PB'ing and concerns!

espere · August 25, 2006

Hi Everyone,

I've had little issue with this up til the past two weeks or so. I have pb'ed 3 times... first time ever in 2 months, have been eating very slowly etc but [i know its a bad choice - bread sticks awfully!] In any case, is this a lot to PB, as I am a bit worried about it and moving back to mushy food for a while.

I got my first fill as a 5cc in a 9cc band, which at the time seemed like a heck of a lot to me but I can still eat almost regularly albeit much much slower.

Any thoughts, or words of advice, other than to not rush? Have I done damage to myself etc????

Worriedly yours,

sonriose :hungry:

espere · August 25, 2006

Little PS.... any advice would be very gratefully appreciated!

Anaed2 · August 25, 2006

You say you've PB'd 3 times in 2 weeks. In comparison to some who seem to PB daily, this doesn't sound like an awful lot, or enough to really be overly concerned (ie. to do any serious damage), but it may be a warning to you now that you've had a quite a big fill to really take things more slowly and be careful with certain kinds of foods. Could you call your doctor and ask his opinion on whether you may be a tad too tight?

NaNa · August 25, 2006

Dear Worried,

You are taking the right approach now, by going back to liquids and mushy foods after your PB episode. But no one can tell if you have done damage but your doc with an Upper GI.

That said, my advice would be in the future whenever you get more saline added to your band and you are pretty tight, don't eat foods that will trigger PBing, such as thick bread, burger, fries and fried foods. Plus we should NOT be eating these anyway "IF" we are serious about losing weight.

Good luck

espere · August 25, 2006

Hi Nana,

thansk yes you are absolutely right, but I am very serious about losing weight. Im not losing fast enough.... but we never are... still 20lb in 2 months is okay?? In any case I am honestly not loading up on it... I had a slice of wheat bread with some mashed banana literally as all today so far, as i lost most of it... and the previous time... ok i was being bad... i ate some chicken... it was too tough and even well chewed was a stupid idea so I know better for next time! You are very right though, it is definitely a warning and I need to be very very careful in future.

My doctor wanted me to be tight enough that all i could eat were liquids and yoghurt for a while longer and I did that for 2 weeks and gradually introduced some softer foods, the bread was a very recent thing I clearly should not be doing. I probably wont be able to get hold of my doc though for a couple more weeks til i see him again but will talk to him as he requires monthly checkups.

Thanks so much for the replies... I was getting quite stressed here Anaed and Nana!

Hope you are both having a good day - Nana your weight loss is amazing! we are more or less the same... im 217 and going to start exercising with a vengance now also!

Sx