SLIMING - What's the deal?

[DanaInNewOrleans 513]

Anybody know the actual physiological reason for sliming? I keep hearing about it and it seems there's not a lot of consistency between people for when/why it happens. Seems so odd....I want to avoid it!

Thanks!

Dana

[PdxMan 4,292]

Hmmm ... I have no medical proof or studies, just my own personal experience and thoughts.

About 5 weeks post op I was eating a peach. I had just gone through a different procedure and had some pain pills in me. I wasn't thinking. I ate the peach just like I would have 2 months earlier. Not chewing enough and taking bites too large. All of a sudden my mouth started filling with saliva. An incredible amount. I had to stand over the sink with my mouth open as foamy saliva just poured out. I coughed up my last bite of peach, too. My head was spinning and I was all sweaty.

Why does this happen? I can only guess that the body is reacting to having food stuck in my throat and is going to create a bunch of liquid to help wash it down or help it back up. I didn't vommit as it wasn't a stomach convulsion to bring up the last bite in as much as it was more of a cough/throat spasm. My guess is the sliming lubricates the system to clear it.

Solution for me was to take smaller bites and chew more thoroughly.

Hasn't happened to me since.

[ibehere10 163]

I was sleeved Sept 10th and have not had any episodes of sliming! Have no idea what it is or what causes this to happen but am very happy to have avoided this so far......

[DanaInNewOrleans 513]

Hmmm ... I have no medical proof or studies, just my own personal experience and thoughts.

About 5 weeks post op I was eating a peach. I had just gone through a different procedure and had some pain pills in me. I wasn't thinking. I ate the peach just like I would have 2 months earlier. Not chewing enough and taking bites too large. All of a sudden my mouth started filling with saliva. An incredible amount. I had to stand over the sink with my mouth open as foamy saliva just poured out. I coughed up my last bite of peach, too. My head was spinning and I was all sweaty.

Why does this happen? I can only guess that the body is reacting to having food stuck in my throat and is going to create a bunch of liquid to help wash it down or help it back up. I didn't vommit as it wasn't a stomach convulsion to bring up the last bite in as much as it was more of a cough/throat spasm. My guess is the sliming lubricates the system to clear it.

Solution for me was to take smaller bites and chew more thoroughly.

Hasn't happened to me since.

Thanks for sharing! So the I guess the moral of the story is don't take big bites?? It's funny because I haven't seen anyone say they a "little sliming" ...it's always a full blown major reaction.

[PdxMan 4,292]

Thanks for sharing! So the I guess the moral of the story is don't take big bites?? It's funny because I haven't seen anyone say they a "little sliming" ...it's always a full blown major reaction.

Well, like I mentioned in my post, my solution was to take smaller bites and to chew more thoroughly. That seems to be the common solution I have seen from others, too.

[Fiddleman 4,376]

Well' date=' like I mentioned in my post, my solution was to take smaller bites and to chew more thoroughly. That seems to be the common solution I have seen from others, too.[/quote']

Yup, chewing slow and many times is the solution. Might I also add the sliming dismisses quite a bit by month 5 even if you fail to eat slow or chew, chew, chew. Just something to look forward to.

[suzthebrit 146]

It is like a near death experience! It's happened to me twice, both after swallowing my pills. Thinking one got stuck. You just need to spit, spit, and spit some more. Then you throw up some slimy stuff and not what is actually causing the problem, which is sooooo frustrating! Do everything you can to avoid having this happen! It's awful! I called my husband and told him I was dying when it first happened to me!