Question about pouch and PBs

mandi78 · May 14, 2007

Hi, I have been doing a lot of research on the lap band and hope to have it done in July. My question is this.....and I hope it makes sense.

So, the purpose of the band is for the food to sit in the "pouch" and slowly go down into your stomach for the purpose of feeling full longer. So if something is going to get "stuck" and cause a PB, does that happen right after you take the bite and swallow it or not until it tries to pass through the pouch into the stomach?

From what I've read, it sounds like it happens right after you take the bite and swallow it so that doesn't make sense to me since the food is supposed to be sitting in the pouch for awhile. Can someone explain this? Thanks.

Jachut · May 14, 2007

There can very often be a delay. It might be your fourth bite that causes a problem (perhaps you swallowed it without chewing enough) so it may sit a while before it gets to move through and you may have put two or three bites more on top of that and suddenly you realise you've gotten stuck.

However, it does become second nature to eat very carefully, but its quite important to not take one bit after another but to put down your fork and wait a bit to make sure all is going fine. I find I particularly have to do this with the first few bites.

waterlily1072 · May 14, 2007

It can be delayed but it will probably hit while you are still eating. It has been my experience that it is usually one of your first few bites that gets you. The reason for that I think is that you are just sitting down to eat and you are hungry and sometimes don't chew long enough and then wait long enough between the first few bites. I know I always slow down after about bite 3.