One month Post-op update

[Pedro Valle-Inclan 275]

Hi friends, well I've been rolling along thinking I'm the greatest thing since sliced bread, doing everything right to the letter, wondering why others are having troubles, but finally last night I ran into my first bump in the road.I think I now know what "dumping" is. Now I'm not sure why this happened or exactly what I did different from other nights, but I might have eaten too fast or a bit too much and plus I'm now on my surgeon's second phase diet which is puree. Well I ate my 4 oz of Protein Shake, 2 oz of cottage cheese, 4 oz of a pudding, 1 oz of egg salad and then was lying down to watch computer screen; I fell asleep briefly then woke up to a kinda nasty sense that I either (excuse the TMI that's coming)had to vomit or go to the bathroom, so it was the latter after all, but I sat there pretty miserable for 20 minutes, feeling light headed and nauseus, didn't want to stand from nausea and light headedness, so wow, not much fun!! I take it that was dumping, right?

Well, I would like to try to avoid that in the future but not sure what I did

[Cervidae 2,389]

That certainly does sound like dumping. Or perhaps something got stuck because you were reclining before your stomach was empty. I learned the hard way to make sure I've digested enough before I lay down.

Sounds like you are doing well in general though. You live and you learn. Take care!

[Pedro Valle-Inclan 275]

OHHHHH.....!!! I lay down immediately after a fairly "large" meal... never occurred to me, thanks so much. this is what I love about this site, getting info one might not get themselves, thanks again, p

[swizzle 120]

Thanks for the share! It's good to get a realistic picture of what to expect.

Sounds like you're doing great, though!

[MinaT 669]

After a meal, maybe take a little walk or do dishes and stay upright with a little bit of movement to make sure everything is going down, plus it will help your metabolism to move instead of laying down after eating.