Throwing up. (sorry in advance)

I really don't understand... is it normal to throw up so much??

There doesn't even seem to be any rhyme or reason to when I throw up.  I'm learning that some behaviors are a bad idea (like drinking water while walking, as opposed to while sitting down)... but I've also thrown up at times that make no sense.  Foods that I tolerated fine a couple days ago, will suddenly make me throw up for no reason.  I'm not eating them too quickly or anything.  I literally just ate a tiny forkful of tuna fish, and I ate a whole packet just a couple days ago... but this time, I threw up three times and have been queasy for a half-hour.

Is that normal... that sometimes you just throw up if you're eating a food you can tolerate... and eating at a nice slow speed??

Grrrrrrrrrr.

There are a couple of reasons for nausea and vomiting;  one, as you noted, may be from eating, too fast or not chewing enough.  Sometimes we can eat something one day and not be able to eat it on another.

Another may be a stricture forming, which is a healing of the stoma, thereby restricting the flow through to the pouch.

Or, you might need a OTC such as Prilosec to keep the nausea down (ask your PCP or surgeon).  

If the inability to eat continues and progresses to not being able to keep down liquids, definitely ask your surgeon about a stricture.  It's a simple repair, just requires an EDG and an out-patient procedure.

When did you have your surgery? Depending on the date, you could be advancing your diet too quickly, developing a stricture, or have a pouch like mine...sensitive. I'm four years out and sometimes food just doesn't settle, even foods I eat regularly. I'm used to it, but it was frustrating at first. 

No, it isn't "normal" to throw up a lot, but it does happen to some people.  For people with sensitive pouches, it is common early out to have foods be fine one day and not the next.

How far out are you? Not being able to drink while walking and throwing up with very small amounts of food may be symptoms of a stricture.

Lora

Thanks for the replies.  I had my surgery on 6/11/15, so I'm not even three weeks out.

What are you eating? Are you measuring and following you surgeon's eating plan? 

I was always instructed to go back to liquids for 24 hours after vomiting to give my pouch and throat time to heal. Once your pouch is aggravated, it doesn't take much to keep it inflamed.