Is this pain Dumping?

Hi All. I will be 3 years out in June and I very rarely dumped (or at least what I considered dumping), and actually have only had four epidoses of the "REAL" hard-core dumping, one of which was this last Saturday. I am not sure why or with what. I can eat just about everything and most days I stick to the "plan", but often will have some hard candy, a small cookie, or the like. The dumping that I am talking about is a little funny discomfort in my tummy for a few minutes, and then starts the bent-over-pain on the left side of my belly near my bellybutton. It seems perhaps the pain is in a portion of the intestine which shakes, makes noise and then a stabbing pain sets in, where I have to moan and groan for about 45 minutes. The first time I got it 2 years ago I thought my hubby was going to need to take me to the ER. I say this is different than normal dumping beause I don't have the shaking, sweating, puking, diarrhea, foaming at the mouth, etc. (I have had a few of those babies -- maybe twice). I had a banana, some decaf with creamer, and I believe a sugar free hard candy. About 10 minutes later I was in a public bathroom moaning like I was in labor for 45 minutes. How ebarrassing. Anyone have any ideas, comments or advice?

I, too, am 3 years out, and don't dump. But any pain that severe with no apparent explanation should probably be checked out. Not to scare you, but the leader of my support group had her intestines twist, and required surgery, and she was years out from WLS. Please be careful . . .

Hi Missy, I get a stabbing pain in my belly button from time to time, had the surgeon look at it. I now realize it is gas and happens after I have eaten. It does not however happen often, but has me bent over in pain until it subsides. Gasx helps. Hope you feel better soon. MaryLyn

Oh my gosh... I just had that this morning... I swear to heaven above it was more painful than ANYTHING I have ever experienced. My labor didn't hurt like that... my open RNY didn't hurt like that... Here's what happened... The night previous, I had a banana... it made me sick at my stomach... but I felt it was a dumping sensation... a little too much sweet on top of what could have been too much fat for a lunch... Anyway, this morning, I drank tea... lots for breakfast this morning. I took a B Complex vitamin (B-Right from Jarrow Formulas)... About 30 minutes later I break out into hives... now this has happened once or twice before... There is some weird combination in the jarrow formula that effects me.... But about an hour later... while my skin was bright red with ra**** felt as if my intestines were going through the same thing... Worst pain... at first I wondered if I was having gall stone problems.. I almost called 911 to be carried to the emergency room. I literally could not walk. I hurt so bad I whailed for about 45 minutes.. I told my son to leave the house because I had to moan and didn't want him hearing me. Oh my gosh... I wonder if this is important? Mine felt like a huge PMS cramp but much lower and concentrating in my intestines... Have you ever accidentally had too much ben-gay applied? You know that burning sensation... that is what my intestines felt like... oh I thought I was going to die... I wanted to that's for sure. Good luck with yours. For dinner I am having gaspacho, Rosemary Carr crackers and lemon water.... later some tea. And I'm not waiting and hour and a half after I eat to drink this time either..... I'll do that tomorrow.

Thank goodness I am not alone. I have not been able to pinpoint the problem but since it has only occurred 3-4 times in almost three years, I really thought nothing of it, and just called MY kind of dumping. I am being extremely careful since Saturday with eating because it really scared me. I too asked hubby to leave the room because I had to moan and groan outloud in order to feel some relief. The first one was the worst, about a year or so ago, but this last weekend one was no picnic either. Glad I am not alone though. I will check with the doc if it happens again. Come to think of it, I had a banana earlier before the symptoms --- I wonder . . .