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I ate a half a falafel

I am totally paying for it.

Dumping syndrome and I hope to never repeat that again.

Oh Lordy.

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Sorry to hear you have experienced dumping. The first time I did, I also never wanted to go through it again. Unfortunately, I have also learned that this can occur when you eat "good foods". It is a learning process to know your triggers. For example, I can eat chocolate (M&M's are my weakness) without dumping but watermelon is off my menu. Also it is a quantity issue. I can have a small amount of ice cream but as soon as I have too much, my heart races and I know its time to stop.

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Sorry to hear you're hurting. Not fun.

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So glad I can eat falafels without dumping cause it's not fun. I have sleeve yet still dump if I eat sugary foods. So cake, ice cream, even honey nut Cheerios with milk get me nauseous and heart palpitating. I feel yucky for about an hour. Thank goodness doesn't happen with sangria - probably because sugar+fat causes it not either by itself. I am glad for it though because I used to be a binge eater of sugary carbs etc and now not only restriction but dumping keeps me in check. Usually it can stop me from eating it in the first place. Once I took a video of myself after I are mint chocolate ice cream as a reminder of how yucky I felt. That video prevents me from eating more than a teaspoon of ice cream.

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I hope you feel better soon.

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I was feeling a little nauseous still this morning but hanging in there. took the anitnausea and stuck to cottage cheese for Breakfast

Thanks.

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Ouch. I have stayed away from most of those treats. I do eat watermelon on occasion with no trouble. I hope you recover quickly.

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I am 2 days post op and feeling pretty good except the diarrhea. I had Isopure protien shake today and chicken broth (homemade).my stomach is really gurgling. Does anyone know how to make this stop?

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I think it's normal in the beginning. Just making gas.

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Thank you I am feeling a little better today.

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I didn't know I had gallstones until they were discovered on my my pre-op abdominal ultrasound. Doc told me I have probably been having attacks for years when I ate fried foods but didn't know what they were. I said I didn't eat much fried food so I didn't know- then remembered how incredibly sick I got the last few times I had falafel! They removed my gallbladder when they did my sleeve and I am hoping some day I will be a

ble to eat falafel again because I do love it!

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