Let’s talk about sliming

[moondoggie1983 202]

I’ve been sliming quite a bit. It always surprises me. Like I’ll cough, and then I slime all over. Super gross. My PCP gave me protonix and carafate 3 days ago, and they definitely work for the nausea and vomiting of stomach acid. But what’s with the slime?
Anybody else have this? Anyone figure out a cause or solution for it?
I want to return to work on Saturday, but I don’t want to be randomly covering myself with copious amounts of slime.

[SleeveinIL 386]

I'm sorry, but what do you mean by slime? Now if you said leaked a little (from having kids and being obese) I would totally know what you meant. LOL

[Orchids&Dragons 9,047]

This is a very popular topic on the forums. You can search for slimies or foamies and learn more than you ever wanted to know. UGH!

[moondoggie1983 202]

Thank you Orchids&Dragons! I’ll check it out

[Creekimp13 5,838]

The only time I've ever had "the slimes/foamies/etc" is when I've eaten food that got a little bit stuck or had a slower, harder time moving through.

Had it happen once when I ate steak. Have had it happen twice on corn on the cob which irritates me no end cause I love corn on the cob and now I'm a little afraid to eat it. Had it happen once with baked chicken that was too dry.

Just a nasty sensation that things couldn't move through. And don't make the mistake of taking a sip of water! Oh Gods no....that will not help you. It will make it ten times worse since that Water has no where to go and will sit there and turn to slime. Bleh.

What worked for me when I got a case of stuck slimes.....is walking and breathing deep.

If you breath deep...your diaphragm will put a little pressure on your stomach and this will encourage peristalsis and hopefully get things moving.

Don't drink or eat anything else until the sensation passes. Walk, stretch, breath deep.

The few times I've had it....if I do this it goes away pretty quick.

Edited May 24, 2018 by Creekimp13

[Orchids&Dragons 9,047]

14 minutes ago, Creekimp13 said:

Don't drink or eat anything else until the sensation passes. Walk, stretch, breath deep.

The few times I've had it....if I do this it goes away pretty quick.

Mine lasts for as long as 2 hours at a time! One of the reasons that I'm still mostly living on yogurt. And that's with walking and trying to breathe. But I agree - DO NOT ADD LIQUID!

Edited May 24, 2018 by Orchids&Dragons

[moondoggie1983 202]

I’m only just starting the mushy food part! I’m dreading the whole regular food stage! I did look it up on the boards but it seemed like I could only find years old posts. The new format is serious messing with me lol. I’m thinking it might be because it was ricotta cheese. I’ve read that people become very lactose sensitive sometimes after WLS. I’m about to go try some unsweetened applesauce and tomorrow I’ll try cream of wheat. See how that does for me.
I did email my nurse coordinator about this as well. All I know is it’s super nasty!

[moondoggie1983 202]

On 05/24/2018 at 14:47, SleeveinIL said:

I'm sorry, but what do you mean by slime? Now if you said leaked a little (from having kids and being obese) I would totally know what you meant. LOL

😂. No it’s not leaking. It’s when you eat or drink something and your throat and mouth fill up with mucous like slime and you kind of burp it up. Or for me, I just bend over and out it comes. It’s usually about a cup of slime each time. It looks just like if you threw up a big bunch of snot. Sorry this is gross, but the whole thing is gross honestly. In the same category are the foamies. I haven’t had them, but from what I understand, it’s like something gets stuck and you actually produce foam that you have to spit out.

[Apple203 1,314]

Sounds awful, and I am thankful this has never happened to me. Does it relate to bougie size? Cause my bougie was 40, which is on the larger end of the spectrum.