Hello all you Brave sleevers....

Thank you so much for all your sharing. It has helped me so much! I was sleeved on Dec 9th.

Can someone explain dumping?? I've felt sick from time to time and not really sure why?

Also burping constantly like all day. Any remedies??

Happy new year

I hope you get an answer to this one. I am burping all day!

I found this, but I don't know how helpful it is.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastric_dumping_syndrome

I'm 9 days out and while I haven't experienced dumping, I do find myself burping like 3 - 4 times every time I eat (which is really drinking because I'm on full liquids).

I hope that others will chime in, but I've seen other people further out say that burping is often an indication that they're full and not to eat anymore. I don't think that's the case though with us newer sleevers because I'll literally take a couple sips of Water and am burping. However, if I continue to sip, I don't feel like I'm bloated/too full, nor have I ever thrown up or needed to spit out whatever I'm eating.

Get used to burping! As you're so newly sleeved it's probably gas and air from all that sipping. As for dumping, while it's not as common in sleeve patients as run it does happen. If you eat too much of the wrong foods or eat them too quickly, especially early out, you can experience any number of symptoms like headache, diarrhea, vomiting etc.. not fun

Please do read the wiki on dumping. Lots of people use the term to refer to diarrhea but that is not accurate. They are not the same thing.

I'm over a year out, so this probably doesn't apply, but I know that I burp when my tummy is saying it has had enough.. I'd agree with it being just the air from sipping all the time.

My sleeve, after six months out tells me I'm full buy a burp or two. Then if I'm hard headed and opt to push it I get violent hiccups. They hurt too! Lol.

It's a crazy communication but I now listen to the burping.

My dr told me that because the surgery took place right by the nerve that makes you hiccup and burp that right after surgery while the stomach is still swollen it makes you sometimes burp or hiccup. I don't burp much but did hiccup constantly and it was very uncomfortable.