Curious about something...when folks talk about PBing, does that happen completely on it's own (i.e., without a finger to gag yourself to get it over with)? What about when people talk about throwing up? Are you talking about a full-on vomit of everything? I can feel the start of feeling a little stuck and stop eating. The feeling is not too painful, and subsides on it's own rather quickly. I think that's the new full signal. Other times, I go a little farther than that feeling and end up with lots of saliva, etc. It's rather unpleasant. I don't sit around and suffer - I go to the bathroom, gag myself and quickly get rid of the offensive feeling (sorry for the gross factor, but I really want to know). For those that wait out the real unpleasant feelings, do you eventually PB on your own? Is what I'm doing harmful? Not very much comes out (mostly saliva) and I get immediate relief. Is that better than waiting it for my body to do the same thing on it's own? BTW, I'm not too tight, just still learning how to eat more carefully :biggrin:.

Curious about something...when folks talk about PBing, does that happen completely on it's own (i.e., without a finger to gag yourself to get it over with)? What about when people talk about throwing up? Are you talking about a full-on vomit of everything? I can feel the start of feeling a little stuck and stop eating. The feeling is not too painful, and subsides on it's own rather quickly. I think that's the new full signal. Other times, I go a little farther than that feeling and end up with lots of saliva, etc. It's rather unpleasant. I don't sit around and suffer - I go to the bathroom, gag myself and quickly get rid of the offensive feeling (sorry for the gross factor, but I really want to know). For those that wait out the real unpleasant feelings, do you eventually PB on your own? Is what I'm doing harmful? Not very much comes out (mostly saliva) and I get immediate relief. Is that better than waiting it for my body to do the same thing on it's own? BTW, I'm not too tight, just still learning how to eat more carefully :biggrin:.

I am new here too, can you tell me what PBing is? I can not figure out what that stands for! LOL!

Wahmom Pbing is productive burping...different from full on vomiting. You burp, and the stuck stuff comes up with the burp. 2bskinny, sorry I don't have an answer for ya. I've had my band just over a month and I haven't gotten stuck stuck per se. I've had food becoming stuck, I burped and it came up. I tried to catch it b4 it went too far down. It taught me to chew chew and chew some more and stay away from over cooked dry meat...

PBing is 'productive burping'. It doesn't involve throwing up although there may be some sliming. What's happening is that the food is trying to go through the opening...and is...and the burping (the air coming up) is the way your body is clearing that little opening, allowing the slime and food to now make it through the opening.

When I'm truly stuck, there is no burping. Just pain and lots of slime. I'll usually just sit calmly for a minute or two and try to relax and let it unstick on its own. If it doesn't, I'll take a huge gulp of Water which results in a rebound effect. I can feel it moving the stuff in my pouch and then the water and usually the offending object comes right back up like a gusher.

This is not throwing up. Nothing is coming from my lower stomach and there is no heaving of stomach muscles. This type of throwing up is worrisome since there is the potential for a slipped band or erosion on the stomach by the band if done enough.

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