Question:
do lap band dump

i had to have an an xray done to check my band. they add to more ccs now my band is all most full. i think i may have ate the wrong thing. bad pain in my chest like somethng is stuck and it hurts like crazy. what can i do to get it un stuck? how long do it last?    — JANIECEMOM (posted on June 25, 2009)

June 25, 2009
that isn't dumping syndrome. dumping syndrome is when someone who has RNY eats sugar or fat and it reaches the intestine before it has been digested enough (which it can't be) and then the intestine goes into shock and puts the body into shock, resulting in cramps, sweating, racing heart, and diarrhea. people who have had lap band do not experience this. it sounds like you got a piece of food stuck in the "stoma" which is created by the band. i have had similar experience with RNY where food will get stuck in my stoma (which of course is at the bottom of my pouch). it could be stuck for a few minutes or an hour... i've heard of people being stuck for 4 hours. i usually end up throwing up until whatever is there is gone (this doesn't happen often-- i know i sound like i do this every day-- not at all!). i have heard that papaya enzyme will help dissolve some of the food that is stuck. otherwise you have to wait it out or throw it up. :(
   — greenpunchbuggie

June 26, 2009
My name is Ruth Rowe . I have the Realize Band I got mine in March you don't dump with the Lap -Band at least I haven't I know I have had a full feeling to it is because you may eat to fast . i love My band I am 68 years old you have to remember don't eat anything with real Sugar in it I had a bad thing happened to Me I had a UTI and i had a hard time to keep from throwing up but I didn't . I have already lost 18 lbs since March and I was on 38 units of Insulin now I am on 35 units I use Lantus . But I sure feel great since My surgery and My Surgeon is great too .
   — Ruth Rowe

June 26, 2009
No you don't dump because your plumbing hasn't been rearranged. Only the top portion of the stomach is banded and you still have your whole stomach in tack.
   — Kristy

June 26, 2009
You have something stuck. Follow the basic rules of small bites, chewing well then chew some more. No breads,pasta etc that globup. Keep papaya enzyme on hand. These are chewable & available @ Walmart. It breaks food down to releave the stuck food. Dumping is diarrhea, nausea & possible vomiting from eating sugary foods with bypass patients. Lap-band des not get dumping. Donna Lap-band 4/19/07
   — Donna O.

June 27, 2009
I always had these issues when I had the LapBand. That was one of the reasons I had it removed. The best thing is to make yourself throw up.
   — lieutenant-ed

June 27, 2009
hi everyone, sorry it took a few days to reply back. i ended up the the er and they had to admit me. my band was to tight. i have a 9cc band and he fill it to the max. he had to stay over night and have an iv and they he came in and losing the band. i never want to feel that way again. he said my stomach walls are thin and i will never be able to have 9 put in and when i see the doctor july 22 to talk about doing rny. so i am think reall hard again about doing it. i just dont think the band is for me. he put me back on a liquid diet and i am so hurgery.
   — JANIECEMOM