Somebody explain PB to me.......

[jtrek 0]

I am new and due to be banded in 2 weeks.....Doc hasn't told me much about this and I have only seen a few posts on it. However the few I have seen scare me pretty bad. I want to read as much as possible, but I have to admit there are some scary posts out there!!! Yet there are alot of really great and exciting posts too!!!

Jana (reading and typing thru spaces in fingers covering face) :nervous

[MyKdsDad 1]

Jana, a PB is a "productive burp". I've read it explained lots of ways and I compare it to a baby spitting up. Not really puking, but more than just gas.

[jtrek 0]

Thanks Randy, That helps a little.....I read yesterday a girl's post on how much pain she was in and how she suffered so much until she was finally able to get the stuff back up......sounded so scary to me

[Wheetsin 714]

My PB was beyond burp, but definitely not vomit. It hurt like hell for about 15 - 20 minutes before anything came up - in the sides of my waist, and mostly in my back between my shoulderblades. Just pain, no nausea like when you vomit. My body tried to burp a few times but it couldn't get out. Each time I would try to burp, I could feel something coming up just a little, but never all the way. When the food finally came up I knew it was happening and made it to the sink, but it wasn't the same feeling as right before you vomit, though I did salivate excessively (no slime though). When it comes up, it's not nearly as bad as vomit because there's no acid involved, just whatever got stuck, anything you put down afterwards, and saliva. Now - my husband thought I was vomiting because I still made the same wretching sounds, and it's still as spasmic, but it's not the same as true vomiting.

Trust me -- I've puked twice in the last 10 or 12 years, I hate it that much I fight it with every means possible. I feared PB more than anything, more than the surgery, more than the post-op pain, etc. But I promise you -- if all PBs hurt as much as mine did, you won't mind the "unsticking" because it means the pain stops.

[jtrek 0]

Wheetsin,

You are the scary girl(LOL). the cream of broccoli soup...right???? Well are you feeling better today??? I hope so. I am glad that you described it as you did....I have a better feeling of what I might expect.

Take care Girl! Jana

[Wheetsin 714]

Yes, I was the one with cream of broccoli. Sorry if I scared you, I certainly wasn't trying to, but I'm definitely a "tell it like it is" kind of girl. Especially since I had to learn it the hard way, and never would have guessed, pre-banding, that it would feel like that.

After it was all said and done I felt really weak. I just wanted to sit down and do nothing. So that's exactly what I did. I was shaky - probably a combination of the pain (not just the PB pain, but I was also struck with strong hiccups the second time around, which were jarring my incisions... ugh) and the bit of panic I had before I realized what was going on, as well as some anxiety b/c I had no idea how long it was going to take to really be over.

Once I calmed down and realized it was over, it was back to normal - pretty much as though nothing had ever happened, except my incision areas were still a little sore from the hiccups. The pain really did stop the instant the food came up. Today I've felt fine, but even less appetite than normal (which is not good, I'm probably maxing out around 300 cal/day for over a week now). Tomorrow I can start with some "real" foods (cottage cheese, refried Beans, canned fruits...) but honestly - I'm a little afraid to now.