Dumping on new things - all of a sudden.

Hi Karyn - I think fat laden foods are causing my problems; not necessarily sugar ones. I have also been dealing with constipation this weekend, so I have gone back to liquids, protein shakes. I also did a bowel cleanse - MOM - hopefully that will work. I am off to read this post you mentioned.. thanks!! Laura

Were your experiences after eating a decent amount of carbs? Because it could be reactive hypoglycemia which is much like dumping. Sweaty, shakey, etc. Do you have access to a glucometer to test your blood sugar? Seems like many further out post-ops have an overreaction of insulin in response to carbohydrates. They eat and then a while later they get shakey, sweaty, etc. What happens is the body gives off too much insulin in response to the food that was eaten driving blood sugars into hypoglycemic range. Kathy

Can you purchase a glucometer without a prescription? How expensive are they usually? Sue O.

You can get one without a prescription and often even get one for free from even places like CVS but the trick is... they get you with the test strips. They are expensive. Sometimes $80-100 for 100 strips. Ouch! You can search around the internet for "free glucometer purchase test strips". This is one we have: http://www.drugstore.com/products/prod.asp?pid=84760&catid=10016&aid=280302&aparam=df5628 Here is another offer: http://www.fifty50pharmacy.com/index.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=GLUEL50&Category_Code=Te stStrips Kathy

thanks for the info. I have an appointment with my dietitian tomorrow morning, so we'll see what seh says. Sue O.

Sue, Here is an article on it... http://www.rxpgnews.com/research/endocrinology/diabetes/type2/article_2709.shtml Good luck tomorrow! Kathy

I could tolerate all foods fat laden or with lots of sugar until recently. I am 7 months out. Now I get sick from high fat or high carb foods. My heart starts beating fast, I feel nauseated and I feel like I need to lie down. I didn't think that I would ever dump but I was wrong.

Any association with exercise on your end? My episodes always occur after lunch. I've been trying to track if specific foods will trigger an episode, without success. I've not had a bad episode for a couple of weeks. I tried to induce one last night by eating breakfast sausage for dinner, 70 grams of fat in one meal. Nothing happened in response. The one link that I thought of this week is exercise. I try to walk on my lunch hour, several times per week. I walk for 1-2 miles then come back to the office and eat lunch. I'm not sure if the bad episodes occur on those days when I get my walk in. I've been really busy at work for the last couple of weeks and haven't had a chance to get in the noontime walk, and haven't had a bad dumping/low blood sugar episode in that time. I have to track this more closely in the upcoming days. One thing that my dietitian suggested this morning is to eat more slowly. I think I do tend to eat too quickly. That might be part of the problem, too. Sue O.