Question:
How long after you overeat do you get sick? Or how long after you eat do you dump...
I am 6 weeks post-op and have never gotten sick...but I fear the unknown. If I were out to eat and ate too much or ate something that was going to make me dump...how long would it generally take before I got sick? Would it be immediate? Or would I have some warning? I know everyone is different...but in general will I have warning? — mmcphee1 (posted on February 4, 2006)
February 3, 2006
I only get sick when I eat too fast. But, I don't throw up right away.
Sometimes it takes over an hour. And the one time I experienced dumping, I
was down for about 45 mins.
— seanna
February 3, 2006
Hi, I am 4 weeks post op from an RNY and I myself have only gotten sick
from eating to fast. I feel a lump in my pouch or in my throat. It does
give you warning or at least for me it did. But I was afraid to cough.
lol The uncomfortable feeling lasts anywhere from 30 minutes to 2 hours.
You will know when you are going to get sick. I haven't dumped yet. I hope
I don't. Best wishes to you and congrats on your surgery. Hope this
information was helpful to you. Kristy
— Kristy
February 3, 2006
Good question. I remember back when I was an early post opt and worried
about getting sick if I were to eat out in public. The warning signs I got
if were going to get sick was my nose would go to dripping or I would start
burping really bad. That usually would follow with me making a mad dash to
the restroom and whatever it was I had eaten would come up. Keep in mind
this doesn't happen to everyone. This is only from my own personal
experiences because everyone is different. However, I'm 19 months out and
still have indications of foods not agreeing with me by the telltale signs
of the lump in the throat, dripping nose, burping, etc. Hope this helps.
— Belle
February 3, 2006
I have only gotten sick if I eat too fast, and sometimes it is right away
and sometimes it is an hour later or more later.. When I'm done eating, if
I start "salavating" (as I call it), then I know I'm gonna get
sick
— mzb2u
February 3, 2006
Hi, I am the queen of dumping. I dump if I consume more than 4 gr of sugar,
eat too much fat, eat too fast or don't chew my food enough. I am 1yr 4mos
post op. First of all vomiting is not part of dumping, that is something
else. There is immediate dumping (20mins later) and late dumping (1-2 hrs
later). The late dumping is always worse. Usually dumping is feeling hot
and rapid heart beat that goes away in twenty mins or so. Late dumping
includes stomach cramps followed by 10 trips to the bathroom. The good news
is that it goes away as fast as it comes. In answer to your question, with
me the warning is feeling hot. If I'm dining out, I'm usually very careful.
Otherwise I just go to the car for a few minutes and then I'm fine.
— smparker2
February 3, 2006
If I dump because of sugar, it's usually withing 15 minutes after eating
the offending food. If I dump because of fats, it's a couple of hours.
They are two completely different sensations with sugar dumping to be more
irritating. I get hot flashes, cramps, and an urgent need to sleep. Fats
dumping for me is just a whole lot of gurgling and a mad rush to the
bathroom. I've never spontaniously vomited from eating too much, I don't
thing that really happens. Although I have vomited after a while, but it's
usually out of total discomfort. I don't force myself to do it, but if I'm
standing in the bathroom, it just kind of happens. LOL (that's rare). As
for immediate or warning, I've experienced both. If it's dumping, there
usually isn't much of a warning...just enough to get to the bathroom. I
wouldn't test the waters, especially this early. But if you do, do it at
home. :P
— RebeccaP
February 4, 2006
hi am 12 weeks post op and have experienced being "sick" about
four times, it seems like it happens when I dont chew my food up enough and
it gets stuck.. I start getting a pain in my chest (which feels horrible)
that keeps coming every 20-25 seconds or so, and I end up in the bathroom
trying to heave up what is stuck, what comes out is a foamy substance (I
think its saliva caught in there..) they call it the "foamies"
it is quite unpleasant. I ended up throwing about about 6 times before I
felt better, then I felt crappy for the rest of the day. Definitely chew
chew chew!!! and try to eat something when you go out that you know you can
handle.. Best Wishes, April
— April
February 4, 2006
I am more than 7 months post op, and I have only dumped once. I ate part
of a buffalo burger patty. Anyway, the great thing about having the
pouch... you don't throw up any bile with your food. It tastes the same
coming out as it did going in.
Take your time chewing and only swallow a little bit at a time... same goes
for liquids... no guzzling.
Enjoy your new life and all the opportunities it presents,
— itsirk301
February 5, 2006
Mary, I dumped very little (2-1/2 years out). I can count in my hands how
many times I did dump. "HOWEVER", when I did, it was not fun. I
NEVER threw up, NEVER, but I was deathly ill for about 45 mins to an hour,
enough so that I would not want to go there again.
#1, did not chew my protein (shrimp), and I paid dearly for it.
#2, ate the "no-no", a low cal, low sugar (not sugar free) ice
milk sandwhich; I paid DEARLY for one hour, thought I needed the ER
#3, ate too fast (don't even remember what), and it felt stuck in my pounch
-- that only lasted 1/2 hour.
#4, one of the worst, I ate too many carbs, and I had excruciating pain on
the lower intestine, which rang to the tune of my moaning and groaning for
a little over an hour. I cried.
But those were very few in my 2-1/2 year tenure. I stay away from anything
I think might take me to those places again. I eat a bite of something and
wait a bit before taking another bite to see what the reaction is. Just a
little advice from "been there, done that". Missy
— Missy H.
February 6, 2006
I get a sick feeling in my stomach, then throw up a while later. I get
sick if I eat something like eggs. I still get sick on eggs a year out!
— Novashannon
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