I know this sounds stupid....but

CandySmooch · September 7, 2005

Everybody's different. I have experienced only 1 that I would consider a full blown PB. But I don't get as much saliva as everyone else describes. I've had the painful ate to fast and have to give it a few minutes, but that's not so bad. But let me share my first experience shortly before going to full solids after banding - this was a bigg no no, and I was stupid to think it'd be ok. My sister throws a BBQ - and no one in my family knows I've been banded besides my mother, step-dad, and my boyfriend. I figured she'd be having hot dogs and hamburgers - now grant it I felt very healed and hadn't had one lick of problems with any other foods - soooooo I show up and they have nothing but smoked BBQ'd ribs - not the baby back that are lean - but the fatty ones. I put one on my plate and figured I could pick around it - I purposely had not eaten that morning so I could get at least a little salad or something down and not be so obvious. That rib looked & smelled soo good, and it really was soooo tender I thought'd be ok and it was before I got some fat - I tore off a tiny piece and ate it - went down just fine - another 2 bites - ok - 4th bite had a little fat on it and BAM! I immeditaely tried to be discreet and handed that rib over to my boyfriend and he just looked at me and asked what? don't like it? I quickly shook my head and he knew something was wrong - I told him I'd be right back and I went into the bathroom and was doing lamaze breathing for a good 10 minutes! I had tears in my eyes and breathing was the only thing that got me through it - I just remembered what my friends had said - it only has 2 options - to go up or go down - you just have to wait it out and see what it's going to do. I breathed and breathed and breathed - put my arms up over my head and paced in the bathroom. I believe that is what everyone calls a PB and that was my only bad experience thus far. Like I said - I've felt really uncomfortable when I had a too tight fill and ended up throwing up for the first time - but it still never compared to that rib bite I took and I will never forget that!