The "I truly have no shame" PB question

[Mystjin 0]

Possessed egg yolk - lava lamp goo - Wheetsin you crack me up. You are so accurate in your description. Just watching the slime goo makes me yack some more. I have a week stomach for some things. It is wierd looking stuff. Alien after birth. YUCK!

[Surby 1]

OK, this is the ickiest thread I've read yet! Ha! I am scheduled for surgery on 8/24, and this "slime" thing really scares me! I have a VERY strong gag reflex........won't this "slime" make me toss my Cookies? ?? Ew! Also, WHAT is PB'ing???

Thanks so much for all the informative stuff........pretty or not! I need to know it all!

[Wheetsin 714]

Spitting out slime makes me PB (bandster version of tossing Cookies - search for it, you'll find tons of "dictionary" references)... I have a strong gag reflex too. If I hold something in my mouth (like a PEN, you pervs), and think about it, I'll gag.

[beachgirl 2]

Oh,

You guys are scaring me to death. I had my first fill one week ago and I knew when I left there by the way I could drink my cup of Water that it was not enough. I'm losing about 1-2 pounds a week or little more but I called today for another fill next week which will be two weeks after the 1.5 fill. I just don't have the restriction. I eat one whole peice of thin crust pizza tonight (my sons 19th b-day) and I eat one chicken nugget for lunch and drank all day. I know it's not good decisions but I was on the go in the car for almost 10 hours today. I need the restriction I know but the pbing makes me t totally panic stricken. I sure dread the first one and I know it's coming. I do thank you all for the explanations because I do want to know what to expect. Pray for me I guess. LOL

[Wheetsin 714]

mysherrijo, PBs are a lot of the reason why it took me 5 years to go through with lap-band. My aversion to regurgitative activities *ahem* is so strong that I almost didn't have this procedure because of the food having to come back up. So here's what I can say about that...

You'll see a lot of people refer to "food coming back up" as vomit. This is a very inaccurate misuse of the word. Vomitting is horrible. PBing, on the other hand, while not something I'd stand in line to get to do, isn't that bad. It's a very small amount, is over very quickly, and isn't nearly is unpleasant (no stomach acid involved, unlike vomitting -- it's just whatever got stuck + whatever you've swallowed since). PB doesn't leave a taste in your mouth. It's swallowed, but undigested... so really it's no worse than couching something up that you swallowed the wrong way. Except it's slimier. Personally I make the same wretching sound when I PB as when I vomit, and it *sounds* like I'm vomitting, but I can just rinse my mouth and go about my day. Not the case with vomitting.

Also, honestly - PBs truly aren't that bad because they stop the pain of something being stuck. Trust me. You'll only have to get something stuck once before you go from "I hope I don't PB" to "Please hurry up & PB so this quits hurting".

[Elisabethsew 50]

It's amazing how some people can have a PB long after they have eaten. Mine always happens the same way, I am eating and either don't chew enough or develop a spasm and the awful pain in my chest begins. It never gets better and seems to grow from a golf ball to a tennis ball. I walk to the bathroom and up comes the food.< /span>

While not the same as vomiting from the flu, what I bring up is definitely not foam or slime but the food I was eating. Since having the last fill and finally feeling restriction, I now know why it's so important to chew thoroughly and eat to the point of satisfaction... NOT fullness.

[paula 4]

***warning, this is realllly gross***

When I slime with no food, I drink something.

It seems like the liquid acts as a de-clogging mechanism for me. After a few minutes the liquid along with clogged food will come back up.

My theory:

I cant produce a valid pb on food alone (from the eating with no drinking thing). I must drink the liquid to make the stuck food unclog so it can come back up.

[the best me 6]

Me, too Paula! Cold Crystal Light doens't taste bad at all when it comes back up...especially when the golf ball feeling in finally! gone...ahhhhhh!

I'm thankful I don't PB often at all. I like NOT being tight!!!!

[stinaNYC 0]

I can't - and never could - bring stuff up by coughing.

I am always so scared of screwing up my band by coughing/retching, but sometimes you just need to bring that food back up and starts again. I posted this in another thread, but what helps to bring the food up for me is doing the "downward-facing-dog" yoga position...let gravity do the work and you don't have to retch or cough to bring it up. Jackknifing yourself does the work for you!

I've actually never had a PB so long after I eat...it usually happens in the first few bites, with more discomfort than actual pain. It's weird, but after I PB...the food I eat afterward always goes down easier.

Ahhhhhh...life with the Lap Band...always an adventure.

[LindaV 0]

You can buy papaya enzymes at GNC or other healthfood stores. Some grocery stores even carry them. I get good results with them sometimes and sometimes I PB anyway! I at least think they're worth keeping on hand just in case.

[NancyRN 1]

I read somewhere that a bandster tried doing the yoga pose "downward dog" and the stuck food moved out of its stuck position. NancyRN

[mariecarmen 1]

I'm new to this, so please excuse my lack of knowledge-- what does PB stand for?

[Teresita 0]

Spitting out slime makes me PB (bandster version of tossing Cookies - search for it, you'll find tons of "dictionary" references)... I have a strong gag reflex too. If I hold something in my mouth (like a PEN, you pervs), and think about it, I'll gag.

MariecCarmen good luck.

It is amazing that I am reading this thread and eating a sausage mcmuffin for the first time in months. I can usual eat 1/4 then begin the pb thing. I am eating it very slowly, pulling it apart and not eating the yolk. Yolk kills me, I love eggs but they don't always like me. I am getting a lot of gurgling noises and burps, for me that means it is going down. If I drank something now....that would be 5 minutes of sliming, pain and then the lovely pb.

Can you eat a few minutes after a pb....? I can but I really just try to use it as a signal to stop eating.

[*susan* 1,709]

I agree with Wheetsin, when things get stuck, I actually look forward to the pb because I know I will instantly feel better. And, like she said, it is over very quickly and not like normal vomiting where it seems to go on and on. I never drink soda anymore, except when I am really stuck and need to pb in a major way. Quite a while ago, someone on the board told me that drinking a small swallow of coke will bring the food up quickly, and boy does it work. If I take just a small drink of coke, within a few seconds the stuck food comes back up and I go on about my day. I never go back to eating right after I pb though. Once I have done that, I have lost my appetite. But, usually 3 to 4 hours later I am good to eat again.

[503-250 1]

This is another one of those great "bandster" moments. I have been banded for 8 months and I have never ever PB'd, nor have I ever felt restriction.

My only only PB like moment came from eating a piece of pizza crust, I didn't chew it well enough and it was clearly not a good thing. I felt the famed "Golf Ball" sensation and wrongly went to the internet for answers. I was told to drink Water. Don't ever drink Water to clear clogged bread, it inflates. I finally felt better about 26 hrs later. The weird thing is, no slime, no foam, no PB effect, no regurg effect, just pain.

I just had a fill on monday and I am currently at 80% of a 10cc band, so occassionally I get the idea in my head that the band is not on correctly, or I am doing something wrong. I look forward to PBs and restriction in a weird demented moving forward kind of way.