Sorry to be gross but this is just out of hand. Why does my body feel it necessary to produce this much nastiness that does not make it through my band?

Yuckers in a big way.

Nasty, nasty.

food is fine - I eat and it stays down fine but the mucus comes up. What in the world?

I had a good laugh the other day while I said a prayer for less mucus. I bet God hadn't heard that one before - except from maybe us bansters.

Do you have the same problem?

Emmy, I've had one major "mucus" episode. I was eating some very dry chicken strips. Is the food you're eating moist? I make sure that I have plenty of dipping sauce, etc., available now with my meats and haven't had any more problems. (Knock on wood.) But that is horrible! I was just glad that I wasn't trying to impress my DH on a first date! Like Hagerteresa says "Lube it up, Baby!" LOL

I generally don't have the mucus problem except for first thing in the morning. I can feel it just sitting down my throat. A little coffee gets rid of it though.

my DH gets the slimes big time. From what I understand, this is part of the process of having something "stuck." It won't or can't go down on its own, and the mucus is your body's reaction. It is trying to produce enough "lube" so the stuck thing can go one way or the other.

I know if my husband tries to swallow the mucus, well, it just gets ugly. I know other bandsters have talked about using a spit cup during these attacks.

I know what you are talking about the sliming, YUK!!! But lately I have been congested, its all in my chest and everytime I cough a ton of mucus just comes flying out of my mouth, its quite disgusting.... Yesterday I was headed to pick up the kids from daycare and I had to cough, and sure enough tons of stuff came out of my mouth all over my hand and the steering wheel, purely disgusting. Took my clorox wipes and wiped the crap out of my hands and wheel. Hope I get over this soon, its getting on my nerves, not to mention how yukky this is...

I know about the mucus too...its so bad some days that I have to do the unladylike thing and spit it out. I get it almost daily and have determined that something in my diet is the culprit. I'm not heavy into dairy so I doubt its that. My first few weeks it was horrible, and now its a bit easier to handle...have you thought about muccinex?

food is fine - I eat and it stays down fine but the mucus comes up. What in the world?

It's a sign of eating too much or too fast or not chewing well enough. It's just 1 step below a full blown PB. I get it occasionally...more recently as I got a fill and am adjusting to how to chew again. It's work.

jayme

My doctor said it's allergies... that the mucus sits there and usually a hot drink helps to thin it out. They also said that in some cases (like mine apparently, lucky me) that there is more and when you eat the food dislodges it. It has no where to go but up.

It's not like a PB at all... it just makes it's way up. It's no fun to say the least though it's been better the past few days.

Hope it clears up for all of us!

I get my mucus first thing in the morningand my doc says its a combo of allergy and dairy products. Right after surgery and during mushy stages I had it bad...spit all over the darned place trying to get rid of the stuff...it was worse than when I catch a cold and had nothing to do with eating at all. That's a different mucus buildup...One comes from food...I also think some of mine was from the tube in my throat while I was under...just a thought.

I have the worst PB episode ever! (as I write this) I ate some pork and it will not come up or go down. I have been thowing up that phlem and pieces of the pork for a couple of hours. I have tryed water, but that just comes up also. Any suggestions please....