4, 2002)
February 4, 2002
That has happened to me also. At a support group meeting someone mentioned
that if there is any stress or tension, not to eat because your pouch can
tense up and make it difficult to eat. I thought that maybe dinner time
might be stressful for me. There are a couple of things I am trying to
rule out as the culprit. No. 1..I stress in the kitchen(when I'm cooking).
So I thought that might be the problem. And No. 2.. It seems that when I
sit down with the family in the evening, I just tend to eat faster. I
don't know why. Maybe a tendancy to eat faster when everyone else sitting
at the table is 'woofing' down their food. I still feel like I'm eating
slow, but maybe its just not slow enough. A stricture doesn't seem likely
but you never know. They usually occur in the beginning, more often around
week 3. Good luck in figuring it out. Enjoy your journey!!
— Cheri M.
February 4, 2002
I took a peek at your profile.. married with a young child.. yep.. my bet
is that you have stress at the supper table!! It's almost impossible to
NOT have stress when trying to feed your family. I'd consider perhaps not
EATING with your family, but instead, drinking a protein shake and catching
up with them on their day, etc. Then, later in the evening, when you're
ready make yourself a snack of dinner leftovers and find a few minutes for
yourself!
— BethVBG
February 4, 2002
I had the same exact problem...and I too have young children who are not
always the best behaved at dinner time. Someone is always doing something.
I either will feed them first and DH and I can have a nice quiet dinner
after when they go to bed...though that can be too late to eat. I ty to
make lunch my main meal of the day---almost entirely protein so that dinner
I can kinda fill with soft carbs---that way if I am stressed, I'll eat
less...but also since they are "soft",they tend to go down
easier..mashed potatoes...very well cooked pasta, etc. Good luck.
— Mustang
February 5, 2002
Just wanted to put in my 2 cents worth...I think the other posters are
right about stress at dinnertime. I have a 20 month old and a one who just
turned 4 and dinnertime is the WORST time of day for me. It was pre-op
too! I do not eat when the kids eat, because I cannot pay attention to
what I am doing well enough. Just one bite of spaghetti or chicken not
chewed well enough or eaten too fast can make you sick. Especially if you
are a fairly new post-op, you need to take quiet time for your meals.
— Karen B.
February 5, 2002
I too get sick more often than at other meals. I do not have any Children,
so I think the stress from family is not my cause. At Dinnertime I feel as
if my pouch is full. When I do eat something it feels like a marble getting
stuck, and then up it comes. It also is in a Mucous type liquid. I think
that this Mucousy liquid is causing my stomach to feel full which in turn
makes the food I eat get rejected. After I throw up I let my stomach settle
down for an hour, or so, and then am finally able to eat. This only happens
at Dinnertime. Weird!
— sbinkerd1
February 10, 2002
Same exact thing happens with me... weird, but true. I can eat during the
day, but from about 5-9 pm I can't even try or I will feel horrible and
puke a bunch of times, again, this mucuosy thing that I have read from
other posters. I pretty much steer clear of food from that time!
— Angel V.
August 13, 2004
I have the exact same thing happening with the evening meal these past 2
nights. I am pretty sure I ate to fast the first night, and the second
night did not chew well. The mucus is formed in the upper stomach to try
to force the food down, from what I have read. I have no stress, and do
not cook for family yet, I am 24 days post op. It is an awful feeling,
tomorrow night liquids only.
— Claudia S.
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