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 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.

PB stands for productive burp. It is similare to vomitting. Sometime you will vomit chunks of food or what is in your pouch. As far as you symtoms go, it sounds like its your body telling you the signs of restriction. You definitely need to slow down and see if you are full before you eat more.