I am about 6 weeks post op and yesterday I decided that I would get rid of some of my left over Thanksgiving meal. I had some frozen potatoes and I also had soem left over meatloaf that I had made after Thanksgiving. When I unthawed the potatoes I had forgot that I had put some turkey gravy with the potatoes. The meatload that I had made I had used some spicy sausage in it so it had a little more kick than regular meatloaf. I heated it up and had some of the potatoes and gravy and some of the meatload. About an hour after I ate I started to have some severe stomach cramps. This was followed by a couple of trips to the bathroom by some intense diarrhea. This only lasted about an hour and then I was fine. Does this sound like dumping to anyone as I have not had anything like this since my surgery. I know that some people say that they have problems with greasy foods or things that are spicy. Not sure if it was the fat from the gravy or the meatloaf but the rest went into the garbage and I do not want that again

It could be dumping. I had that for the past couple of years before my surgery. Now it's the opposite. Sorry TIMI. LOL

Oh and to let you know I have had my fair share of constipation since surgery. I thought that it was because I might not be getting all of my fluids. I started to take a stool softner but that did not seem to help. Then I started to take a little benefiber with my morning breakfast and I still do not go very often but at least it is not like a rock.

I was told that dumping syndrome is unique to the RNY surgery as a result of the fact that there is no pylorus controlling the flow of food to the small intestine, usually brought on by simple sugars and sometimes dairy or certain fats. A similar effect can happen after gallbladder surgery. Since a person with a sleeve still has all the functioning parts and pieces in place, we shouldn't technically experience dumping.

That's just what I was told. I'm not saying to put money on it. :wink1: You might've just pushed your new friend a little too hard.

I was told that dumping syndrome is unique to the RNY surgery as a result of the fact that there is no pylorus controlling the flow of food to the small intestine, usually brought on by simple sugars and sometimes dairy or certain fats. A similar effect can happen after gallbladder surgery. Since a person with a sleeve still has all the functioning parts and pieces in place, we shouldn't technically experience dumping.

That's just what I was told. I'm not saying to put money on it. :wink1: You might've just pushed your new friend a little too hard.

This is what I have also heard. My nutritionist said that fatty or tough meats like ground beef might be hard to digest after the sleeve and to stick to leaner meats.

Well "dumping" is hard to define. YES as mentioned technically "real" dumping is only for bypass patients who lack the valve to keep raw food out of the intestines, but anyone with a sleeve and indeed ANYONE AT ALL can have very similar results from food being passed too quickly from the stomach to the intestines. The gut reacts the same way by spasming, cramping and you may pass it all out very quickly. Almost everyone has this at one time or another and it's commonly attributed to food poisoning when it's actually just a bad reaction to a food or quantity of food.

Its like trying to define what a COLD is as opposed to the true FLU (that is real influenza - NOT gastroenteritis or the "stomach flu") . Many symptoms overlap so we all lump it together as the COLD or FLU. So we all can "dump" but the REASON is a little different. Like bypass patients when we over run the capacity of the sleeve - or even for no reason at all - we "dump" insufficiently processed food into the gut an LOOK OUIT! PAIN and suffering, vomiting and loose bowels can ocour.