Hi All!

I am 2 months out and have had the golf ball feeling a few times, two excess saliva incidents, and a minor pb once.

Well, tonight I had some asparagus and salmon for dinner and had the worst golf ball, pain in back and PB ever!!

I had some terrible spitting and hacked up some foam too. I kind of sounded like I had a fur ball!! I did finally produce some salmon while I was hacking. It sort of came out in a ball...

I ran to Wal-mart and got some papaya enzymes. That has helped.

Right now, my throat and abdomen (left side) hurt a bit.

My questions are this: Are you putting the same strain on your band/stomach when you PB as you would when you vomit? Should I call my Dr? Have I ruined my band??

Like I said, I have had maybe 2 pb's total and a couple of sliming incidents.

This has been a wake up call! I only hope I am not too late!

I am scared!:cry

I told him about the pain on my left side, the slime thing, oh yeah and the gagging on Wednesday and he said it will go away. WHEN!!!????!!!!! I'm having that slime right now, but I'm not gagging. I always have a paper towel or something handy. YUCK

Ha! My name is Sheila too. I just realized lizrbit was talking to sheilamj1fan and not me!

I think I may have things under control. No soda and no sliming or PB's in three days! woo hoo! I think it was the asparagus. It will be a long time before I try that again!

PB is short for "productive burp". When you eat more than or something that your band can't handle, it comes right back up. It's kind of like vomiting, but isn't as yucky since the food has not mised with your digestive acids. The food comes up in a sort of clump (at least in my little experience)

Shesa: I hope you are doing much better!!! I am still new to the website and I will be banded until May. Can you explain to me what PB is? I searched and searched trying to find out, but no luck.

Thanks,

Joyful1

Ok, I'm getting nervous. I'm considering the procedure. Have the pysch interview on Friday! These stories are not sounding good. Someone please tell me I'm doing the right thing!

I was told ASPARAGUS and CELERY were no-no's.

Shesha: Thanks for defining PB ("productive burp"). I've long wondered what that meant and decided that, based on what I read on here, I'd call it 'projectile barfing'. I was pretty close!

Ok, I'm getting nervous. I'm considering the procedure. Have the pysch interview on Friday! These stories are not sounding good. Someone please tell me I'm doing the right thing!

Hopefully your doctor is explaining the procedure to you. If you think it's a magic bullet, it's not, but if you follow the instructions and do your part, I'm sure you'll be fine. Sometimes reading the posts is a little daunting. I postponed my procedure twice before going ahead. Now I wish I'd taken the first date!

I must say that I've never PB'd food. It's the slime, so I guess it's not a PB, right?

Don't let my experience deter you. It really wasn't all that bad. Like anything new, there are things you have to learn. I've really had a great experience thus far. I just ate some asparagus and it is clearly stated in the band pamphlet as a no no! Geesh, I remember reading that AFTER the fact...

Ok, I'm getting nervous. I'm considering the procedure. Have the pysch interview on Friday! These stories are not sounding good. Someone please tell me I'm doing the right thing!

I've never understood that asparagus warning in the book ... I eat it regularly...it doesn't cause any problems for me.

Salmon on the other hand - I had one of the worst PB's EVER with salmon.

Just a lone cry in the wilderness in support of asparagus.

i pb contsantly and today i FAINTED for the forst tome in my life! fell right on th efloor and fainted, we took my bllod pressure it was crazy low, luckily my dr came over ( he does house calls on emeregencies) and unfilled me and let me drink 3 quarts of pedialyte, and my blood p[ressure went right back to normal, iw as totally degydrated an dhad been for days!!!!!

I take a towel to bed with me for the PBs wich happen more at night, the low blpod pressur ewas scaruy and linked to taking a rx diurtetic, wihc oim going to cease doing, but he tried to do a slaone drip and we couldnt get a vein bevaise my dehydration had dried up all my veins, so the only other optu=ion wa sto go to hospital wich thank god i didnt have to do,

my blood pressure was 54 opver 43- thats almost DEAD, dont think dehyradtion ismt veryu very very very dangerous, i just wante dto warn everybody since this was a very serious complication, i naturally have low blood pressure but systeloic( sic) at 43? thats so beyond bad.

anyway i hpe someone benefits from this inforlmation KEEP HYDRATING.

Im serious.

gonnabe pretty much am.

thanks:sick

I am new to this forum and not familiar with some of the acronyms you are using. What is PBing? Is it different from throwing up? Has anyone had problems with bloating and gas?

PB is productive burp. It is exactly like vomitting. Sometimes chunks come out or sometimes it more like vomitting where you vomit what is in your pouch. Depends on how full you are. I don't get gas now, but I had it early on. Julie

Well defined, Julie...

I noticed on the talk board people talking about PBing, what is this?

I'm new to the site so I haven't had a chance to really look around.

But, one of the reasons I'm here is to find out if anyone else ever has issues like below:

Today for lunch I had a piece of chicken and some sliced carrorts with almonds. I will say I ate really quickly, but now I have the worst pain in my lower back and I feel really gassy right above the band. What in the world is causing this? I've noticed this is happening more and more lately; at least once a week. Is something wrong or am I'm just plain eating to fast and gulping in a bunch of air? It really hurts.