I know, slow down take smaller bites and eat the right stuff so you dont get stuck. Well sometimes I forget, I am starting to get more and more restriction and it takes this old dog some time to learn. When I do get stuck though I cant seem to get the offending object out. I try to burp it up but can never get it to the top. I have on occasion got a lot of phlegm up, but never the offender.

So all you PB pro's its time to step up and help a newb out. How the heck do I get it up????? The stuck object that is!

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For me, it seems like it's the pouch filling up too fast, as oppossed to something getting stuck. I cough and it usually comes up.

I had never seen said offender; however, just pbing will move things around or shift the order around in there and get things moving downward.

For me its rather violent, just like vomiting is, its not burplike at all. Its also loud, with a huge cough and lots of spitting, its not discreet either. It takes AGES for the offender to come up and I really suffer, thankfully its a once in a blue moon event for me.

I've become a pro at it and I've been warned by my surgeon and his staff that it is the best way to cause a slip. So, you really don't want to learn.

But, if you must know it's all in the abs. I crouch a little and flex my abs so they keep pushing the bottom of my stomach. It's a learned behavior but it doesn't take long to learn.

I don't do it nearly as much as I used to because I am also learning not to get stuck as much. Walking it off is a much safer way to do it. It takes longer but is safer.

Bend over in front of the toilet and burp and let what ever comes up come out. It seems to work for me. Good luck.

I haven't PB'd yet, but I have been in pain from too big a bite, one bite too many, etc.

I try to sip a little Water and wait for it to go down.

Or if it's really bad (one time, I could no longer swallow my own saliva -- yuck), drinking a little very warm water helped.

From what I hear, when the band is very tight, drinking on top of being stuck or overfull will make you throw up. But I guess mine isn't that tight yet.

My best advice (and what I'm getting pretty good at) is about halfway through a meal, I start to wait a couple of minutes between bites. Then I can really feel when it's time to stop.

Good luck and happy chewing!

Bend over toilet, cough, spit, cough some more. Think I'm OK go and do something else. Realise not Ok back to loo repeat. Sometimes I actually heave like I would have done when vomiting preband. That is a recent development and one I'm a little worried about.

Has anyone ever tried papaya enzyme chewable pills? My doctors office swears up and down to use these if you have food stuck etc. to help break everything down.

Someone asked me if we can take digestive enzymes. My guess would be no, since we don't normally want the food to move through too quickly. I have wondered if during a stuck episode if it would be helpful. Something to ask doc about.

I have tried them plenty of times and they don't help me at all. The food doesn't go down, I continue to slime and I still have to bring the food up.

Thanks for all the advice! I had a pretty good stuck over the weekend. I tried but was unable to get rid of it. I know it is moving cause i feel relief for a few minutes but then it hits again. OUCH!! I really need to remember the needs of my budy!

I have also heard that pineapple juice works.

I'm a terrible slimer... It's rare that i eat a meal where i don't start sliming and have to get rid of something. For me PB'ing is basically spitting the slime and i just like Btreiger, kind of push from my abs and squeeze my throat and up comes more slime and often some of what i just ate. My band isn't that full, although I don't know how full it is, i've only had 2 fills. But i think i take too big of bites and i'm tired of living in uncomfort because of it, so i have to get better and stop this bad behavior. If i just keep spitting slime and not swallowing it helps relieve the fullness. :cursing:

I'm a terrible slimer... It's rare that i eat a meal where i don't start sliming and have to get rid of something. For me PB'ing is basically spitting the slime and i just like Btreiger, kind of push from my abs and squeeze my throat and up comes more slime and often some of what i just ate. My band isn't that full, although I don't know how full it is, i've only had 2 fills. But i think i take too big of bites and i'm tired of living in uncomfort because of it, so i have to get better and stop this bad behavior. If i just keep spitting slime and not swallowing it helps relieve the fullness. :cursing:

Thats what I have been doing. Just slime no food. Maybe I am doing it right.

I had my surgery in April.I have had only three or four bad stuck's that were horrible but what I did so I didn't throw up was I took my gas x chewable's and chewed them up till they were almost water and swallowed and then the whole thing was over with.It has worked everytime.I alway's have these on me and the only time I slimed was because there was none in the house.I am not going trough that again.You can only take a certain amount in 24 hour's so I make sure I only take them when I need them.Plus I really make a effort to not eat so fast.It is a really hard habit to break after all these year's of overeating.