I read over my brochure from the doctors and it mentions that some people experience dumping-what exactly does that mean? I am not going to not make it to the fr*ggen bathroom??? I hope it doesn't mean that.

Can anyone shed some light on this and did it happen to you? I am worried-I travel far to work each day.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/dumping-syndrome/DS00715

I hope that helps. Basically, your body is pushing food through your intestines (a 12 hour process) in a short amount of time causing awful cramps and nausea. So, yes, you'll have to get to the bathroom as soon as you can if that happens, but not because you can't hold it, but because it hurts and you'll want to go.

I think this side effect is more common in gastric bypass patients. I've never heard of it with the lap band.

This is something that a lot of bypass patients have when they eat sugar...you don't have to worry about it with lap band surgery.

Only times I have experianced this is if I am on a clear liquid diet. Like the last 2 days, I have had an empty band due to slip and then my surgeon put in 2.5 cc. I have been on a clear liquid diet. I have had 1 case of needing to rush to the restroom, because my bowels were letting loose. The above person was right, mostly dumping happens with gastric bypass, one resaon I chose not to undergo the same. Karen

Dumping syndrome is with gastric bypss, not the lab band. It has to do with the missing intestines they remove with bypass. Maybe your brochure was for WL surgery overall and not lap band specific?

Whoever had loose bowels the other day, that wa sno tlikely dumping syndrome, just a fluke. Dumping syndrome usually has some other things that go with (nausea, shaking, sweating, cramps, even confusion)

Dumping syndrome is with gastric bypss, not the lab band. It has to do with the missing intestines they remove with bypass. Maybe your brochure was for WL surgery overall and not lap band specific?

Whoever had loose bowels the other day, that wa sno tlikely dumping syndrome, just a fluke. Dumping syndrome usually has some other things that go with (nausea, shaking, sweating, cramps, even confusion)

That was me, thanks. Wasn't aware of the difference! But, nnow I know that there was no way I wanted GS!!!Karen

Dumping syndrome usually has some other things that go with (nausea, shaking, sweating, cramps, even confusion)

^^This^^...and is something that happens with bypass patients as a result of rerouting around their upper intestines. It's not something that happens with banders.