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Stress and PBs

bitteroldhag

By bitteroldhag, in Rants & Raves

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bitteroldhag    0

bitteroldhag
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This is probably just a rant, but I seem to find that PBs happen when I'm really stressed. Today I made a nice omelet and bacon and had taken one bite when the nursing home called to say that Mother was bleeding and they were taking her to the emergency room. My one bite didn't work. I had to throw that up before I could get to the emergency room where the docs figured out that the nursing home had been giving Mother coumadin which thins her blood so much that she bleeds. They stopped that. I came home 4 hours later and warmed up my omelet in the microwave and ate it and it stayed down. Do you think stress has anything to do with PBs? My whole life is a soap opera and I'm a drama queen to the max. But it was odd that I couldn't eat even one bite during this particular drama. I was hungry since I hadn't eaten all day except for some Unjury this morning. I would appreciate info on this problem. Thanks.

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Jachut    487

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Yes. dinner time is so stressful in our house. I'm lucky to have PB'd only one time in over a year but blockages at dinner time are very common for me, because the kids act up as soon as we sit down.

With an eleven year old, a nine year old and a four year old, dinner time is never peaceful. Everyone suddently wants to go to the toilet as soon as dinner is served. Someone always spills a drink. Nobody ever likes what I cook.

Even typing about it is making my band close up, lol.

And I really hope your mum is OK!

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Victoriana    10

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Have you been able to eat omlets all along? I cant eat scrambled, hard boiled eggs or omlets. I think stress could be the culpret, but reheated eggs would really ball up on me for sure. Hope your mom gets better, what a scare you had. I have not noticed stress changing me so far. This is a good question, I hope to learn with you.

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green    6

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I have a hard time eating when the resident cats come sniffing around. The competition for my nosh tightens me up and I make the further mistake of swallowing before I have chewed sufficiently first. Those meals are a disaster!:help:

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Doesn't it seem like your whole body clenches up when you get stressed? I guess it makes sense that your band would be tighter, too.

Stress, a fever, and flying. I know from experience that I get tight during all of those experiences.

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bitteroldhag    0

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Carlene -- Exactly how tight is a virgin on Prom night. Having attended multiple proms in high school, I have to say that I was never stressed enough to barf.

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Green, I have 4 dogs and 3 cats. Mealtime is cooperative. If I'm really hungry, they don't get anything until I finish, but if I'm not too hungry they get most of it. The problem with cats is that they will climb right into one's plate. Dogs at least just hang around looking hungry.

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Carlene    12

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Carlene -- Exactly how tight is a virgin on Prom night. Having attended multiple proms in high school, I have to say that I was never stressed enough to barf.

Uhhhhh....it wasn't the barfing kind of tight that I was referring to.

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Jack -- How come you are so wise. I will try this, but thing seem to get stuck in my esophagus when I'm stressed and I throw up. They never get to my stomach. So I'll check out this sphincter thing. One good thing is that I've lost 2 pound in the last couple of weeks. But having Mother in and out of the hospital is stressful. Also Ozzie has mange again and the poor little thing suffers so much it's really stressful. By the way, I have been eating potato chips. I know this is not good food, but I'm thrilled that they go through the sphincter. I like potato chips though I never ate them before the lapband.

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green    6

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Green, I have 4 dogs and 3 cats. Mealtime is cooperative. If I'm really hungry, they don't get anything until I finish, but if I'm not too hungry they get most of it. The problem with cats is that they will climb right into one's plate. Dogs at least just hang around looking hungry.

That's exactly the problem; they persist in trying to climb into my plate. I respond by eating defensively and this is not a wise thing to do once a grrl is banded.:)

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