I'm just wondering if this is how PBing works for anyone else or if I'm just weird???

I have never been able to MAKE myself throw up. In fact, I can count on one hand how many times I've thrown up before the band and that includes two pregnancies and lots of heavy drinking (not at the same time :thumbup:).

With my most recent fill, though, I am pretty tight sometimes and I have had about five bad stuck episodes. I've finally learned that I can get these stuck episodes over faster if I force myself to cough. Then, when I cough, a bunch of slime comes up... no stomach acid, no food, just a big glob of saliva. And, I keep doing that until the stuck episode is over (usually between 5 and 20 minutes).

But, is it weird that no food comes up for me? How does all the slime come up, but not the food??? Coughing up the slime does give me some relief, though, and eventuallly after coughing a few times, the food does finally go down. It just seems different from how I've heard others describe PBing. :thumbup:

I know what your talking about! I was walking through the city and stupidly ate too fast without thinking, it got stuck real bad... all I could do was find a dark alley way behind some bins and basicially make that draw back noise like im about to spit and then work the slime from the back of my mouth and then spit it out... gawd i got some looks hehe

In my opinion, what you described is not PBing (productive burping). What you described is throwing up.

For me PBing is like having an air bubble trapped and when I finally do burp a tiny bit of food can be felt coming up, but then it goes back down.

I have done the throwing up foamy slime thing when I have been stuck or ate the wrong thing. It's no fun. I think throwing up post-band is so different because the food that has already made it past the band does not come up. Even if you do not taste acid, once something makes it all the way down to the stomach, it is acidic and can cause damage to the esophagus and to the teeth if it happen frequently.

Interesting. Yes, I suppose it is not PBing since it is not really productive and its not a burp either. I know it irritates my esophagus because I can feel that after. Its like I am relearning how to eat after my last fill (two weeks ago - finally got good restriction). I thought it had loosened up because I could eat more and no trouble w/solid protein like chicken. Then, I had a lettuce wrap last night and I think I just ate it too fast. Now I know what people mean about foods that you eat w/your hands being a problem because you tend to eat too big of bites. Either that or ground meat is a problem food for me now.