Hi Everyone, A little advice please. I'm still on liquids after my first fill so I have yet to experience a slime storm, or get stuck. If I do what can I do to help ease the problem? I just want to be prepared. I mean do you drink water? Move around? Twirl a live chicken over your head? Any thing you can prepare me for will be really appreciated.

Well, if you slime, best to spit it out. If you swallow it you could force a PB.

If you get stuck, best to wait it out. Somepeople have success with standing up and walking around, other by stretching their arms above their heads.

Depending on how stuck you really are, you might do other things that work for you. I personally do torso slides, but avoid bending over, incase that triggers a PB.

I've been thinking about this too. Instinctively I've sat up straight to drink and walked around a bit later, so I guess that would be the first thing I'd try.

If you start to feel that "pinch"....put down the fork. Stop eating. And DO NOT drink water. That just makes it worse. Sit up straight and see if that helps. Sometimes walking around helps me. Heck I've even jumped up and down to get it to move.

I have heard if you get stuck walk around like a chicken flapping your wings. I have used this in the past. When I begin to slime and this has only happend a few times I just bend over a let it all come up..

I agree do not drink anything, I think it makes it much worse. I have to admit I have taken a tiny, tiny sip, which seemed to help. If it's stuck in the throat and not the golf ball in the chest feeling, I bend over and up it will come, without that heaving effect.

Definitely DO NOT DRINK anything.... I thought that would help... It makes it 10 times worse... Just eat slowly and as soon as you get the feeling to stop, do it.

Do NOT drink.

If you slime, spit it out.

And the best thing for me to do is MOVE! Walk walk walk walk... then walk some more.

Oh, I forgot to mention, don't take a deep breath either, ouch, that causes me more pain.

I was just telling my doctor the other day that I had never had a PB or slimed or whatever you call it and guess what happened???

Yep!

I'd had my first fill just a couple of days before and it seemed increasing tighter each day. On this particular day I couldn't eat anything and was just sipping Water most of the day. I was so hungry when I got home from work that I ate anyway.. probably too quickly.. and man did I feel UNCOMFORTABLE.

I walked, stretched my arms up, and finally went to take a hot bath - which only seemed to make it worse. So I got out of the tub, put on my nighty and was walking across the kitchen when suddenly slime hurled from my mouth!.. :cry

Well, it was gross, but I felt better almost instantly. I just hope it never happens away from home.

Well, Over the almost three years since being banded, I've had few occassions of slime. I find that if I simply bend over, it comes out. do NOT drink anything - painful! YIKES!

So, I'm new hear....where do you getr all the cool weight charts?

Typically, they say you lose as much as you will by 1.5 years out. Well, I'm a 41 year old male, 6'1" tall. I started out at 392 pounds. I now weigh 240. I still need to lose 50 pounds. I've been at the same weight for months. Time to pick it up and get 'er done!

So, I'm new hear....where do you get all the cool weight charts?

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And welcome to the board.

YOU GOT IT....Twirl the chicken around your head...stomp your feet three times, and then yell holy guacamoly....But this can ONLY work on a full moon. Sorry, being a butt..... I burp myself like you would a baby, but I do it on the middle of my chest when I get stuck. I just had a stuck/slime/PB episode tonight~ The burpin thing didn't work. I stood over the toilet and leaned over and well....that got things moving out~ It sucks. Try not to eat and drive too cause if this happens when your driving you will have to pull over. The slime takes over. You have to spit it out. Learned that lesson the hard way. Its amazing no one stops to see if your OK any more!! Hey, guess in this day and age your better off. (With my luck John Wayne Gasie or Charles Manson would stop and ask me if I needed help)

Greg...welcome to the board~Congrats on all your accomplishments ~

Greg, I've been stuck a couple of months, I need to getter done too, I'll try harder after the holidays , then I'll get a fill.

I had my first PB yesterday... I think. I ate some turkey a bit fast. I stopped and waited for it to go down (like it usually does when it goes down kind of rough) but it wasn't moving and my eyes were watering. So I excused myself to the bathroom and spit up a bit of slime. After that I was ok. The whole episode only lasted about 5 minutes. I'm dreading those hours-long PB's that some people talk about!

Thanks all for the great info. I don't think i'm going to slime just yet. I've got one of those bottomless pit bands (you know the 11cc'er)and I don't feel any restriction yet. But who knows, from what I've read on this board the band can be a pretty fickle thing.