Question:
Please tell me what dumping is, because i think i may have the

wrong interpitation of dumping. I thought i was when u ate something and your stomach did not agree with it and u dumped (meaning)u go to the bathroom, isn't that dumping. I had a experience the other day, i ate some pork chop for lunch and about 1 hour later, my stomach was hurting me so bad and i had to go to the bathroom..Please inform me    — sexysag37 (posted on June 26, 2003)

June 26, 2003
Hi, I'm 2 months out and I had the open RNY. Dumping is usually from having too much sugar intake which causes diarrhea. Sometimes it can be very severe.
   — Kim J.

June 26, 2003
My doc says I experience mild dumping. After I eat I sometimes start to sweat, my heart rate increases and I get very tired. A power nap does wonders for me, 10-15 mins and it passes. I had a really bad dumping experience today trying a new food. My stomach immediately started to girgle and I had to go the bathroom. It wasn't diarrhea just the urgency to go. Then the dry heaves and a fierce sweat. I didn't vomit. I got very weak. By the time I got to the bed to lie down I had the chills. The whole incident lasted about a half hour.
   — adeas

June 26, 2003
dumping varies from person to person and can encompass some or all of the following(and I'm sure there's more I'm missing): shakiness, sweats (hot flashes), rapid heart rate, extreme fatigue (or sleepiness), diahrea, weakness, stomach cramping, intestinal cramping. Basically it's a glucose reaction to what you've eaten and it draws water out of your body and into your intestines - IF I remember correctly. I'm sure you'll get some good answers on this and I'll get some corrections to my statement :>)
   — [Deactivated Member]

June 26, 2003
Just for your clarification, dumping is not the same as "taking a dump"...it sounds crude, I know, but for awhile that's what I thought it meant too. Dumping is a reaction, usually from too much suger, sometimes from fat, and it encompasses many of the symptoms that the previous responders said.
   — thekatinthehat

June 26, 2003
Everyone feels different sensations from the foods (or from the wrong foods) that they eat---- palpatations, nausea, cramping or any number of other symptoms. Not all are from dumping. Dumping technically refers to the sensation that develops when your body overproduces insulin- this typically happens with white carbs that your pouch can't process and then "dumps" into the intestines where they white carbs signal the need for insulin to be produced.
   — SteveColarossi

June 27, 2003
And just to add to what the others have said, not everyone dumps and even those that do have varying degrees of it. For some, it is mild and for others it is severe, like a full fledged flu that lasts a good 1/2 hour. Yours sounds more like an irritable bowel incident or just a bad reaction to a certain food that your system was not ready for.
   — Cindy R.