Difference Between Pb & Being Stuck

[Domika03 309]

I've asked a lot of questions, and tried to offer suggestions or my opinions on several topics. However, in the 3 months since I've been banded, I don't think I've ever fully understood the difference between a PB (productive burp) and a stuck eopisode.

I think I've experienced several PB's as I learned (and continue to learn) how to chew, chew. chew while taking small, small bites. They are no fun as you get that aweful feeling in the chest followed by a lovely slime kind of spit up. Yuuuccckkkk!!!

Stuck episodes are when we actually throw up? I've had one of those.

Am I right????

[line-dancer 810]

Stuck for me feel like I got pills stuck half way down or French bread has done it. PB is when Fluid comes out of your mouth when you burp.At least for me it has been

[lee72 42]

I've asked a lot of questions, and tried to offer suggestions or my opinions on several topics. However, in the 3 months since I've been banded, I don't think I've ever fully understood the difference between a PB (productive burp) and a stuck eopisode.

I think I've experienced several PB's as I learned (and continue to learn) how to chew, chew. chew while taking small, small bites. They are no fun as you get that aweful feeling in the chest followed by a lovely slime kind of spit up. Yuuuccckkkk!!!

Stuck episodes are when we actually throw up? I've had one of those.

Am I right????

i think i had a "stuck" yesterday, of all days the first fill post surgery. it just felt like something was just stuck there in my throat and stomache entrance, hahaha.

but i am so glad that i havent had a PB, i would probably be saying YUCK!YUCK! too.

[2muchfun 8,928]

PB'ing is the result of being stuck. When food can't pass through the stoma your body creates slime(flem/saliva) to help the stuck food pass through your esophogus. It takes time and sometimes you can force a burp that dislodges some of the stuck food(along with some slime) and of course you should spit it out. I've never been good at the productive burps. I can spit up some slime and that reduces the pressure in my esophogus but I seldom see any food come up.

tmf

[Denise4925 0]

i think i had a "stuck" yesterday' date=' of all days the first fill post surgery. it just felt like something was just stuck there in my throat and stomache entrance, hahaha.

but i am so glad that i havent had a PB, i would probably be saying YUCK!YUCK! too.

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It's been a month & a week since my surgery. I've lost a total of 16lbs. I sometimes weigh & I've gained a pound back. But the next day I eat lighter & walk 30 minutes. That gets it plus another pound off the next couple days. I got my first post op fill last week. Feel kinda the same. Except I now have pain on left side if I overeat. So that's incentive to cut down. Overeating for me now is a 400 cal. frozen meal.

I've only experienced the painful burp & the full feeling in my throat. I have not burped up any liquid or thrown up yet.

[Domika03 309]

Did you guys ever think you'd be talking to strangers about "productive burps," "saliva / phlem," and throwing up? LOL

You gotta admit we have a great bond!

Thanks for all the feedback!!!

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The simplest way to explain it is- stuck is uncomfortable but no food comes back up. PB is the result of being stuck and is when the food and/or slime is burped up.

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Oh one more note, most people actually considering sliming it's own band-thing. So, you can be stuck, PB, and/or slime.

[donna12 742]

PB'ing is the result of being stuck. When food can't pass through the stoma your body creates slime(flem/saliva) to help the stuck food pass through your esophogus. It takes time and sometimes you can force a burp that dislodges some of the stuck food(along with some slime) and of course you should spit it out. I've never been good at the productive burps. I can spit up some slime and that reduces the pressure in my esophogus but I seldom see any food come up.

tmf

well said! When I get stuck it hurts in the center/middle of my chest and then my mouth begins to Water or salivate and then the slime starts and then I PB and then sometimes I will eventually throw it all up, not always but sometimes. It's not pretty and not fun.

[Denise4925 0]

well said! When I get stuck it hurts in the center/middle of my chest and then my mouth begins to Water or salivate and then the slime starts and then I PB and then sometimes I will eventually throw it all up' date=' not always but sometimes. It's not pretty and not fun.[/quote']

My doc says that's not supposed to happen. That ur band is too tight & it should be adjusted.

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My doc says that's not supposed to happen. That ur band is too tight & it should be adjusted.

That can be the case, but more often than not the person just took too big of a bite or possibly didn't chew enough. Or, they tried to eat a food that just doesn't agree with them anymore.

[donna12 742]

My doc says that's not supposed to happen. That ur band is too tight & it should be adjusted.

Oh Missy above is right, I do know what I did wrong, a too big of a bite or didn't chew well. I'm only 5 mos post op and still learning my band and learning how to eat properly. It's a hard habit to break after eating they way we did prior to surgery for so many years or so it is for me at least, speaking for myself. I either let myself get too hungry and get in a hurry and take big bites and before you know it I swallow and oops, I'm stuck!

Still learning

Donna