Hi everyone. I have been a member of LBT for a few months now. Sometimes when I am reading posts I come across terminology I am not familiar with. While I can connotate meaning from most abbreviations, I wish I knew what they stood for.

Two that come to mind are "pb" and "dh".

Please fill me in!!!! And if you can think of any others while your at it, feel free to list them for my future reference!!!!

Thanks so much!

These are listed under FAQ you can always use the search feature on the blue menu bar and it will find what you are looking for.

Hope this helps! these are from Alexandras post in FAQ

Abbreviations and What They Mean

<HR style="COLOR: #d1d1e1" SIZE=1><!-- / icon and title --><!-- message -->Weight-loss surgery, band-specific, and general medical terms:

PB: "productive burp" -- what happens when something eaten can't go down due to restriction has to come back up

NSV: Non-scale victory -- a weight-loss achievement that has little to do with numbers

WLS: Weight-loss surgery

MO: Morbid Obesity (or morbidly obese)

BMI: Body Mass Index

GBP: Gastric bypass surgery

RNY: Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery (the most popular type of bariatric surgery)

DS: Duodenal switch (another type of bariatric surgery)

BP: blood pressure

PCP: Primary care physician

GP: General practitioner

NP: Nurse practitioner

PA: Physician's assistant

BC: Birth control (or BCP: birth-control pills)

OTC: Over the counter (i.e., non-prescription medications)

NSAIDS: Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (a class of painkillers--which includes ibuprofen--bandsters should try to avoid because they can add to ulcer risk).

AF: "Aunt Flo" -- menstrual period

GERD: Gastro-esophageal reflux disease

#/#/# in signatures: weight pre-surgery/current weight/goal weight

Thanks gonnabe. You are even newer than me and you know how to navigate the sight better! Thanks for your help. do you know what "dh" stands for? Darling husband? lol

Thanks again

It is dear/darling husband dw wife ds son dd daughter

I think there may be more under the thread at FAQ. Ive spent hours looking around being sure that banding is a good decision for me. Meanwhile avoiding the bickering! Happy reading!