Labor Day Weekend Indulgences!

[babygirl901 173]

That's a problem for me... I don't dump and have only thrown up from not chewing it enough. I have to follow the rules' date=' I'm afraid!

Surgery 7/25/12[/quote']

I've never vomited. When I didn't chew a boiled egg one time, it wouldn't budge!!! I just had to wait for it to pass.

[babygirl901 173]

But I am soooo afraid of any type of ice cream. Lol

[Stacey Dayonne 69]

I licked the icing offmy finger after cutting my sons cake and within minutes felt sick and had to omit

[babygirl901 173]

I licked the icing offmy finger after cutting my sons cake and within minutes felt sick and had to omit

OMG.

[jadeharper 51]

Good one! I'm 3wks out, I had 1oz of red wine, 3/4oz of tequila (wasn't that good), 1oz fish, 1oz chicken and an inch of bacon with my boiled egg whites. It was all so delicious. Of course I had my Protein Shake, Water and exercise too:) was a fantastic wkd at the lake!!

[kiwiladydee 402]

OMG.

Lucky as heck!!!! .)p

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[babygirl901 173]

Lucky as heck!!!! .)p

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Huh?

[kiwiladydee 402]

Huh?

You are super lucky. . That's my southern swag. --- lucky as heck instead of hell.

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[babygirl901 173]

You are super lucky. . That's my southern swag. --- lucky as heck instead of hell.

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Lol. Thank you. Everyday I don't dump/vomit is a blessing to me!!!

[TinyMamiOf3kids 1,280]

When I hear southern. I think of fried chicken mash potato corn on the cob.

[babygirl901 173]

You are super lucky. . That's my southern swag. --- lucky as heck instead of hell.

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Where r u? Im n memphis

[DLCoggin 1,788]

What did you eat this weekend?

I so wish you hadn't asked that question. But...time to come clean and take my medicine.

Before my surgery, my wife and I and both of our sons often enjoyed eating at a Korean BBQ restaurant not far from the homestead. You guys probably know what I'm talking about. Gas grill in the middle of the table and you cook your own meat right at the table. Tons of options from teriyaki rib eye to chicken to baby octopus. We haven't been there in well over a year and decided that yesterday would be a great time to go back for a visit. My oldest son had other plans but the youngest one, his terrific wife, and the world's cutest grandson joined us.

I am forever mindful of what I eat and how much but hey, it was a holiday right? I'll spare you all of the details but I proceeded to eat about five pieces of sushi, maybe three to four ounces of teriyaki rib eye, and probably three or four ounces of white rice - you know the really sticky white rice that I absolutely love. Now if that wasn't bad enough, this place has one of those big machines that makes the best soft serve vanilla ice cream that I have ever tasted. Anywhere. I just had to have a small cup - maybe two, three ounces at the most.

Now - I'm close to eleven months post-op and have never had what the medical geeks call "early" dumping. About 2/3 of the folks who experience dumping (about half of all RNY patients don't experience any kind of dumping) experience "early" dumping. Early dumping usually occurs within 30 minutes of eating and sometimes results in vomiting. I on the other hand am in the 1/3 of folks who experience "late" dumping. Which usually occurs one to three hours after eating. Late dumping is strongly linked with hypoglycemia which is just a fancy way of saying that your blood sugars crash following consumption of too much sugar - you know, the stuff found in stupid amounts in starches like sticky white rice? And I seem to recall hearing that there's quite a lot of sugar in things like ice cream?

Where was I? Oh yeah, fast forward to roughly two, maybe two and a half hours later and we're all back home enjoying my grandson and watching a little U.S. Open Tennis. I'm hanging out being my usual lovable grandpa self and BAM - cold sweats, everything I have started shaking, major fatigue just kind of swept over me. So I say to my wonderful wife "I'm not feeling so good." And she says to me "You're not looking so good." And I say "I think I better check my blood sugar." So I stand up to go get the test kit and came about as close to passing out as you can get and still be upright. "Honey, I think I'll just sit back down on this here couch and perhaps you would be so kind to grab the test kit for me?"

Are you ready for this? My blood sugar was 39. For those of you who are not present or former diabetics, that's a touch on the low side. Like about 70 or 80 points. Much lower and I'd have been on the floor as opposed to the couch. "Honey, you suppose you could grab me a handful of grapes? Maybe even a piece of chocolate anything if we have any in the house?"

One of the strange things about hypoglycemia is that the recovery from it is one of the more dramatic responses there is. A few grapes and a couple of small squares of year old chocolate and in 30 minutes, other than feeling like I had just run a marathon, I was pretty much back to normal. Well, that and the unshakeable feeling of being a total jerk. Today I'm right back on track. A little older. A little wiser.

[DaniG 54]

My big splurge was a beer! It was delicious! Wont have another until my birthday in November!

[LosingItForMe2011 320]

No splurges for me this weekend other than 1 piece of sugar free Russel Stover English Toffee. I can't have too many sugar alcohol products or I'll get too friendly with the rest room so 1 was plenty. LOL

[armywife422 10]

No splurges for me this weekend other than 1 piece of sugar free Russel Stover English Toffee. I can't have too many sugar alcohol products or I'll get too friendly with the rest room so 1 was plenty. LOL

I just sucked on a piece of dove dark chocolate sugar free.....it was heavenly...chocolate was my weakness and I was afraid it wouldn't be enough but I was totally satisfied.