please could you tell me what bping is and whats the cause of it?

being banded july 26 and trying too prepare myself for everything.

pbing stands for productive burping. It's when you throw up some or all of what's in your pouch. It typically happens when your too tight, eat to much too fast (too big bites, not enough chewing).

It's not good but it doesn't feel horrible. The food basically comes right back up, no heaving or anything. For me, before it happens I get a pain in my chest with some nausea. Once I pb I feel fine.

Unlike the previous poster, I do get a severe amount of pain when I PB. I get the chest pains and nausea, and then scorch my throat when I heave/PB it out. Sometimes I end up heaving so hard that I pop the tiny blood vessels around my eyes, leaving little red dots everywhere (goes away in a couple of days).

Two things:

(1) Yes, it's a result of eating too fast, too much, not chewing, etc. If you follow the LapBand rules, it won't happen - but, randomly, it happens to the best of us every now and then because we're not used to consciously chewing and taking small bites. It happened a lot for me (2-3x daily) when my band was too tight - I was able to get liquids down, but food was a no-no every time I tried. A little unfill from the doc did the trick!

(2) PB is a lot like vomiting - but we don't call it vomit because you're not actually spewing from your stomach, food all mixed with acid. Like the previous poster said, this is food coming up from your pouch. Usually accompanied with saliva (slime), it's all portions of undigested food that generally got stuck in your pouch/esophagus.

are we doing damage to our stomach/lapbands every time we PB?

are we doing damage to our stomach/lapbands every time we PB?

Excessive PBing can cause your band to slip. No set number of times or anything - everyone's different!