Is it dumping or just upset stomach

[Miss Sunshine P 14]

Hey y’all it’s been a minute since I’ve posted or asked question…lately I’ve been experiencing a lot of diarrhea but t no t sure how f it’s dumping or something else…I will say I did eat something’s I prolly shouldn’t lent have based on m timeline given b my doctor…I’m in 15 weeks post op and was told not to eat port or beef until. Was 6months out but it had chili from Wendy’s…I’m not sure how dumping feels or what happens but it came right Ning out like Water and for a few hours…no real pain or sweating just diarrhea…is that dumping or just I ate something more little tummy didn’t agree with

[Miss Sunshine P 14]

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[pintsizedmallrat 470]

1 hour ago, Miss Sunshine P said:

Hey y’all it’s been a minute since I’ve posted or asked question…lately I’ve been experiencing a lot of diarrhea but t no t sure how f it’s dumping or something else…I will say I did eat something’s I prolly shouldn’t lent have based on m timeline given b my doctor…I’m in 15 weeks post op and was told not to eat port or beef until. Was 6months out but it had chili from Wendy’s…I’m not sure how dumping feels or what happens but it came right Ning out like Water and for a few hours…no real pain or sweating just diarrhea…is that dumping or just I ate something more little tummy didn’t agree with

Dumping can make you feel faint, weak, loopy, can cause your heart to race and even cause you to faint...if it's just diarrhea it's probably something that's a little less severe than that.

Are you six months out or are you 15 weeks out? At 15 weeks, beef may be more than you can handle. At that time, I was making chili at home with ground turkey which was much easier to digest.

[The Greater Fool 1,971]

Dumping symptoms are pretty much as @pintsizedmallrat described, though one may not get all of the symptoms or even the same symptoms each time. Usually dumping is caused by excess sugar or fats. "Excess" here being more than your personal dumping threshold, should you have one. I dump on both sugar and fats pretty easily because I'm just that lucky.

I don't recall Wendy's chili being particularly fatty but I'm not sure I would call it lean. It may have been mild late dumping. It may have just been coincidence. Just monitor your foods in the future to see if there really is a connection or not.

Good luck,

Tek

[Miss Sunshine P 14]

3 hours ago, pintsizedmallrat said:

Dumping can make you feel faint, weak, loopy, can cause your heart to race and even cause you to faint...if it's just diarrhea it's probably something that's a little less severe than that.

Are you six months out or are you 15 weeks out? At 15 weeks, beef may be more than you can handle. At that time, I was making chili at home with ground turkey which was much easier to digest.

Yes I’m only 15 weeks out and my doctor said to wait 6 months for pork and beef…when I got the chili I wasn’t thinking about the beef…so not I’m only have a little diarrhea no other symptoms

[Miss Sunshine P 14]

1 hour ago, The Greater Fool said:

Dumping symptoms are pretty much as @pintsizedmallrat described, though one may not get all of the symptoms or even the same symptoms each time. Usually dumping is caused by excess sugar or fats. "Excess" here being more than your personal dumping threshold, should you have one. I dump on both sugar and fats pretty easily because I'm just that lucky.

I don't recall Wendy's chili being particularly fatty but I'm not sure I would call it lean. It may have been mild late dumping. It may have just been coincidence. Just monitor your foods in the future to see if there really is a connection or not.

Good luck,

Tek

Thank you and I have dialed back on going against m doctor for sake of trying new things… this one s definitely a tail and error thing for sure

[Arabesque 6,583]

I wondered if it could be a lactose intolerance which we can develop post wls. Diarrhoea, bloating, wind are the usual symptoms an hour or so after eating lactose. Sugar alcohols (in some artificial sweeteners) can do the same thing. And yes, as the others have said, dumping has many more symptoms which are temporarily debilitating.

I don’t know about the beef. I was easily eating steak & pork pretty soon out after solid foods (probably from around weeks 9 or 10). But we are all different & our tummies can be fussy & sensitive for a time about certain foods.

[catwoman7 10,939]

it could be just an intolerance to something in the chili (maybe the beef - but maybe the Beans? ). Dumping involves cramping, heart palpitations, chills or sweats, and diarrhea - and supposedly it can go on for a long time

[Miss Sunshine P 14]

54 minutes ago, catwoman7 said:

it could be just an intolerance to something in the chili (maybe the beef - but maybe the Beans? ). Dumping involves cramping, heart palpitations, chills or sweats, and diarrhea - and supposedly it can go on for a long time

The diarrhea in itself was enough for me🤣😂🤣

[SleeveToBypass2023 1,959]

I developed allergies to foods and lactose intolerance after both of my surgeries. After my sleeve, I developed a NASTY shellfish allergy and lactose intolerance. After my revision to bypass, I developed an allergy to peanuts and an allergy to the surgical glue they used. Surgery can do weird things to the body. Major surgery like this throws the body WAY out of whack.

[Miss Sunshine P 14]

5 hours ago, SleeveToBypass2023 said:

I developed allergies to foods and lactose intolerance after both of my surgeries. After my sleeve, I developed a NASTY shellfish allergy and lactose intolerance. After my revision to bypass, I developed an allergy to peanuts and an allergy to the surgical glue they used. Surgery can do weird things to the body. Major surgery like this throws the body WAY out of whack.

I agree I’ve had tons of surgeries and never was I allergic to the glue but this time I broke out so bad and I still have the marks from the reaction…I do know I’m lactose free intolerant too we’re I wasn’t before…it’s really just a try and see as you go for what works for you…thank you for responding