Robynsquest

Hi. I am fast approaching my surgery date and I would like to hear some thoughts on the following. I have been working toward surgery, losing around 40 pounds over the last year. I try to avoid or limit sweets but I have a real sweet-tooth and will occasionally have a SMALL treat. NOT EVERY DAY, JUST SOMETIMES. I know we are supposed to avoid any sugary sweets once I've had the surgery. But I was wondering: If you were to eat something sweet, will you always have dumping? Do you find some sweets safer than others? (e.g. a bite of dark chocolate versus a bite of Ice Cream) Do carbs (like from the dough in a slice of pizza) behave the same way? (I realize there are 2 types of dumping). I am thinking I will never be able to have a bite of chocolate, ice cream, cake, donut, waffle, pancake, maple syrup, honey, etc. EVER again (without horrible dumping). I find that hard to imagine giving up. The prospect of giving up these things or have crippling dumping syndrome as a result of eating them as the most onerous things about the surgery. Obviously, this is a lifestyle change and I cannot expect to eat as I once did, but not even a bite of chocolate once in a while? Signed: The nervous sweet tooth

Thanks everyone! I am leading up to my surgery next week and fighting the last minute (or week) cold feet and jitters.

Thanks for the info Pearldrop! You have a Gastric Sleeve, right? I am going to get the Gastric Bypass which increases issues like dumping, etc. so I wonder if my experience would be radically different than yours.

p.s. BariatricPal inserted the links in the text above, not me.