Question:
I have been dumping for 4 days, is this normal

   — Denise M. (posted on July 27, 2002)

July 27, 2002
Well tell us more but it sounds like you have a bug of some sort. We all get bugs from time to time BEFORE surgery. It can and does happen after surgery as well. <P> I had a problem like this post op a month or two. I fretted so much, and it was just stomach flu, but biy was I sick.
   — bob-haller

July 27, 2002
I know it sounds silly, but write down everything you are eating, including the little snacks. Maybe you can find what's been bothering you by looking at your diet on paper. Dumping is trial and error. You could be doing something daily that is bothering you, like drinking coffee. Maybe you can't tolerate caffeine. Sometimes I dump on really odd things. Like I found out the hard way, I can't tolerate grapes the other day. Good Luck! Open RNY 4/29/02 -55
   — stacey L.

July 28, 2002
Denise, tried to go to your profile to get more info on you, like when you had the surgery, but nothing much to go on. You'd have to answer some questions, first, like when you had the surgery and exactly what "dumping" is occuring? For instance if you are barfing non-stop whenever you eat, and are 4-5 weeks post-op or more, you may have a stricture. If you are getting flu like symptoms after eating a particular food, then figure out what is in that food-there are hidden sugars in some foods, and stay away from it...but without more info, hard to advise you.
   — Cindy R.

August 3, 2002
Watch out for sugar alcohols. It's a kinda sneaky way to put sugar in the foods we eat. I know a lady who had RNY a year ago and she still dumps on sugar alcohols like sorbitol as one 'for instance.'
   — Carmen K.