8wks along. Today was my first day feeling really like my old self. For exercise this AM I stacked wood for over an hour, did some chores around the house and even walked 30min tonight. dinner was later due to soccer practice for my son. Then I made dinner for myself....lemon haddock with almond slices... Proteins galore...I felt like my old self and ate too fast and probably too much...everything came right back out, hard and fast. I forgot I need to eat differently now and ate fast like I used to, instead of slow till I was full. You'd think 8wks of practice would have taught me. Anyone else ever screw up and make themselves sick? I won't forget this lesson. Ouch.

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I thought you ate something you shouldn't have. I bet many eat too fast at times. I hope it didn't ruin lemon haddock for you - that sounds delicious.

No I will always love that haddock. It was just a dumb old habit of eating crazy fast. I paid for it.

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Hopefully lesson learnt. At 8 weeks you are still healing, up to 6 months.

Earlier post op, when I forgot and ate too fast, I always ended up with terrible reflux. So, not liking to suffer, it taught me to slow down.

These days, 7 months post op, reflux free, I was really hungry once and I ate too fast, and bit of reflux came back.

So, I have to be mindful to eat slowly always.

The only time I threw up, were my few dumping episodes, where I ate very slowly (20-30 mins) but my new stomach did not like beef, scrambled egg and chocolate. No nausea, just feeling of food coming up, a quick run to the bathroom, then felt extremely tired for hours later.

Enjoy your delicious haddock another time, slowly

Yea I will...thanks. Slow and steady....I'm glad it's not reflux, but it sucked. I've eaten haddock many times, so I know it's not dumping. I guess the rules are there for a reason.

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What, exactly, is the difference between vomiting and dumping?

I did it Monday. ????

I made ricotta bake, and didn't eat too much just ate too fast as it was finally something really tasty. Didn't realize I was doing it until the fullness slammed me in the face and well - the night didn't end well.

I'm scared of the leftovers in my fridge!

My worst so far is when I had bear sausage. Three small delicious bites slammed me HARD! It literally hurt to breathe for 45 minutes. I couldn't move from my seat.

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In my case, pre VSG, I vomited if I had gastro, together with the runs and awful nausea. This would happen hours after eating the offending food.

After VSG, I hardly had any nausea, the vomiting was immediate, followed by many hours of feeling extremely tired and headachy. Also felt dizzy, and my pulse was racing. Certain fatty foods (beef, plus hard to digest), eggs and fatty/sugary foods were the culprits for me. Apparently they were to rich and emptied too fast to the small intestine.

Most VSG sleevers don't dump, but few of us do. Thankfully, it does not happen much these days.

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Bear sausage? From a real bear, like grizzly?

We have kangaroo steaks here. No bear sausages though ....

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Bear sausage? From a real bear, like grizzly?

We have kangaroo steaks here. No bear sausages though ....

I read the bear sausage to and thought "What...." is that a thing? Lol

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I have always been a fast eater. I really have to be mindful when I eat and drink to slow down.

I too get dizzy, sweaty and feel weird after eating some things. It's usually when I try something and it has too much sugar in it or is a carb that is too processed. Or if I haven't chewed well enough.

I have not ever vomited but I have felt awful and thought that I was going to.

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When I eat too fast it's just a fast vomit...like run to bathroom thing. When it's dumping or my stomach says it doesn't like this food...it makes me vomit but also feel sick. I get nervous when I go out in public, to try anything new...in case it doesn't react well.

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I still catch myself sometimes eating too fast - especially eating lunch at work while i'm still working on something. Some old habits are harder to break than others. Fortunately I haven't done it to the point of vomiting but definitely feeling uncomfortable for a while. At home I seem to be ok - i think because when I sit down to eat, I"m focused on eating. I probably should stop eating lunch at my desk...

Thanks OzRoo, I appreciate that...and glad to hear it's calmed down. Looking forward to being 8 months past surgery...hope all is going well with you.

Pam

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All the best to you! The months went rather quickly for me, and I hope they will for you too.

It takes 6 months for the stomach to heal fully, and I really noticed a difference then.

I even got off my PPI Nexium, as I suffered the worst reflux early on. Now I am OK.

Yes, so far so good with dumping and throwing up. It was and still is a journey of discovery for me re different foods.

I am happy with my weight-loss and just plodding along .....

Wishing you a smooth journey with great results