Which is worse for your band...?

[Yvette1026 0]

First let me clear up a misconception: PBing is not the same thing as vomiting. Vomiting empties the entire contents of your stomach/pouch and can lead to slippage if your doc didn't stitch the band down to anchor it. Vomiting brings up stomach acid/bile. Vomiting is bad. Period.

PBing is gagging up a stuck bite of food that is actually sitting in your esophagus and not able to pass into your pouch. This is usually the result of eating too fast/not chewing well enough.taking bites that are too big. Getting stuck is the same thing but it just doesn't gag back up. PBing isn't fun but the times I've done it, I was actually relieved to get the stuck bite up and out because it was causing me physical pain. It's still not the best thing because the fact that it's happening is a clear sign you aren't eating properly and need to focus on improving that.

Very useful information.. Thanks :biggrin:

[DizzyLizzy 21]

First let me clear up a misconception: PBing is not the same thing as vomiting. Vomiting empties the entire contents of your stomach/pouch and can lead to slippage if your doc didn't stitch the band down to anchor it. Vomiting brings up stomach acid/bile. Vomiting is bad. Period.

PBing is gagging up a stuck bite of food that is actually sitting in your esophagus and not able to pass into your pouch. This is usually the result of eating too fast/not chewing well enough.taking bites that are too big. Getting stuck is the same thing but it just doesn't gag back up. PBing isn't fun but the times I've done it, I was actually relieved to get the stuck bite up and out because it was causing me physical pain. It's still not the best thing because the fact that it's happening is a clear sign you aren't eating properly and need to focus on improving that.

Thanks for the info, but what does "PB" stand for? And is it something that just happens or is it like a cough. You know when you get something stuck in your throat, you purposely try to cough it up, is it like that?

I notice most times when I have anything other than Water, I'll have pressure between my breastbone and it goes away after about an hour. Even protien drinks will do it. Does that mean it was stuck? I don't have any Fluid in my band, but I thought maybe I was still too swollen for the Soup to just slide through.

[Jachut 487]

Well, it might be like tht for some. but it isnt for me.

PB means productive burp. But for me, a pb is definitely a vomit. It is a forceable ejection and it involves stomach spasms, and forceful contraction. It hurts.

Its not so unpleasant as vomiting though becuase there's not a load of hot, acidy vomit coming up, through your nose, there's no nausea, and strangely I dont panic about it like I do vomiting.

But it can cause slippage. Its not as simple as a burp or cough.