How often do you yack?

Just curious. On average, I yack three times a week. Since I've had a stricture, I know this isn't one. I chew chew chew and wait between bites, and follow all the other rules, but I never know when something I was fine with last week, will make me yack this week. I know some of you guys have never yacked, but what about everyone else. Do I just have a really delicate pouch? - Torrey (281/226/140)

Probably at least once every couple of weeks. No more than that though. And it is with nothing in particular. Just sometimes my pouch is sensitive I guess. Lori 281/219/140

Sometimes I do it everyday for 3 or 4 days at dinner and then I dont for a week. Sometimes I take one bit of something and it happens. I average about 3 time a week. Diana 263/199/135

I must have really good luck or something... I haven't yacked yet. I've come close a few times, but haven't done it since surgery. Now I'll do it tonight LOL

Thanks so much for your response. It really helps finding out your not so alone in these things. - Torrey

I am like Diana, I never know if something basic will make me either feel like I need to throw up or literally throw up. I do seem to have a hard time with Chicken. Sometimes really lean steak does wonderfully for me and other times it is horrible for my tummy and I can even throw up the steak. When I mentioned that to my nutritionist the other day she nodded and it looked like a bunch of people must tell her that. When my tummy gets really fussy about everything I just go back to my protein shakes, vitamins and chicken broth for a day or so and try it all over again as if my little tummy was a brand new surgery all over again and it seems to work for me.

I've done it 3 times since surgery. Each time it was b/c my food was overcooked or too dry. Not fun! There are plenty of times I may feel like I could but wait a bit and it usually passes with time. I am lucky and have other little "signals" to let me know it's time to stop. Sometimes my nose runs or I'll get the hiccups and if I go a couple of bites beyond that, it's no turning back. I have bigger issues with nausea but not vomitting. JP

I've done it so many times i have lost count. The minute i feel that "signal" in my tummy, it's that time to throw up. There are days that's better than most.

Hi Torrey I have had problems with nausea and vomiting since my surgery. Is this dumping syndrome? I have been confused about what dumping syndrome really is... some people seem to use the term interchangeably with vomiting... and this confused me. I only know one person who has not had WLS who has dumping syndrome and they have nausea, weakness, sweating and cramping. So I found myself a definition... and I think that my vomiting at the drop of a hat.. is dumping! I've been watching myself very carefully lately and I think that my dumping is caused from eating and then drinking too soon after. I am very careful to eat slowly, put my fork down between bites etc. but I seem to always be so thirsty.. and I know I've been drinking 20 to 30 minutes after eating and I always get sick. The last few days I've tried to drink quite a bit 30 minutes before eating and then not drink at all for 45-60 minutes after eating and this seems to be working. So I will eat s l o w l y and not chase food with fluids. Here is the definition that helped me define my problem. "Rapid gastric emptying, or dumping syndrome, happens when the lower end of the small intestine (jejunum) fills too quickly with undigested food from the stomach. "Early" dumping begins during or right after a meal. Symptoms of early dumping include nausea, vomiting, bloating, diarrhea, and shortness of breath. "Late" dumping happens 1 to 3 hours after eating. Symptoms of late dumping include weakness, sweating, and dizziness. Many people have both types. National Institutes of Health" hugs Kim

Thanks again for all the responses. I yack for so many different reasons, I can't pin it down to one thing. Chicken is a problem if it is too dry. Steak can be a problem if it's not really tender. Sometimes I don't have a clue why. I just wish I'd yack my bad food choices rather than the protien. - Torrey (281/226/140)