PB'ing vs. Vomiting (I know, I Know, TMI)

[UpperWestSide 3]

So I have had a couple of instances of eating too quickly or not chewing enough and i suddenly get that stuck feeling. I have had one fill up to 5 ml. I begin to slime and spit up alot of spit. I run to the bathroom and suddenly I throw up. Not like I would do if I had a virus before the banding but it seems to be more than what I have read described as PB'ing. No burp, just a mild vomit. I am sure this is not good. It is never because I have eaten too much but it follows that stuck feeling. It seems more likely to happen as I begin to eat and not towards the end of a meal. Sometimes it seems to take 2 or 3 vomits for the food to release. I am not trying to do this it just seems to happen. I also seem to hiccup when this happens.

Any thoughts out there about this. Am I having more agressive PB'ing than normal? Yesterday it happened after eating a piece of cucumber. I could just feel it sitting in there stuck.

[bambam 0]

I don't think what you are experiencing is unusual - I really think it varies from person to person.

When I read about PB episodes before surgery they sounded so simple to resolve - just spit up the food that was stuck and voila - better! I've never been a good urper and my first PB episode lasted for 1-1/4 hours and I got sick several times - I brought up mucus a couple of times and finally a little food, but it wasn't a simple coughing up of a bite of food. For me it was actual vomiting.

I've had other episodes where I felt the pain in my chest. When I do get that I try to stop eating right away to let it resolve, but did have one other time that resulted in just mucus being brought up, no food, then I was able to walk it off.

[UpperWestSide 3]

Thanks so much for sharing your experience. It has been hard to think that my body is reacting so differnetly than so many. But it sounds like you and I are in the same boat. Best of luck to you.