X-post...Dumping..

So I had my surgery on May 26. I was a clear liquid diet at the hospital then at home for two days but I could also have my protein supplements, I use Muscle Milk 100cal. So I went to GNC yesterday evening with my mom to find an unflavored protein I could mix in with my food and I explained to the guy that I just had RNY gastric bypass and couldn't tolerate any protein supplement with more than 4gms of sugar. Anyhow, he offered my mother and I a sample which was yummy then said he mixed it with some 2%milk. When I went home, my pouch was not happy and neither were the rest of my intestines and since then I have been having some diarrhea. It wasn't frequent at the beginning and it isn't now in fact I think I might be over whatever it is. Was I dumping?

It could have been dumping.  Take a second to write down what you ate/drank and how much and your reaction to it.  It will make it easier to figure out what bothers you.

Right after surgery, I was lactose intolerant.  If I had too many milk-based things I would have those same symptoms.  It went away about a month after surgery.

Everyone dumps differently and with different things.  I don't dump easily, but when I do its from mixing sugar and fat, like with a donut.  I get shaky and sweaty and just feel like crap.  You'll soon figure out what different foods you can tolerate and what you can't.

As Brenda says, dumping is a bit different for each of us, and what makes it happen can be different, too.  I can drink a fruit juice (which seems so sweet) and not have any reaction to it, but 1/2 of a muffin and I'm on the couch shaky, nauseous and feeling like I need to sleep.  Keeping track, keeping a food journal, for a good few months will really help you figure out how your new tool works best. 

You're doing great!  I'm so happy for you

~Bluejeans

 Sounds more like lactose intolerance than dumping.  It is VERY common for people to become lactose intolerant after surgery.  Both my mom and sister are.  And I was scared to death I would be too, so I wouldn't touch milk for 4 full months.  I used soy milk instead.  But thankfully I'm not, so I can drink milk.

I think it was lactose intolerance. I have been sticking with Lactaid fat free milk or Soy milk and have been ok so far. The diarrhea has stopped, thank God.