I had my rny this past Tuesday 3/22 and on Friday when I started my Protein shakes I noticed I starting having some increased saliva production in my mouth. I'm not throwing up, my pouch doesn't hurt, and I feel fine. All this saliva is just annoying! I read that it can be from eating too fast or too much. I'm not really taking in a lot now and I've been sipping 2 oz of shake over 20-30 mins. The saliva is a little better but definitely still there all day long. Any other advice anyone could give would be great! Thanks!!

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There are several signs the signal dumping. They include generating excess saliva, foaming, hiccups, sneezes, a change in the taste of food. Generally when these signs begin to appear, it is time to stop eating because you are nearing your limit and eating anymore will lead to dumping syndrome. But since you are only in your first week post-op and haven't started on solids yet, what you are experiencing is probably something else. But I am not sure what that something else is.

It is hard to recommend a solution without knowing a cause. But here is a couple items to consider. Generally during surgery, they put you on antibiotics while you are in the hospital. This destroys not only the bad bacteria but also the good bacteria in your gut. You will need to reestablish the colonies of good bacteria by taking Probiotics.

After surgery, I became lactose intolerant. Whenever I drank milk or products with lactose (some Protein shakes have lactose) it would lead to an upset stomach and then diarrhea. After about 2 months after surgery, this intolerance disappeared and I was able to consume milk products again.