Dumping Syndrome 2+ years Postop

[SusanTO 2]

Hi all - I had gastric sleeve surgery 2/5 years ago. For the past few months I have been having dumping syndrome. The reading I have done all says that it comes from eating simple carbs. And if I do eat Cookies (my main downfall in life) I tend to get it. But I will get it when eating non-simple carbs. For instance, this morning I had a egg for Breakfast and had a fairly bad "attack". It seems to be more of an issue in the morning, than other times of the day. Has anyone experiencing dumping syndrome found ways of preventing it? Thanks

[GreenTealael 25,358]

Hi, I'm 10 months post op and it happens whenever it feels like no pattern to it at all. I don't really eat simple carbs, not often anyway. And it happens with pure Protein sources too. I'm really interested in how many more of us are experiencing the same thing.

[FluffyChix 17,415]

What did the last 2 days of eating look like for you? Total cals/carbs/sugars per meal or eating event as well as a daily total. Also, how long do you go between meals. Meals=anything containing calories or sugar alcohols--even Crystal Light could potentially be a problem as can Protein Shakes and bars. You will find the answer within your last 1-2days of meals.

[Matt Z 4,139]

Track everything including the times you ate and when the dumping happens, it's not always carbs that cause dumping, since there are 2 versions of dumping, within 30 mins is typically carbs/sugars, the 2-3 hours after ingestion is typically from fats/oils. Without a full breakdown, it's all just guessing.

[Creekimp13 5,840]

Research Gallbladder attack. See your doctor.

[SusanTO 2]

Nope, not a gallbladder attack - BTDT, and the gallbladder and I have parted ways (a year or two before the gastric sleeve). Talked to doctor. He just suggested avoiding simple carbs. Congrats on the 100+ lbs weight loss BTW.

[Creekimp13 5,840]

You can have bile duct stones without a gallbladder that can cause unpleasant symptoms......particularly if you were prone to them before, it might still be a possibility. Particularly, if what's setting your attack off is an egg.

Try avoiding simple carbs as directed......if it doesn't work, think of this as a back up idea:)

[Biddy zz 🏳️🌈 1,003]

My dumping and my gall bladder/bile duct stones were extremely different symptoms. Not sure if that is the same for all.

Dumping from sugar - sweats, fatigue, some diarrhoea, yawning, maybe nausea but pain free or very mild cramps at worst, lasts 30-45 minutes and suddenly stops. Unpleasant but manageable. Occurs as a set of symptoms but in degrees - mild for small sugar overdose, stronger for big sugar eating screw-up.

Gall bladder - extreme pain- seriously painful. Worse than labour pains! Nausea and retching, esp just before bouts of diarrhoea, pain level at 6/10 for 45 minutes then 8/10 for 15-20 minutes when I cannot sit on the toilet even, just would lie on the floor groaning. Hot sweats from the pain, that stop in the lower-pain parts of cycle. Repeat cycle every hour or so for 12-36 hours.

In my case, the difference was chalk and cheese. Mostly - gall bladder = overwhelming symptom is bad pain; dumping = nasty but almost no pain.

[SusanTO 2]

I agree. I had gallstones. This aint it. Everything I read says its related to simple carbs. But it's usually only in the morning, and it doesn't seem to matter what I eat. So decided I just need to delay when I have Breakfast, and just had tea before work, and I still got it from that. Guess I should just avoid any intake for a couple of hours after getting up.