What is Dumping and how do I know if it is happening?

[BDME 138]

Can someone explain to be what dumping is, what the symptoms feel like, and if it’s a common problem with VSG?

[allwet 868]

I will share my one exp with eating to much sugar. My wife and i picked up some Chinese food while out and it turned out the sauce was nearly pure sugar. It took less than a minute till i knew i was going to be sick. i felt hot and sweaty and could feel the nausea sweep over me in waves. the closest thing i could recall was the one time i had the actual flu i felt almost like that but thank god it only lasted about 20 minutes and then passed probably caused i stopped eating after second bite.

other than that you can google dumping after weight loss surgery to see the actual medical terms but was and has been my 1 and only exp. i now avoid eating any sauce i can't get a list of ingredients for. hope this helps

[Dolphinlover70 16]

I have issues with dumping if I have too much sugar. I get it if I try to eat Peanut Butter. I get extremely nauseous, cold sweats, usually my head will spin, and I can even get diarrhea afterwards. It’s an awful feeling and if you get it, you will know and not want to do it again, and beg God for sweet sweet death. Sometimes it lasts 10-15 minutes but the longest it lasted for me was an hour.

[catwoman7 10,870]

dumping is uncommon with VSG because you still have use of your pyloric valve. As for RNY, the statistic that I see thrown around this board a lot is that about 30% of RNY patients dump. Not sure if there's any research to back that number up, but I can say that a lot of us RNY's don't dump.

[BDME 138]

Thanks everyone for your replies! I’ve definitely not experienced dumping and I hope I never do it sounds terrible!!

[Mly 15]

I had a VSG and I can tell you have have definitely experienced dumping before. When it first happened it was one of the most frightening things to happen to me. Mostly because I didn’t know what was going on and it came on so suddenly.

Basically, you feel this wave come over you: hot flash, cold sweat, nausea, and for me, horrible diarrhea (sorry for the TMI). I have ended up sitting on the toilet for close to an hour before with a trash can in my lap in case I need to vomit. My head spins and I feel like I’m going to pass out. Very scary.

This is part of the reason I avoid new foods if I know I can’t go home/use a restroom privately.

Now I avoid overly sweet things, and really take the time to slow down and eat. I had the tendency in the past to inhale my food which could exacerbate it IMO!