Partial gastrectomy

Hi Wawa 

I'm sorry to read that you're experiencing lots of unpleasant symptoms and wondered if you'd spoken to your hospital team?

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Hi Wawa I think this is called “dumping syndrome” it is definitely worth bringing up to your healthcare team and they might be able to help yuou. Online suggests a) decrease sugary food and increase food with high fibre content b) don’t have liquids 30 mins after meals and several other suggestions, depending on whether it’s almost straight after eating or several hours. They also suggest you to rest for a while after eating. I hope this is helpful. 

Hi yes it’s called dumping syndrome, I get it on the odd occasion mainly with carbohydrates. I mentioned it to my surgeon on an review appointment and he said pastas, cakes, biscuits, some bread, sugary snacks etc can cause it… one day I had a hot cross bun and literally 40 minutes later I was about to go swimming and I got in the pool, I could feel the sweats starting, shakes and feeling faint (which sends me asleep sometimes) happening… I just lay on a woggle until I felt ok to get out of the pool… it’s horrible… 

Take care

Michele 

As others have said, it sounds like dumping syndrome.  I found the Oesophageal Patient Association website very helpful 

https://www.opa.org.uk/edit/files/dumping_syndrome_and_digestion_problems_after_surgery.pdf

Hope this helps!

Dear All,

Thank you for your replies. The pain in the stomach, lower back on both sides and sweat tend to last about an hour then it eases off. It happened this morning after I got up I had a smoothie, a peach, went swimming shortly after I got out of the pool I felt unwell, pain, sweating. I decided to change my diet and cut down on sugary food, sweets, chocolates, cakes... it´ll be hard I have a very sweet tooth and bread which I eat a lot of. I´ll keep you posted how I will get on.