Well, I was banded 1/10/08 and I never felt the restriction until about 45 minutes ago.

For lunch, I ate a half of a turkey sandwich on whole wheat pita just as I had done all week, but today I ate too fast with bites that were too big. I almost finished the half and I started getting nauseous.

Almost immediately, I began to slime profusely and then the PB's started. When you guys say it's like a golf ball is stuck in your chest you ain't kidding. It hurt! I PB'ed for about 15 minutes until I felt better.

Until today, I thought I could eat anything, anyway, at least until I get my first fill. Lesson learned!

Well, congratulations on your first lesson in what *NOT* to do! When we become complacent, our bands tend to take us to the school of hard knocks.

That is a tought way to learn it

In a strange way I'm glad it happened. Before that, I never felt like I derived any benefit from the surgery. Now I know there's "safety net."

Don't forget to go back to either mushies or full liquids for a day or two in order to give your pouch a chance to heal. I guess it can get irritated after a major PB episode.

Just relaying what I've heard :tongue:

I'm a new bandster...what does "PB" stand for and what is "Sliming"?

I was banded on 12/18/07 and just had my first major stuck episode this afternoon.. what a wake up call. I posted about it here in all the gory details:

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f100/first-stuck-slime-productive-burp-episode-51275/#post710050

Mine was not over in 15 minutes... I'm very jealous. My daughter timed it and it was an hour and 15 minutes for me. Of course I was so miserable going through it that it felt like a lot longer.

I'm a new bandster...what does "PB" stand for and what is "Sliming"?

PB is a productive burp a.k.a vomiting up the stuck food. Once it happens you feel better almost immediately.

Sliming is what happens before the PB. It's very thick and sticky clear saliva that is created by your body to help get the stuck food unstuck.

If you don't get that feeling and eat the normal portion as indicated on the label, are you then stretching your pouch and not knowing? I feel full after a portion of food but in a few hours feel the hunger again.