I see a lot of people using the phrase "pb"ing. I'm just wondering what it means?

Thanks

PB means productive burp. It is what happens when someone either gets stuck due to food or drinks when eating. Some call it vomiting, but it is a regurgitation of what is above the band. It is accompanied by a very thick slime.

PB means productive burp. It is what happens when someone either gets stuck due to food or drinks when eating. Some call it vomiting' date=' but it is a regurgitation of what is above the band. It is accompanied by a very thick slime.[/quote']

I had my first episode of pbing tonight. I decided i was gonna try a chicken cassidea at 10 days post op. big mistake. Hurt like hell. I have deffinatly learned my lesson

I had my first PBing (I think) tonight and I'm not sure why. I ate about a cup of food, went down fine, but then I felt like I was full in my chest and back, drank a few sips to try to help things go down a bit easier, started to hiccup, burped a little, and felt a little different like something was about to come up so I ran to the bathroom and sure enough slime and liquid came up, but no food. Any clue what happened here? Did the drink put me over my limit and it had to come up? It's been about a 1/2 hour and now I feel fine and the full feeling subsided.

I had my first PBing (I think) tonight and I'm not sure why. I ate about a cup of food' date=' went down fine, but then I felt like I was full in my chest and back, drank a few sips to try to help things go down a bit easier, started to hiccup, burped a little, and felt a little different like something was about to come up so I ran to the bathroom and sure enough slime and liquid came up, but no food. Any clue what happened here? Did the drink put me over my limit and it had to come up? It's been about a 1/2 hour and now I feel fine and the full feeling subsided.[/quote']

Nope, that is a PB.

If you get food stuck from not chewing enough, or just too much, then drink water. It will not make it go down like you think. You are blocked then add water to that. It will come right up. Been there done that ALOT until I figured it out. Hope that makes sence.

so drinking Water helps by facilitating the pb? if you know it's stuck?

How often does this happen once you've adjusted to the band and changed your diet?

I understand that this is natural and every banded patient will experience it, but it's like pregnancy - worth it for the baby, but only through surviving a lot of gross stuff to get there...