I have seen these terms used. What exactly do these mean? I just got my first fill yesterday and wondering if I will get these things. Thanks!

It's when you eat to fast or do not chew well enough or try to eat a particular food that will no longer pass by your band.Thick secretions are produced which will be brought up.

I have seen these terms used. What exactly do these mean? I just got my first fill yesterday and wondering if I will get these things. Thanks!

Ok, I'm going to get gross here...but you asked....

The normal person produces and swallows up to 4 pints of saliva per day.....the rate of this production can be increased or decreased if one is in the act of eating....

When a person gets "Stuck"...it means food has become clogged and cannot pass through the band....think of your kitchen sink drain.....

Saliva is not only normally being produced, but can be triggered to increase because food is currently being digested....BUT the saliva has no where to go....it begins to accumulate, not being able to pass by the clog.....

Two things are happening that are good....first, the primary purpose of saliva is to break down the food, and also lubricates, softens it....., as the first stage of digestion.....and this is one of the body's defense mechanisms for food obstruction....

2nd...if the food does not pass, saliva continues to accumulate, partially digesting the food, but with no where to go and still accumulating, it will come right back up and out..... bringing the trapped partially digested food with it....(Hopefully)...PB'ing...

Does everyone experience this???? Not everyone has had adjustments - fills to their bands....but I would guess to say the majority of banded people will....it's just a lesson on eating correctly...the way they tried to teach you with their set of "Rules"

For me, when I get stuck, the sliming begins, I will sip some Water while standing over a sink, etc, (NEVER while sitting at the table) ...adding water only speeds up the process and gets it over with so I can get on with whatever I was doing....

I could not have said it better B-52!

Basically PB= Productive burping!

Sliming=the backing up of all that saliva, and it has no where to go but OUT! Usally when that happens, you get PB too!

Thanks so much for your replies. I am still trying to figure all of this out.

I have seen these terms used. What exactly do these mean? I just got my first fill yesterday and wondering if I will get these things. Thanks!

Ok, I'm going to get gross here...but you asked....

The normal person produces and swallows up to 4 pints of saliva per day.....the rate of this production can be increased or decreased if one is in the act of eating....

When a person gets "Stuck"...it means food has become clogged and cannot pass through the band....think of your kitchen sink drain.....

Saliva is not only normally being produced, but can be triggered to increase because food is currently being digested....BUT the saliva has no where to go....it begins to accumulate, not being able to pass by the clog.....

Two things are happening that are good....first, the primary purpose of saliva is to break down the food, and also lubricates, softens it....., as the first stage of digestion.....and this is one of the body's defense mechanisms for food obstruction....

2nd...if the food does not pass, saliva continues to accumulate, partially digesting the food, but with no where to go and still accumulating, it will come right back up and out..... bringing the trapped partially digested food with it....(Hopefully)...PB'ing...

Does everyone experience this???? Not everyone has had adjustments - fills to their bands....but I would guess to say the majority of banded people will....it's just a lesson on eating correctly...the way they tried to teach you with their set of "Rules"

For me, when I get stuck, the sliming begins, I will sip some Water while standing over a sink, etc, (NEVER while sitting at the table) ...adding water only speeds up the process and gets it over with so I can get on with whatever I was doing....

Sleeve here. This is EXACTLY what I do. See how much we have in common?

I have seen these terms used. What exactly do these mean? I just got my first fill yesterday and wondering if I will get these things. Thanks!

Ok, I'm going to get gross here...but you asked....

The normal person produces and swallows up to 4 pints of saliva per day.....the rate of this production can be increased or decreased if one is in the act of eating....

When a person gets "Stuck"...it means food has become clogged and cannot pass through the band....think of your kitchen sink drain.....

Saliva is not only normally being produced, but can be triggered to increase because food is currently being digested....BUT the saliva has no where to go....it begins to accumulate, not being able to pass by the clog.....

Two things are happening that are good....first, the primary purpose of saliva is to break down the food, and also lubricates, softens it....., as the first stage of digestion.....and this is one of the body's defense mechanisms for food obstruction....

2nd...if the food does not pass, saliva continues to accumulate, partially digesting the food, but with no where to go and still accumulating, it will come right back up and out..... bringing the trapped partially digested food with it....(Hopefully)...PB'ing...

Does everyone experience this???? Not everyone has had adjustments - fills to their bands....but I would guess to say the majority of banded people will....it's just a lesson on eating correctly...the way they tried to teach you with their set of "Rules"

For me, when I get stuck, the sliming begins, I will sip some Water while standing over a sink, etc, (NEVER while sitting at the table) ...adding water only speeds up the process and gets it over with so I can get on with whatever I was doing....

Sleeve here. This is EXACTLY what I do. See how much we have in common?

ALL weight loss surgery people have EVERYTHING in common....just different avenues to get there...

I agree with you! We all have something in common and yet we are all different. Even those of us that are banded. Some are plication and band some not, some have had adjustments and some not.

It's great that we can share our experience with each other and be a support for each other!

PB's and slime...are gross but it happens and hopefully it won't happen too often and you'll learn to not do what ever it was that caused it. For me it's usually swallowing before I have chewed well enough, or eating too fast.

PB and Slime.....I have not had either in a long,long, time....having learned my lessons the HARD WAY....been stuck more times than I can remember.....

Not bragging, just saying that after a while it all becomes a new way of doing things...new habits

Practice makes perfect...it will happen to everybody eventually through repetition, living and learning....

Well when it happens to me I drink ice cold Water. Because it's disgusting in the first place and with cold water you will know when it moves because you will feel the water go down in to your stomach. Also what they left out is when you get stuck the pain can be unbearable also. But you will get to that road when you cross it. lol