Does Sliming hurt your band?

[_Becca 0]

I now have restriciton and will slime if I don't chew well or take too big of a bite. I try hard to avoid this, but sometimes I just forget. Does sliming hurt your band? or Is it just part of having a band? :omg: Thanks

[IndioGirl55 32]

I now have restriciton and will slime if I don't chew well or take too big of a bite. I try hard to avoid this, but sometimes I just forget. Does sliming hurt your band? or Is it just part of having a band? :omg: Thanks

Becca - I am a July bander too - I just got my 1st fill 9/5 and last weekend I slimed with a little pb - i don't think it hurts the band (at least the sliming - i think slime is where you are sort of blocked and your saliva just cant go down into your tummy - i don't know how that could hurt - but i a newbie at this too - so cant answer 100%

[_Becca 0]

Thanks for the info! I agree that I can always tell the bite that caused the slimming. Sometimes that old habit just takes over and I forget to chew well or I start eating too fast.

[zuchinno 4]

I don't have any restriction and I slime. Is that normal?

[zuchinno 4]

Oh also, does anyone else experience pain or tightness when they slime, like something sharp or too big caught in their throat?

I hit my chest like I'm burping a baby and then air comes up and I'm fine....

[IndioGirl55 32]

I don't have any restriction and I slime. Is that normal?

Oh also, does anyone else experience pain or tightness when they slime, like something sharp or too big caught in their throat?

I hit my chest like I'm burping a baby and then air comes up and I'm fine....

Zuchinno - I do think you have may some restriction or you wounldn't slime - and the caught in the throat - is what is usually referred to as the golf ball in the chest - What are you eating?? do you slime / golf ball after you eat?? Are you eating fast, not taking small bite and not chewing throughly -These are usually the cause for what you are explaining. you need to eating slowly and taking small bites and chew 30 times. I would call your doc on Monday if these aren't the causes.. Hope this helps !!!

[zuchinno 4]

Thanks. How do I have restriction? There's nothing in the band! Does this mean I'll always have restriction even when it's empty?

I think it might be b/c I breathe through my mouth (I have an impractically small nose and allergies... it's defective!) while I'm eating, so when I chew a lot, a LOT of air goes down and gets trapped under and stuff won't go down.

I do take small bites about the size of a piece of candy corn to the size of two pieces of candy corn. I chew 20 times per bite. (I do the counting method).

[IndioGirl55 32]

Thanks. How do I have restriction? There's nothing in the band! Does this mean I'll always have restriction even when it's empty? YES

I think it might be b/c I breathe through my mouth (I have an impractically small nose and allergies... it's defective!) while I'm eating, so when I chew a lot, a LOT of air goes down and gets trapped under and stuff won't go down.

I do take small bites about the size of a piece of candy corn to the size of two pieces of candy corn. I chew 20 times per bite. (I do the counting method).

The band is around your tummy the hole between your new tummy aka pouch and your old tummy is smaller than what is was and you are still healing from surgery (still could be a little swollen) - not everyone has to have a fill - there is a lady at mydoc's office who was banded in February and never has had a fill. You might be right about the swallowing too much air - prior to being banded i would occassinaly get the air bubble in my chest.. You didn't respond to the eating slowly - I myself find it hard to eat slowly when i am hungry.....

[zuchinno 4]

I eat fairly slowly. It might be that though. Usually my food gets cold before I finish it though.

They say to do the opposite of what I do, but... I try and eat while I'm doing something else and I end up getting distracted and eating less. I'm still paying a lot of attention to what I'm eating. I count while I chew, but I'll do something like read a sentence of my book in-between bites because it's hard for me to eat slow if I don't have something to do in-between bites.

The reason I think it's that I'm eating too quickly though, is that it happens more when I "just eat," as opposed to eating while occupying myself between bites.

[IndioGirl55 32]

I eat fairly slowly. It might be that though. Usually my food gets cold before I finish it though.

They say to do the opposite of what I do, but... I try and eat while I'm doing something else and I end up getting distracted and eating less. I'm still paying a lot of attention to what I'm eating. I count while I chew, but I'll do something like read a sentence of my book in-between bites because it's hard for me to eat slow if I don't have something to do in-between bites.

The reason I think it's that I'm eating too quickly though, is that it happens more when I "just eat," as opposed to eating while occupying myself between bites.

There you go... you got it figured out :confused: - If i just eat then i think i eat too fast too - I also will read when eating, I know that when i get the golf ball - its cuz i didn't stop when i should have

Good luck - we just have to learn a whole set of new habit...

[zuchinno 4]

It's true! Thanks for helping me figure it out!

I wonder what will happen when I get pregnant someday. I mean, I still have restriction when the band is empty... so wouldn't that be a risk? I wanna be able to eat enough for a baby..... *ponders*

[IndioGirl55 32]

It's true! Thanks for helping me figure it out!

I wonder what will happen when I get pregnant someday. I mean, I still have restriction when the band is empty... so wouldn't that be a risk? I wanna be able to eat enough for a baby..... *ponders*

Sweetheart - I am way pass the baby making stage - so I don't know the answer - but I do know that you can get p.g. and i wasn't saying that you will never need a fill - it just right now it seems like to don't and if you get p.g. then most likely they would unfil you - your band will loosen as you lose weight and that why we get fills too.

Good Luck - Ask all the questions, you need to and you will get the help

this is a great place.

[zuchinno 4]

Thanks guys! I understand it a bit better now. I guess things loosen up when you get rid of the abdominal fat.