Dumping or Stomach Flu?

[MrsQ2016 23]

I am nine months post op. Have yet to experience dumping syndrome. Today after getting coffee and eating a hard boiled egg I became very ill with dry heeving and with severe stomach pain, followed by diarrhea. Trying to decide if I am experiencing dumping or simply have the dreaded stomach flu - blah! Can someone share the symptoms they experienced with dumping?

[CHM 1,009]

I don't know that this sounds like dumping. I suppose it could be a mild version of it, but in my opinion, I don't see how coffee and an egg would cause it, or why you would suddenly start having issues 9 months out without a clearly identifiable 'mess-up'.

I've dumped several times to varying degrees. The most notable symptoms at the onset for me are weakness, shakiness, and clamminess. My heart will begin to race. When these start I know I have but a minute to get myself somewhere safe if I'm not already. Then I'll either vomit or use the toilet, and by the time that's done I'm usually too weak to stand or walk properly. I'll carefully inch my way towards a bed/sofa/open spot on the floor and sleep it off for a couple of hours. I've never really had any significant pain or cramping from dumping - just a general sick and very, very weak feeling.

Again, this is how I experience it. Naturally, like most things in the bariatric world, it can vary greatly from person to person.

[James Marusek 5,244]

It sounds like a stomach flu. If you went 9 months without dumping and this was set off only by a cup of coffee and a hard boiled egg, my guess is stomach flu.

[MrsQ2016 23]

Thanks for sharing! I've decided it is stomach flu. I now have a headache and still feel like poo!