Dumping???

This is just a curiousity poll....how many of you do dump? Im not sure to this day if I ever really have...one time last month, first time ever, I did get belly cramps and real sleepy...dont know if that was my dumping or not.  To this day I cant really drink fruit juices,( which I love)...I have to drink a very small portion or water it down big time...but dont really dump from it just feel like and upset stomach.  Anyway how many of you dump and what exactly happens to you...Im curious.

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Dumping is not just throwing up.  You get tired.  You can get belly cramps.  This is why I can't drink fruit juice either.  Not long ago I had some real hot chocolate and it actually caused me to get the dry heaves.  When I am dumping, I have to lay down for about a half an hour, and then it passes.  I keep a note of that food and stay away from it. 

Joanie

ahhh so maybe that time was my dumping...the comatose sleepiness and belly ache....Hmm I was just under the impression you threw up and had to go to the bathroom really bad along with the bad cramps and all....guess I should count myself as being lucky. I am surprised though that when it did happen to me, it took 4+ yrs to finally happen.... thought it would of hit me earlier out of my surgery. Crazy....

Kim, I still dump on rare occasions and it's out of the blue, no rhyme or reason to it. Could be I'm eating a food that I've had tons of times before with no problem and then, whoosh!, I'm in trouble. My dumping has always been the same: starts with pain in the gut, then I begin to salivate until I have to throw up. I've never gotten sleepy though - however, I recently read a book (can't remember the doctor) who indicated that this kind of chronic sleepiness occurs after one has ingested a high amount of sugar or sugar-based foods. The need to "sleep it off" is a physiological reaction from the brain as it tries to work with the pancreas and liver in dealing with the sugar overload. Hope this helps. Maureen

Thats interesting Reenie...guess Ill just have to be happy with the sleepiness if I get it again...sure beats the other alternative...if you ever happen to remember the book you read that in let me know, Ide be interested in reading it myself...Thanks!!!

I'll go back to Borders where I found it and write down the name of the book and the author and get it to you. Might be next weekend - we're expecting another round of snow which might have me hibernating this weekend! Maureen

Oh thank you...try to stay warm and safe...we are only expecting rain and some light snow around here...we,ve been very lucky this year.....so far...knock on wood!

I dump when My body decides to... i can eat a piece of candy one day and absolutely nothing then the following day eat the same piece of candy and dump. WEIRD> i dump on cereal with milk. can't handle that slushiness for some reason. I dump on ice cream if i eat too much. and also some dips. like that taco dip not too long agoo...ooh man...   i get the hard heart beats the sweats (sometimes) the overall achyness and discmofort the super nausea and then the im going to pass out cold sleepiness. I hate it when I have a serious dump. BUT when I dump lightly... once in a while if i have a specific wine after a couple sips my heart will race and i feel a slight pain in my chest. I know I'm dumping. Then i have to stop. Its not as bad though.

I like to dump though... keeps me in control...reminds me what i had done!

the worse dumping i've ever had has been in the past few weeks since this stupid low blood sugar thing.
they tell me when i feel the low blood sugar dropping to drink OJ. well i've not been a big juice drinker since surgery. I forgot why. HA! let me tell you my body reminded me! i had a dumping episode so bad along with the blood sugar drop that I went to the emergency room. I thought I was dieing.
then i felt prettty stupid when we figured it was the two episodes combined from drinking 8oz of OJ.
I stay away from the juice.
when i dumped right after surgery i'd get the hot flash, the pain in the tummy, running to the bathroom, and the need to sleep. I'd also get shakey. i've been luckyh and didn't have the throwing up though sometimes it felt like it would feel good that have that happen.
that dumping stopped for me for a long time.a few years at least but i avoided anything that i wasn't suppose to eat or had bothered me before. after surgery i could dump just as easy from dry turkey as from ice cream.
now i've had to retrain myself cause i'm finding things since LBS that bother me and will cause me to dump that never did before.
I read someplace that our bodys change every 7 years. I'm early.

wish i had time to answer- i dump-and each time it appears to be diff foods and diff symptoms...
will expound on this later in teh weekend!