Delayed Dumping or other issue?
Question, and it might be a little TMI for some & a little long, sorry.
I will try to keep this short. I have been having some issues with getting a little dizzy from time to time (not too bad) so I have been focusing on getting my water in 48-64 oz, I know i need more, and my protein/fat. These past two weeks I have been pretty strict with my diet by keeping my carb intake btwn 50-100, protein around 150'ish, fat intake 150-200 (no issues with leaking oils or diarrhea) and I have been dropping the weight that I was looking to lose. Even with all this fat I take in, I still only have a BM once a day, typically in the morning, every once in a while I might have a 2nd one.
Now on to the issue;
Friday morning I went to the bathroom like normal but still felt like i had to go through out the day and I did.. maybe an additional 2-3 times. Wasn't diarrhea, it was the normal consistency. Eventually that pressure of feeling like I was a little backed up, lessened and I continued my day like normal (On a side note, I was kind of tired more than normal but I figured that was due to going 2 weeks without a 8 hrs sleep)
Saturday morning (my only day off) I get up with my body clock needing to use the bathroom, I have a smaller BM than normal and go to lay back down & I get that pain in the lower gut like I REALLY NEED TO GO. Go back in and I do, quite a bit. BUT then I start getting nauseated, dizzy, sweating, still pain in the lower gut, still feeling like I JUST GOTTA GO but nothing coming out anymore. So, as i sit there looking at the nice cold tile floor considering just laying right there on the cold tile will help, I start to get up and, BAM! I passed out. I woke to my dog barking and my husband leaning over me. The first thing out of my mouth is, "I have to poop." and he helped me on the toilet & i pooped more. After that last little bit, I felt less dizzy and was able to get up and looked in the mirror and I was super pale. My husband later told me that when he found me the toilet was loaded & my stool was very pale and there was a lot of it. He put me back into bed with a cool cloth where I slept about 10 and half hours that night in total. When I woke for the day, I was still drained and still went to the bathroom again. This time it was runny and I noticed a some oil floating.
Through out the day I was still tired (ended up taking a nap, I never do that) and just slightly light headed for the first part of the day. I drank a 32 oz Gatorade Zero to help with any dehydration issues.
I have never had dumping syndrome before and when I researched I found that most of my symptoms matched the Delayed Dumping... But... I did not consume anything I had not had before (minus a Cod filet for dinner - not breaded) and a glass of wine (with the wine, I was used to having a glass every night until recently, I backed off so that I could drop more weight..) But I still did not exceed 100 grams of carbs that day, in fact it was a little less than 100 grams. And the other thing was, it had been at least 6 hours since I last ate/drank. And my sugar was slightly elevated, it was 157 just after I passed out.
I will be calling my DR Monday first thing (sooner if I have more issues) but until then, I was wondering if anyone has had something similar? My mind always goes to possible worse case issues like maybe a small kink in my intestines that caused a back up or poss food poisoning from the Cod (but I was having some minor issues on the Friday so I don't think that was it. )
I completely agree with contacting your doctor, but to me this sounds like anemia, not dumping. The DS can cause anemia because we don't absorb iron normally, and/or you could be losing blood in your stool but not fast enough for it to be obvious. Make sure you get your blood count checked, and even consider a trip to the ER if you get worse, but hopefully it won't come to that.
Larra
I have found more and more people say similar, and even shared and article. It matches exactly what happened. BUT, I still will not play with it. I will let the DR office know about it and let them at least document it. The article, if you are interested, https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/health/fainting-on-the-toilet- is-a-real-medical-problem-but-doctors-say-it-can-be-avoided- 1.3895702
