How do you PB????

[waynooo 1]

I know, slow down take smaller bites and eat the right stuff so you dont get stuck. Well sometimes I forget, I am starting to get more and more restriction and it takes this old dog some time to learn. When I do get stuck though I cant seem to get the offending object out. I try to burp it up but can never get it to the top. I have on occasion got a lot of phlegm up, but never the offender.

So all you PB pro's its time to step up and help a newb out. How the heck do I get it up????? The stuck object that is!

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[vlp1968 83]

For me, it seems like it's the pouch filling up too fast, as oppossed to something getting stuck. I cough and it usually comes up.

[sweetlemon 0]

I had never seen said offender; however, just pbing will move things around or shift the order around in there and get things moving downward.

[Jachut 487]

For me its rather violent, just like vomiting is, its not burplike at all. Its also loud, with a huge cough and lots of spitting, its not discreet either. It takes AGES for the offender to come up and I really suffer, thankfully its a once in a blue moon event for me.

[btrieger 21]

I've become a pro at it and I've been warned by my surgeon and his staff that it is the best way to cause a slip. So, you really don't want to learn.

But, if you must know it's all in the abs. I crouch a little and flex my abs so they keep pushing the bottom of my stomach. It's a learned behavior but it doesn't take long to learn.

I don't do it nearly as much as I used to because I am also learning not to get stuck as much. Walking it off is a much safer way to do it. It takes longer but is safer.

[cbbrink 0]

Bend over in front of the toilet and burp and let what ever comes up come out. It seems to work for me. Good luck.

[pixistix 1]

I haven't PB'd yet, but I have been in pain from too big a bite, one bite too many, etc.

I try to sip a little Water and wait for it to go down.

Or if it's really bad (one time, I could no longer swallow my own saliva -- yuck), drinking a little very warm Water helped.

From what I hear, when the band is very tight, drinking on top of being stuck or overfull will make you throw up. But I guess mine isn't that tight yet.

My best advice (and what I'm getting pretty good at) is about halfway through a meal, I start to wait a couple of minutes between bites. Then I can really feel when it's time to stop.

Good luck and happy chewing!

[elcee 3,341]

Bend over toilet, cough, spit, cough some more. Think I'm OK go and do something else. Realise not Ok back to loo repeat. Sometimes I actually heave like I would have done when vomiting preband. That is a recent development and one I'm a little worried about.

[jamelyn1979 1]

Has anyone ever tried papaya enzyme chewable pills? My doctors office swears up and down to use these if you have food stuck etc. to help break everything down.

[TracyNYC 4]

Someone asked me if we can take digestive enzymes. My guess would be no, since we don't normally want the food to move through too quickly. I have wondered if during a stuck episode if it would be helpful. Something to ask doc about.

[elcee 3,341]

I have tried them plenty of times and they don't help me at all. The food doesn't go down, I continue to slime and I still have to bring the food up.

[waynooo 1]

Thanks for all the advice! I had a pretty good stuck over the weekend. I tried but was unable to get rid of it. I know it is moving cause i feel relief for a few minutes but then it hits again. OUCH!! I really need to remember the needs of my budy!

[GoneFishin 0]

I have also heard that pineapple juice works.

[sixtythreenova 0]

I'm a terrible slimer... It's rare that i eat a meal where i don't start sliming and have to get rid of something. For me PB'ing is basically spitting the slime and i just like Btreiger, kind of push from my abs and squeeze my throat and up comes more slime and often some of what i just ate. My band isn't that full, although I don't know how full it is, i've only had 2 fills. But i think i take too big of bites and i'm tired of living in uncomfort because of it, so i have to get better and stop this bad behavior. If i just keep spitting slime and not swallowing it helps relieve the fullness. :cursing:

[waynooo 1]

I'm a terrible slimer... It's rare that i eat a meal where i don't start sliming and have to get rid of something. For me PB'ing is basically spitting the slime and i just like Btreiger, kind of push from my abs and squeeze my throat and up comes more slime and often some of what i just ate. My band isn't that full, although I don't know how full it is, i've only had 2 fills. But i think i take too big of bites and i'm tired of living in uncomfort because of it, so i have to get better and stop this bad behavior. If i just keep spitting slime and not swallowing it helps relieve the fullness. :cursing:

Thats what I have been doing. Just slime no food. Maybe I am doing it right.