Foamies vs Dumping...

Well, this has been a rough week for me with getting sick. I knew it would happen eventually as it does to all WLS patients, but I dumped and had the foamies this week. Both in the same week.

On Monday, I was still on the pureed stage and had what was supposed to be "NO SUGAR ADDED" Icecream from Baskin Robbins...But it made me "DUMP!" I was sick like I had the flu, with chills and had runs from 8 pm till 3 am. Needless to say that sick feeling carried through to Tuesday morning and work. I felt crummy all day. When I called my Bariatric Surgeon, he told me to wait it out as it was a case of DUMPING. I have never felt so sick before in all my life. Well, after getting sick I decided to check out the nutritional information on the icecream I ate...Guess what? It had 7GRAMS of Sugar in it and 4 GRAMS of fat per half cup serving. Now, I had scooped a half cup but only ate 1/4 cup before it had gotten sickeningly sweet for me and I stopped.

As of Wednesday, I advanced to "SOFT FOODS." Which according to my diet plan could include toast. So, today, (Friday)I made me a slice of toast and only ate about half and then dug into my scrambled egg. I got about 4 bites of egg when I got this pain in my sternum like something didn't go down right or needed to come back up. I sat and tried to wait it out, but knew I could no longer eat anything, or keep it down, so I went to the bathroom and threw up. Didn't taste the toast, just the scrambled egg with salsa.
Now, on Wednesday, I scrambled up an egg, with Salsa and had sour cream, and it set on my stomach very well. The only thing I did differently this time was to include a half a slice of toast...So, I guess this is what they call the "Foamies." Where food goes down but doesn't want to stay down and you wind up throwing up.
Oh, well, no one said this was going to be easy. It is trial and error learning what I can and cannot eat and what will and won't stay down.