Still get sick at times?

I have gotten sick after eating twice within the last several weeks, and prior to that, it had probably been close to 6 or 8 months that I had been sick. I'm 2-1/2 years out from Lap RNY. The food I had both times are things I have eaten many times without problems. The one night was at a dinner out with friends. We were at Olive Garden, and I had eaten a small amount of salad prior to the meal, then had a few bites of a grilled steak/chicken/veggies dish. As soon as I was done eating, I knew it wasn't going to stay in there. Last night, it happened again with shrimp and angel hair pasta. Now pastas aren't always the greatest for me, and I know this and adapt accordingly. I only eat a very small amount of them when I do have them, which isn't often. Last night, I also had some considerable pain before all was said and done, and the tummy was "cleaned out" again. What are your experiences with this issue? BTW, I feel fine today and have gone back to my normal eating routine without problems. Thanks for your input. Carlita

Hi there, I vomit on an average of about once every week or two. Like you, it is usually from foods that I have eaten before. I just chalk it up to me maybe eating too fast or not chewing well enough.

Yes, Delores, it could have been not chewing well enough. I have to admit I'm guilty of that at times. I forget about it, because everything else seems to be so "normal" now, whatever that is! Thanks for the response.

Hey Delores, how the hell are you? I never vomit or get sick. But, thats not to say, I dont FEEL SICK after eating certain things. For example: **bday cake and milk (have to have the 2 together), but boy do I feel yucky afterward. **When I smell Krispie Creme and the brief time I ate one once, I layed in bed for 2 hrs **If I have a 2nd bowl of ceral with milk, I feel really yucky BUT, IF I COULD HAVE MY WAY, ID LOOOOOOVVVVVE TO DUMP!!!!

hi heather. Unfortunately, I do not dump either from sweets. the only real dumping episode I have had was when i fixed one of Susan Maria's shrimp recipes. I sauteed the shrimp in olive oil and it did me in. Oh another time i forgot about was on high fat homemade ice cream at an amusement park. To this day, I eat ice cream on a regular basis and have never dumped. I just puke when i eat too much or too fast. it ain't fun but thank goodness it isn't like it used to be.

I ate a salad this week that I have eaten many times since WLS. I dumped! Go figure. Sometimes things work and then for some odd reason they don't then they work again. It's just something we have to learn to live with.

Well, I have never dumped, not in the true sense of what I understand to be dumping. But there have been a number of times, like I mentioned, where I just "know" that the food isn't going to digest and is going to have to come back out. I will agree, it's just something we learn to deal with as we go along. Thanks for your input.

Hi Carlita, I am almost 3 years out and can still get sick, usually if I have pasta, hamburg, or any meat that is dry in texture. It can happen to the best of us. MaryLyn

Funny you should ask that. I am almost 3 years out, and until this week, threw up only once in all that time, about 4 weeks out when I was starting on semi-solid food. This week, I had one of those frozen microwave quiches for lunch, and as soon as the last bite went in, I had to run for the bathroom. I just knew (even without prior experience) that it wasn't going to stay down. Could have been microwaved eggs, could have been a minor stomach bug, could have just eaten too fast. Whatever it was, I had some hot herbal tea and didn't try to eat anything else for several hours. I was fine after that. I guess it's just something we learn to live with, but I feel very lucky to have avoided it till now. Carole

Thanks for all of your replies. I think I knew that most likely, quite a few of us deal with this. I'm not upset about it, just wondering how "normal" this is. If it happened a lot, of course, that would be a different issue and something to discuss with my doc. It's just a strange thing how it happens "out of the blue" and with things we've eaten before with no problems.