Anyone experience fast heart beating after eating?

flyrep
on 2/18/09 5:44 pm, edited 2/18/09 6:20 pm - AZ

Anyone experience fast heart beating after eating? I get this from time to time since my bypass17 months ago this month.

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Dan T.
on 2/18/09 11:26 pm - Logan, UT

RNY on 10/27/08

I get it a couple times a week. Mostly from foods with sugar - and I eat very little sugar. I have had a few bad episodes that were miserable. I have often wondered if it was a symptom of dumping.

Dan

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flyrep
on 2/19/09 10:32 am - AZ

Dan,

It does happen after I eat too fast, sometimes with sugar. I never thought about that.

BTW I love your quote. Never can be truer then today!

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beckipoohbear
on 2/19/09 1:12 am - AZ

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Yup, it happens to me occasionally, usually when I have had one bite too many of something particularly starchy or fatty. Basically, this is my only "dumping" symptom and it happens very, very rarely.

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flyrep
on 2/19/09 10:34 am - AZ

Hmm. I have only dumped two times. I mean like I wanted to die. That was within the 1st year of WLS. Thank you for sharing.

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Deanne K.
on 2/19/09 1:17 am - Tucson, AZ

Revision on 09/02/08

It definately is dumping syndrome. All kinds of foods can cause it. High sugar or High carb can cause it, it's usually a spike and then quick drop of your blood sugar. If it continues, get a glucose meter and test your blood sugar levels, it will definately tell you the truth.

flyrep
on 2/19/09 10:36 am - AZ

Thank you for replying! I need all the info I can get my hands on. Where would I find a glucose meter? What is it and how would I know if it was too low? Again thank you for replying. I'm new to this sort of feeling.

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Deanne K.
on 2/19/09 11:13 am - Tucson, AZ

Revision on 09/02/08

You can have your Dr. prescribe on for you with the test strips. It's just like testing for diabetes. You are probably having hypoglycemic reactions (low blood sugars) which can happen when your pancreas is still thinking you are a large person and it still pumps out aot of insulin. Anything below 70 is dangerous. You can sometimes tell you have low blood sugars by a headache, shakiness, sweats, light headed, a fog.

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on 2/20/09 2:52 pm, edited 2/20/09 2:53 pm - AZ

You can also go to any drug store and buy one. They have all different types to pick from. You don't need a a prescription to buy a glucometer at you CVS or Walgreen's or where ever you get one. One time I went to the Endocrinologist and they gave me one free in the office. But remember your still going to need the test strips for it and make sure you get the right one for the model that you have. I sure hope you don't have to get one. Good Luck...

Dawn

Nancy W.
on 2/21/09 12:57 pm - Mesa, AZ

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Have your doctor write a prescription for it or look in certain magazines or search online as the companies give away the meters. It's the strips that cost money - $50-60/box. That's what you really need the scripts for. Good luck.

Nancy

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