about PB

cleanteeth · April 11, 2008

Hi there. I'm sort of new here now. I'm definately reading all the threads to learn as much as I can. I'm having my PCP visit tomorrow with all my "papers" from LA Weightloss for the past year. I am pretty confident that they will be OK with my PCP since he encouraged me to go there. So I will have filled my 6 month requirement.

As far as the PB thing. I kinda understand what it is, but does it just happen all of a sudden. Like your at a dinner table and you spew all over the table? Do you have warning that it will happen? Can someone fill me in on exactly what happens.. do you eat to much? to fast? don't chew? all of the above?

You guys rock! What a great support system!

Thanks!

Molly

phowell · April 11, 2008

Here is how it happens for me:

I don't chew well enough, take too big of a bite, or eat too fast (sometimes it is just a food that I can't tolerate)

Then I get a feeling almost like a really bad, huge burp

Then comes the terrible pain between my shoulder blades and in my chest along with the overproduction of saliva. It is then that I get up and go to the bathroom. I just lean over and the food sort of falls out and then I instantly feel better. It isn't really like throwing up (for me anyway). There is no retching or heaving. Hope this helps!

Trish

cleanteeth · April 12, 2008

Thanks.. It's really the part that is freaking me out the most. I'm already trying to learn to eat slowly and chew. For alot of my life I had to inhale my food at lunch and set up a very bad pattern. It's very hard for me to slow down take little bites and chew, chew and chew again. I'm also not the most patient person in the world. I hope practice will help.

snowbird · April 12, 2008

It doesn't come without warning. It is much more controllable than regular vomiting. I have "put off" a PB episode for about 20 minutes when I was riding in a car, although that's unusual.