I am going in to be banded two weeks from today. These forums have given me so much incite to what life will be like after being banded. Thank you to EVERYONE! It's crazy the amount of information the surgeon doesn't tell you, even with my months of research I did on my own, I'm learning like crazy.... So my question........ What is sliming?

Thanks for all the insight everyone

Your humor helped relax my fear from all of the reality stories. Now to teach my husband to have a sense of humor. But, I hope I'm one of the ones who doesn't have this stuff.

I want to add, keep a sense of humor. It is miserable sometimes, but you get some good stories.

When I get stuck my hubby usually just gives me space to do my thing. Once we were camping. Our motorhome doesn't have a lot of privacy. I was hanging over the sink (a favorite slime position) with the slime hanging from my mouth to the sink. It had little air bubbles about an inch apart running down the slime string. He passes by me and says, "oooh how pretty, a pearl necklace!" Snort! Slime everywhere!

Also, a tip...if you are going to urp into a public toilet, put a seat protector into the toilet, it will stop the backsplash into your eye (yes, I've had it happen!) It was a lesson in humility for me. After comment to my hubby how I could not understand how people could get stuck on grilled fish...buhbam! Stuck...urp, splash into the eye!!

Another tip about public toilets, beware of auto-flush. I got stuck at PF Chang's and was mid-urp and the darned thing flushed. I got a face shower!!

And my jury duty story....well, that's one for another day!!!

Weesie, you being calm-ish about it will help him to be OK with it. My hubby gets more upset than I do. Mainly because he doesn't like to see me hurting. I keep the dramatics to a minimum during a stuck episode. It is kind of funny, he can often tell before I can that I am getting stuck. Something about the far away look in my eyes as I am evaluating.

Follow your bandster rules. That will go a long way to minimizing problems. After a fill, go very easy for a while until you see what your new restriction level tolerates. There are lots of folks on LBT who have never had a stuck episode. I am not one of them. But I take it in stride. To me, it is a risk I run...sort of a cost of being healthier and thinner. I'll take the trade-off.

The best defense for a stuck episode is that at the very first sign of discomfort you STOP EATING! Give it a few minutes. Once the pain is gone, then you can continue with your meal. If you keep piling food on top of a potential stuckage, that is a recipe for disaster.

Yesterday, Hubs and I were having some chicken wings at a sports bar. I had taken a bite then went to say something to him. As I drew breath to speak and hunk of chicken slid down my throat unchewed...OH $H!T!!! I haven't had that happen in about a year and a half. Normally I pay very close attention when eating, even if in a big group of people, convo is second to what is in my mouth. So, that was my last bite for a few minutes until I determined the results of such a boneheaded maneuver.

Turned out it must have been small enough and greasy enough to go through the stoma. But had it gotten stuck, I'd have slipped into the ladies room and taken care of it. It would have been over in minutes. I'd have been back to enjoying my day.

A lot of it with our spouses is about our attitudes. He sees me take it in stride, and so does he.

Your humor helped relax my fear from all of the reality stories. Now to teach my husband to have a sense of humor. But, I hope I'm one of the ones who doesn't have this stuff.

Weesie, you being calm-ish about it will help him to be OK with it. My hubby gets more upset than I do. Mainly because he doesn't like to see me hurting. I keep the dramatics to a minimum during a stuck episode. It is kind of funny, he can often tell before I can that I am getting stuck. Something about the far away look in my eyes as I am evaluating.

Cocoabean,

Thank you for the encouragement. All the people on these forums really are helping me feel more comfortable.