Good and Bad news (WOW and YUK Factors here!)

Hi all, First the good news...I have officially lost 100# as of today! I am down to 143 (my wedding weight! and weight I was at when I was in the military! I am sooo happy and excited with the results from this surgery. I have 13# till my goal weight and I got in size 10 jeans and they are not tight! WOW!!!! But, there is some bad news with that milestone that I got to have my first retched dumping experience. I have never dumped, even on small pieces of sugary items...mind you I usually don't eat those and if I do, it is in a small quantity. BUT, I was so happy that I was doing sooooo good that I decided to immediately REWARD MYSELF and have a small mini snickers, 3 small bite sized malt balls, and a small mini package of reeces pieces from my kids Halloween candy. Well, within 15-30 minutes I was hot, nauseated, and having the worst abdominal pain and diarrhea for the rest of the day. WHAT A REWARD FOR ALL MY WORK! Lesson learned....the hard way! Dianne

First of all-CONGRATS on joining the century club. I hope to get there myself in about a month. Second-I would be happy to dump on sugar rewards. I have heard from too many people that gave into the temptation for candy, didn't get sick and now are having a hard time staying away from it. I know it sounds weird but it is probably a blessing in disguise. I bet you don't want to go near candy any time soon. I am toooooo scared to even try sugar goodies. This is a big time trigger food for me and I am not going to chance gettin re-addicted after the horribe withdrawals I went through after surgery. Keep on doing a great job.

Thanks for the support...I was thinking that I was one of the folks who wasn't going to be a "dumper" on sugary items! Goes to show us that even if you didn't dump on one sugary item, it still could happen with the next one! And, you can be sure I am not going near any candy or Chocolate for a very very very long time. The side effects were not pleasant!

congrats on joining the century club!!! That is a great accomplishment. I'd consider dumping a blessing in disguise - I'm too scared to even try any sweets because that was my addiction pre-surgery and I can't give into it now, but I'd be glad to know I dump for sure - now you can manage that easily for fear you'll do it again! Congrats, Dianne!! Inky

Congrats on your hundred pounds!!! I have been trying for a month well see what happens sunday!! Congrats to getting back to you wedding weight!!!!!

Hi Dianne, congratulations on a size 10-WOW! You must be feeling fabulous! Sharra is soooo right-your dumping is a blessing in disguise. I unfortunately found out that I can tolerate a lot of sugar, and now I have to actively try to stay away from it without the added help of dumping.

I do not dump on sugar...I mean I do if it has alot...but mostly I can eat anything.... but I do dump on peanut butter and white bread....

Congratulations of the 100# weight loss. I have had two episodes of dumping since my surgery. It is a horrible thing. I stay away from things that caused this. Mine was milk products. I am not brave enough to try anything with sugar. I didn't like the feeling either. Jan

Hi there and congrats on your weight loss. My surgery is dec 4th and im so nervous....did you have any complications after the surgery? How are you doing the food thingy after surgery like keeping up making sure you get enough protein etc.? hope to hear from you soon. Liz

I am doing pretty good now, 7 months post op. My complications were minor and well worth it with my excellent surgery results: I didn't get enough fluids in the OR, ended up hypotensive and that caused my gut and kidneys to not get enough blood flow for a short time, so they did not work well for a few days. (Ie, I couldn't get my urine out put up and my stomach and intestines didn't really start working right away so I had a hard time tolerating liquids and had to get alot of IVF instead. That kept me in the hospital 1 extra day, but it wasn't too bad.) I also got a thromboplebitis of my IV site that caused my arm to swell, that took several weeks to heal and the vein is likely thrombosed...ie, doesn't work any longer. I had a stricture that led me to have trouble eating solids for a very very long time. But I could tolerate liquids, so for the first few months, I primarily drank protein drinks and purees. Luckily I never had to get the stricture dilated since I always seemed to do ok with liquids. Now at 7 months post op, I still have trouble with some foods but not all. Some stick in my pouch if I don't chew food well enough or eat something too hard that doesn't mush or crumble easily. I usually have 1-2 protein shakes per day to help keep my protein up. And, the best part is that I now can fit in my clothes from 10-15 years ago! I track my food intake, vitamins, water intake and exercise daily. If I don't it gets too easy to snack on crumbly cracker type foods and chips that are not good for me. Good luck with your surgery. I would do it again. It is well worth it. I feel pretty darn good in comparison to how I felt before the surgery. In fact, I wish I would have done this it sooner!