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Ok, first I hate that word. It just sounds so crude and gross. And I know it is not referring to what actually comes to mind. But still.... gross

I've seen a number of posters here sharing their "dumping" stories. The causes seem to be all over the map. It is subjective to each person? Is the only way to know is by trial and error? That seems pretty miserable. Is there a general rule of thumb? And does this last a lifetime with the sleeve? Will we ever be able to eat a scoop of ice cream in say, 2 years down the road?

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According to my surgical binder, only about 10-20% of sleevers dump. Most bypass patients dump. And it can resolve in time, but you may always have sensitivities.

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According to my surgical binder, only about 10-20% of sleevers dump. Most bypass patients dump. And it can resolve in time, but you may always have sensitivities.

Thanks Dez!

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My surgeon says that people with the sleeve don't dump. Dumping is something that gastric bypass patients deal with when undigested food passes too quickly from the stomach to the small intestine. Symptoms include nausea, cramping and diarrhea.

You can eat too much with your sleeve and vomit. (Sadly, I've done that once, early on) but, that is not dumping and is controlled by stopping eating when you should. It only takes once or twice with vomiting or the "slimes" to find your limit.

When you are sleeved, the stomach does digest your food before it moves to the small intestine which is why sleevers don't have dumping syndrome.

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My surgeon says that people with the sleeve don't dump. Dumping is something that gastric bypass patients deal with when undigested food passes too quickly from the stomach to the small intestine. Symptoms include nausea, cramping and diarrhea.

You can eat too much with your sleeve and vomit. (Sadly, I've done that once, early on) but, that is not dumping and is controlled by stopping eating when you should. It only takes once or twice with vomiting or the "slimes" to find your limit.

When you are sleeved, the stomach does digest your food before it moves to the small intestine which is why sleevers don't have dumping syndrome.

that's what i thought.. so i was confused what they meant by dumping and if it was different than bypass folks.. i'm pretty confused now, though.. after reading people's posts about dumping...

i also don't know what sliming, foamies or other stuff is... i'm not down with the lingo, yet. lol

my aunt works at a hospice center & says that bypass patients dump a lot of food.. and there's a lot of young people in the care of hospice, because they can't digest any food & they're dying.. young meaning 20's & 30's.. that's kept me at bay from gastric bypass for years.. my uncle works at a hospital where they do a lot of bariatric surgeries.. dunno what kinds.. but he hears people in pain all the time & that scares me, too..

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OMG, I have never heard of that, about young people who have had the gastric bypass who are dying from it. Where is this? You make it sound like an epidemic. Do you have more info on that?

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OMG, I have never heard of that, about young people who have had the gastric bypass who are dying from it. Where is this? You make it sound like an epidemic. Do you have more info on that?

i live in oklahoma, near tulsa.. my uncle works at a place where they do a lot of bariatric surgery & he's always saying how much pain the patients are in & talking about all the bad stuff he sees. i never hear anything positive. (he may just be trying to scare me, though, by not mentioning anybody whose done well).. he's one of the guys that monitors people's hearts & makes sure there's no problems.. he doesn't live in or or work in tulsa, he works in a smaller city. maybe the doctors there don't have enough experience. i don't know what the deal is.

my aunt (the above mentioned uncle's wife) is a nurse for a hospice center.. she travels around from house to house & sees people who are dying from various things (cancer, old age, heart problems, etc) & makes sure they're cleaned up and have everything they need & she talks with them & all that stuff.. helps them with whatever.. eating, bathing, doing household chores, etc.. she says that she sees bariatric patients pop up quite a bit.. people who have had lots of problems & complications.

my other uncle lived next door to a lady who had bariatric surgery & she died from complications... i asked him what type she had, he said he didn't know (but i'm assuming it's an RNY, not a sleeve).. she was in poor health & was going to die anyway, but she died from complications to the surgery.

my parents have been in bars and restaurants and stuff & talked with people who have had RNY & they say they're always throwing up and stuff...

everybody is always pointing out the bad things, never the good ones.

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I'm 11 days out and 23 pounds down you know when your full and the pain from the gas goes away with walking i went to Mexico Dr almanza and stayed in a 4 star hotel and was waited on by the nurse i would do it again in a minute loved the people and made great friends that i truly miss

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I don't "dump", but I did get reactive hypoglycemia from months 2-5, though it's rare now. (Meaning I eat sugar and then crash hard and feel sick, dizzy and exhausted until it processes.) Now I can have a cookie, or a scoop of ice cream, but I don't realy crave it anymore, and it doesn't taste as good as it used to, and I knwo that if I eat too much, I'll feel ill. I take a bite fromt ime to time, but meh... not my thing anymore.

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