Dumping!

Have you found yourself dumping on things that didn't make you dump before? I dumped so hard this afternoon at work on a crabcake I ate 3 hours earlier. I have had crabcakes before with no problems. The only difference was this one was from a new place and was kind of gooey....i usually only eat the lump crab cakes. I am guessing there was far more fat in it than I realized. I was in so much pain, plus dry heaving over the toilet...but there was nothing in my pouch left to throw up because it had been so long since I ate. I don't usually have a problem with sugars (if I accidently eat processed sugars or with natural sugars), although they will sometimes make me feela bit stoned. I do dump on too much fat and it is NOT a happy place to be. I have only had one other serious dump and that one lasted 3 hours...it was so bad I had my surgeon paged on a Friday night because I thought there was something really wrong It was a case of me NOT thinking before I ate something. I was so focused on choosing low sugar that I never thought about the fat content! I do get things stuck (and then throw up with the foamies) when I eat too fast or don't chew well enough and there are some foods that my pouch just doesn't like no matter how well I chew, but I don't consider that dumping. I was starting to think that I was going to turn into a non-dumper since things have been going so well, so in a way I am happy this happened today. I think I was becoming a little to laid back about everything over the holidays, so this was the kick in the pants that I needed. I am constantly amazed at how my pouch, and what he tolerates or can hold, changes from day to day or meal to meal. I will have the same snack two days in a row but the volume will be drastically different from one day to the next. Or, one day chicken will sit just fine and the next day it will cause a huge upset to Oscar (my pouch). It certainly keeps me on my toes! How is everyone else doing? Heather

Heather, I haven't had a problem with anything that I've eaten in the past 3 months since my surgery. I have eaten to fast one time and to much another and had horrible pain for about 20 to 30 minutes with that I also had an upset stomach and thick saliva in my mouth, it wasn't fun!!! I talked to my surgeon about the saliva and he said it was my body preparing itself to vomit, although I have not been sick since my surgery. Good luck to you and take care, Minette

Hello I am 3 months out and have dumped many many times... sometimes its pain in my tummy,hot flashed,sweats,and i must lay down and go to sleep, i'm weak and after a while resting I am fine... I was not sure if this was dumping but my doc said it was... I am down 70 pounds so thats good but I seem to throw up way to much and went in last week for blood work and just got them back today well I guess they were so bad that I got a call from the Doc and I go see him tomorrow they told me I was depleted of all my vitamins and B12. I can't seem to get alot of water down so that is bad and my protine was very low as well, we will see what the Doc says tomorrow when I go in.... will post more then... HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL

Ren, Good luck to you tomorrow, I hope all is well. I have to say that I feel like I am one of the lucky few, with no problems at all. I've read a few to many bad storys on here and feel lucky. Well like I said good luck tomorrow, keep us updated on your appointment. Happy New Year, Mimi