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:biggrin: Hello everyone! I am new to this site and was wondering, what is PBing? I am sure I do this, because when I read different posts I can relate to conversations that use the PBing. Can anyone enlighten me as to what it means?

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Hi, PBing is short for productive burp. Type PBing into the search box at the top right hand side and you will get a wealth of posts about it.

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Greeneyes,

Keep it up! They should be paying you for your tutorials and help. It is incredibly helpful for someone who has just begun. My surgery is January 23rd, in 2 days. So, I am on the first day of liquids - this should be interesting :lol: Does anyone have some general advice for me starting out?

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Greeneyes,

Keep it up! They should be paying you for your tutorials and help. It is incredibly helpful for someone who has just begun. My surgery is January 23rd, in 2 days. So, I am on the first day of liquids - this should be interesting :lol: Does anyone have some general advice for me starting out?

Yes, stick to the diet the doctor gives you religiously. It is crucial for your healing. I also lost my most weight then! Good luck to you! Where are you having your surgery?

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I would recommend you start a new posting wanting general advice, versus end-posting on to someone's introduction. If nothing else, advice posts typically draw more attention.

That being said, peruse our FAQ section. Most people find there are answers to most of their questions there. If that doesn't answer your question, try running a search on the particular area you want advice, e.g. eating, pain management, etc. Chances are the advice is already out there, you just need to find it.

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Productive Burp? Ok I know what a burp is of course but does "productive" mean that something comes up? Like a productive cough? I know this sounds gross but after you have a PB and something does come up do you have to spit it out?

I'm learning so much here.

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Oh, yeah . . . something comes up. It's when food isn't chewed properly or your band is too tight so food cannot pass through to the stomach. It has nowhere to go but . . .up. Not pleasant, but not quite as gross as vomiting, since the food hasn't hit the stomach acids yet.

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I would recommend you start a new posting wanting general advice, versus end-posting on to someone's introduction. If nothing else, advice posts typically draw more attention.

That being said, peruse our FAQ section. Most people find there are answers to most of their questions there. If that doesn't answer your question, try running a search on the particular area you want advice, e.g. eating, pain management, etc. Chances are the advice is already out there, you just need to find it.

Wheetsin

Newbie don't see this section and the other one that gives instructions for ticker - as they state they don't know how to navigate in here right away and they aren't always super computer savvy either. - I have been here since May and I find new stuff every now and then that I didn't know about..

They are excited and need help as to where to go - Introductions seems like the 1st place for them to go.

IMHO there should be a forum sitcky or whatever it's called "NEWBIE ENTER HERE FIRST" and then have all the definitions - tutorials - etc in one place.

Everyone jumps into introductions and then the questions start - I was new and lucky that the ladies in the 50+ thread were patience with me and answered my questions.

I think the old timers here are forgetting they were new once and are loosing patience’s answering the same questions over and over again - Sometime I try and direct them and other times I ignore figuring someone else will

But I really do think we need a forum (see I am not super computer savvy in what they are called forum vs. sticky) that people see when they hit the home board so they know where to go to get their answers - It needs a title "newbie" this may help - jmho...

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