Foam & Slime????

FELICIA17 · March 21, 2007

Hello everyone... I have a question about pb'ing. From what I have read it is when your food doesn't go down and it gets stuck. Some people mention they foam at the mouth and there is slime? Someone please explain to me what exactly happens.

Desi80 · March 22, 2007

basically your stomach is trying to lubricate what is stuck and push it through, but it can't so the slime gets backed up, you barf but instead of being vomit, its a slime like stuff.

Kat817 · March 22, 2007

Felicia, the slime is the bodies way of trying to help us get whatever is stuck or overeaten passed on through. Slime is a thick...make that very thick, very gooey, sticky saliva. There is just a huge amount of it. Like Desiree said, it is made by the body, because the body is trying to slick it up and help it pass. The problem with that is when we have something stuck or have overeaten and the slime is being produced, there is nowhere for it to go! It backs up, and the best way to deal with it is to spit it out---not pretty but most effective. If the obstruction or excess food and slime are all swallowed, and don't pass fast enough, you often end up throwing up...in a manner, called a PB. The biggest difference in a PB and actual vomiting, is that with a PB it is usually just undigested food and slime. No stomach acids...they are in the lower stomach area. Foaming, is just a form of slime, often caused by trying to drink to pass the offending food. If I drink, I get foamy---which just feels like it is expanding in an already full little pouch. If I make the mistake of trying to drink it away---I will PB---both times it has happen, that was my BIG mistake!!!

In my opinion "PB" sounds like a mild little burp thing, and it isn't for me, it is much more like truly vomiting. But I have never been able to throw up easily---I have to be VERY ill!!! Maybe that is why it is a biggie to me!!

Neither are pleasant, and ideally for the health of your tummy and your band, should be avoided. But they happen to most of us one time or another. Keeping an empty water bottle or disposable cup in the car, in case you get to a point of sliming, is always a good idea. They say airsick bags are perfect, but where do you get those if you don't fly often???

Bandster eating rules really do help---I am just a slow learner sometimes!!!

Kat

FELICIA17 · March 22, 2007

Thank's Kat, that was exactly the description I was looking for. I'm trying to learn all I can before my surgery. Well I now that I have that bit of information, I won't freak out :omg: when it happens. Thanks a million.

spunkywoman · March 22, 2007

I could be called QUEEN of slime. I carry 3oz solo bathroom cups.....they are just great. I'm trying to find out why I'm doing this so often. I will be seeing the doctor next week and he is going to kill me. Why is it carbs slide right down but protien KILLS me........and now I have hit a plateau....pout....but I'm hanging in......

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