Marmite_crumpet

Thanks. I've just ordered the book from Amazon. After my initial loss of35lbs, I have gained and lost the same 5lbs for about 6 months. I have avoided another fill because, although I can eat more than I should be able to, there are still many many occasions where my band clamps shut, making it difficult even for liquids to pass. I have developed the habit of eating high fat/high sugar junk and it is shameful. cheese, chocolate and nuts/seeds. Ridiculous. But those things pass through - even bread is ok with me, though I slather it in butter to make it "go down easier"!!! I am hoping that this little confession will serve as the line I draw under the past few months of nonsense. :smile:

AirKuhl: I think photos are necessary. For scientific research purposes, you understand ... :devil:

No. But I had a sip of Champagne and my stomach erupted like a volcano! :eek:

The PBing on peanut butter probably irritated your stoma and made it swell. Happened to me once.

I would really like to see this study. Citation please?

That is EXACTLY what I experience :cursing::cursing:

I would never admit this anywhere else but on this site :thumbup: ... I keep some of those sanitary bags in my car door for emergencies! You know, the ones with that lady carrying a parasol on the front? I pinched a few from the toilets at work. Ssshhhh! :crying:

I'm gonna try this!

My PBs are always like that. The full retching, heaving and loud shouting "Huey!!" :w00t: I don't get the stomach acid though, so I guess I'm just a dramatic PBer... Does concern me re slippage though, as these episodes can be quite violent. :scared2:

Ditto. And the gurgling can sometimes go on for ages after I've stopped eating...

Ah, thanks. I was wondering if a "cup" was the same size as an average mug available everywhere in the UK...?

Anyone?

I've always wanted to know this: How big, exactly, is this mythical "cup"? :smile2:

So the food comes back through your nostrils ??!!!

I had the band at the beginning of Feb this year. Everyone has different things that get stuck and there are plenty of threads discussing it. Generally though, bread and dry meats are common "stickers". I suppose my title was misleading - I didn't mean "unstuck" as in bringing the food back up. I meant that jiggling around sometimes pushes it through. Sorry for that. :scared2:

I would have liked a "couple of times a month" option as "once a week" is a bit too much, but "once a month" too little.

(Fast forward to 5.00mins) :thumbdown:

All the time.

Aw, sorry to disappoint. When I said "launch", I was using poetic licence. I suppose I meant that I didn't slow down too much for them and it was enough to "shake" the food through the band :biggrin:

You poor thing. What a nightmare! :biggrin:

Discovered these both by accident: 1) Run vigorously up and down stairs. Discovered when running to the loo to vomit up a piece of chicken which was stuck fast. Doesn't always work, but I do try it now at the first sign. 2) When above method not an option because driving a car, seek out some speed bumps and launch car at them. Dislodged a duck wrap last week using that method :biggrin: Any other "alternative" ideas?

Tell me about it! My boss - a very slim woman in her late 40s - is getting more and more obsessive about how much I eat. Luckily I only see her about once a month (I'm in medical sales, on the road), but she cannot leave it alone. She always comments "Oh, is that all you're having?", when I am having more than she is ... e.g. I always choose Soup when we are out, to avoid PB. The soup is nearly always a thick, creamy sort, so probably laden with calories. She chooses a large salad with a couple of olives/shavings of cheese. My soup will contain far more calories than her pathetic salad! She is getting more and more uncomfortable with the attention I am getting from colleagues re the weight I have lost. I think she was happier when she was the only older woman in the team to be slim.

Or, unless they are your colleagues who are all thin and obsessed with food i.e. not eating it, but focussing on what everyone else eats! I've just had 2 days of that on a training course with all meals provided. Misery

I posted this link in another thread in "General Lapband Surgery Discussion" TV presenter Jay Hunt on her gastric Bypass Read some of the comments (click on "view all" to expand) following her successful story. :thumbup: