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I’m 2yrs post op and I started sweating profusely now every time I eat!



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HELP!! I’m 2 yrs post op lost 130 lbs I eat pretty healthy trying to eat low carbs , low sugar . Recently I can eat anything but especially carbs , and not even 10 min after I have something on my stomach I absolutely go into these “episodes” I call them . Where I start sweating like I’m exercising, profusely dripping wet , rapid heartbeat, , and it last from 30 min to an hour and afterwards I literally feel like I’ve been through a battle . What the heck is happening?

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Hello and welcome to the forum. This sounds like it could be dumping syndrome or foamies, I get them mixed up. It usually happens when we eat sugary, rich or fatty foods or just something that does not agree. I have just eaten too much mango and having a full out sweat session. I can not drink and am really thirsty. I will try a antacid lozenge and if that doesn't work I will make myself vomit.

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That's happened to me once in a while . I break out in a sweat while eating. I just chalked it up to my stomach working hard to digest my food. I'm interested to see if anyone comes up with an explanation - I'm wondering about it,too.

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Not foamies. Sounds more like dumping. It occurs after eating foods high in fat or sugar & yes for some people carbs or dairy.

Have you raised it with your surgeon or support team?

This link has information about dumping. It is for bypass but dumping with bypass is the same as dumping with sleeve.

https://asmbs.org/resources/bariatric-surgery-postoperative-concerns#:~:text=About 85% of gastric bypass,syrup) or high glycemic carbohydrates.

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I'm surprised you are 2 years post op and just now experiencing dumping syndrome. Kudos to you for avoiding rich, fatty or sugary food until now. (If that's the case.)

Oddly I have only experienced it if I eat refined sugar. I made the mistake of eating birthday cake a couple weeks ago and found out very quickly that I cannot. Fortunately, I didn't have the rapid heartbeat, sweating or nausea but I spent the entire evening and half the night running to the bathroom. My body wasn't having it and went through me like Water. I guess now I know to avoid it, since that was my first try. I have absolutely no problem with artificial sweeteners though.

On 10/19/2023 at 3:33 PM, Kat M said:

Recently I can eat anything but especially carbs

Is this a typo and meant to say, I can't eat anything? If so, that's a problem that needs to be checked out by your doctor.

If you meant you are cleared to eat anything that only goes to show even if you can, you shouldn't. GL

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Check your blood sugar when this happens. This sounds like what happens to me and it is reactive hypoglycemia and happens if I eat too many fast digesting carbs. My glucose will go into the 50’s and I need to eat 5- 10g or so fast acting carbs to raise it back again. (But not too many or it will keep swinging) This is something I have developed since having sleeve surgery over 10 years ago and the only way to control it is with diet and not eating high sugary volume of stuff.

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I was sleeved 14 years ago and then got a revision 4 months ago. With my sleeve, I would get the foamies (hyper-salivation), my forehead would sweat, or my nose would start running (or all 3). Now, with with my bypass, if I forget I had a surgery and try to eat like a regular person, I get nauseous, my stomach makes SUPER LOUD noises, I'll feel pain, and sometimes have to run to the bathroom (dumping syndrome). A lot of people think this happens when you eat the "wrong" foods (super sugary, super greasy), and they're right. BUT, it ALSO happens if you eat too much, or even just too fast. You could be eating a super healthy, super small amount of food, but if you eat it too fast and don't chew it down to mush (like people at work who have really short lunch breaks), you'll still experience these things. As time goes by, we start to forget to take our time to eat, to really chew our foods to a paste before swallowing, or to wait a while after eating to drink something. The longer it's been, the more we forget. Sometimes, we need to reset our eating habits back to taking a full 30 minutes to eat, to eat healthy foods again, to over-chew our food, and to wait at least 30 minutes to start back on fluids.

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