Hello. I have been banded for almost 9 weeks now. I have had no bps, no slime, no pain, nothing, until today.

I got so emotional unraveled today I was very upset and I could feel something thick comming up toward my throat. I had to keep swallowing to keep it down. I had eaten a string cheese for a snack 1 hour before my upset. This thick stuff that was comming up was so gross. I got sick of trying to swallow it so I just let it kinda come up and it was all sorts of mucous-like. Is that slime?

Has that ever happened to anyone else? I have never had this happen before I was banded so I was just wondering if I make myself sick by getting so upset?:think

Stress definitely can cause your band to be tighter, and our bodies are always producing mucus, and saliva, which is swallowed all the time. That sounds to me like exactly what happened, and if there was any remnant of the cheese left, it just exacerbated the problem.

I'm so sorry you had to experience this, and sorry that you got so upset, I hope everything is better now. Try drinking some hot tea or other warm beverage, that will help thin the mucus, and soothe your stomach.

Hang in there!

Thanks for the response. Do you think this is a common problem? Do you think I have to worry about not getting upset or this might continue to happen?

I got upset because I planned a vacation for my hubby and I and I just found out my husband has a work emergency and absolutly cannot leave for vaca. as planned. The airline will not refund the tickets, exchange the tickets, nothing. They said the price was so good because it has the stipulation of not being refunded, changed etc. So, I am out $700.00 for a flight we won't be on. I was so upset. The customer service agent just kept saying "no refund" "no" "get on plane, no refund" I couldn't really understand her because it wasn't clear english so I just kept getting more and more upset.

Thanks for listening.

Stress is not your friend sometimes with the band. What you are experiencing is sliming. It happend today to me too and then I had to PB because it got so bad. You are not alone.

Yes, alwayscurious, stress does a number on this band.

When I am under stress, I try to eat the least amount as possible and stick with my Protein shakes.

I have had a couple of "incidents" happen while driving. This is not fun.

I have a teenager who just the sound of her voice causes me to slime.

Funny....but then again, no. She's my high maintenance daughter...college at 16...theater major...and the personality to go along with it!

Great! I'm stressed out all the time at work! This does not bode well for me! (Or maybe it will because I will have more restriction??)

I had stress so bad for so long that I had to have a 1/2 cc taken out just so that I could get food down. I am handling the stress much better, I still have days when I will pb or slime when I am having really bad day. I am learning that on those days to take it really easy with my food.

Good luck.

I have a teenager who just the sound of her voice causes me to slime.

Funny....but then again, no. She's my high maintenance daughter...college at 16...theater major...and the personality to go along with it!

Grace...that made me LOL for real!

Thanks!

Okay.... So that's why I got stuck and slimed in the sink......I had a horrible day and was REALLY stressed out. I didn't think what I ate should have caused this. I couldn't figure it out. Now I know. Liquid dinner on really bad days at work.....

i had an episode of emotional sliming over thanksgiving. I had finished eating about an hour before and started to do the dishes at my parents house. Well my mom started yelling at me about something meaningless (honestly i can't even remember what it was). Well the next thing you know I'm sliming into the kitchen trashcan and then the PBing starts. Then she starts yelling more because I'm PBing in her trash can, and that's just not appropriate. AHHHH! Holiday family stress really tightens my band. We've decided not to visit my parents 6 hours away for Christmas as it's too hard on my band.