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Hey everyone,

Well I had my first PB the other night!! Yikes, ouch, hurts, and sucks! I had gone on a REALLY long motorcycle ride and was VERY hungry and very tired. So I went up to arbys, ordered a roast beef and cheddar and that was all. I proceeded to slowly eat it. About three bites in I got a VERY FULL and stabbing feeling in my chest, a great pressure! Every time I would try to swallow to push this food through it made it worse! I was hiccupping, spasming, and generally looking like a chicken. I pulled the car over to the side of the road and stopped. I am talking SERIOUS PAIN :eek: at this point! I opened the door and puked :frown: in some poor guy’s yard, it just kept coming up like crazy! I felt SO much better. Good enough to try and eat again. I took the meat off the burger and small piece of the bread and ate it...guess what....PB again! I threw up in my driveway... My sister walked out and teased me about being anorexic now. I went inside drank about 2 cups of coke and chilled. I got some chicken fried rice out and ate half the container and was full. I felt much better. No more arby's for me..... LOL

I am not even filled yet either which is weird. I have the larger band for men too, I guess I am just REALLY big on the inside and the band is doing its job with no fill... I go see my doctor for my first next week, I will have to tell him all this. :crying:

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PB's are horrible and kind of fun to talk about after the fact. Like never in a million years would I think I'd be telling people about how I threw up on the airplane because I ate too fast.

But I did and you do and you'll have even more stories to share, I'm guessing.

So what's the lesson? Not to allow yourself to get that hungry or to control your bites? I know lunch meat gets me most of the time...maybe Arby's does the same.

Peace

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Hey everyone,

Well I had my first PB the other night!! Yikes, ouch, hurts, and sucks! I had gone on a REALLY long motorcycle ride and was VERY hungry and very tired. So I went up to arbys, ordered a roast beef and cheddar and that was all. I proceeded to slowly eat it. About three bites in I got a VERY FULL and stabbing feeling in my chest, a great pressure! Every time I would try to swallow to push this food through it made it worse! I was hiccupping, spasming, and generally looking like a chicken. I pulled the car over to the side of the road and stopped. I am talking SERIOUS PAIN :eek: at this point! I opened the door and puked :frown: in some poor guy’s yard, it just kept coming up like crazy! I felt SO much better. Good enough to try and eat again. I took the meat off the burger and small piece of the bread and ate it...guess what....PB again! I threw up in my driveway... My sister walked out and teased me about being anorexic now. I went inside drank about 2 cups of coke and chilled. I got some chicken fried rice out and ate half the container and was full. I felt much better. No more arby's for me..... LOL

I am not even filled yet either which is weird. I have the larger band for men too, I guess I am just REALLY big on the inside and the band is doing its job with no fill... I go see my doctor for my first next week, I will have to tell him all this. :crying:

After my second fill last week I've PB'd quite a bit. It's so painful - I laughed at your chicken remark cause I know exactly what that looks like.

Question - you said you drank two cups of Coke. I've been told to stay away from sodas. Are you finding that you can drink them? Did your doctor warn you about drinking them? Just curious.

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My doctor said the following on sodas:

If you drink a soda and you have pain let it sit for 15 minutes. Try again. If you have pain then, let it sit out for 30mins. Try again. If you have have pain then, let it sit out for an hour. If you STILL have pain, or any dicomfort then you're out of luck buddy! Time to break out the crystal light, unsweet tea, Water, etc... :crying: So my doc says they are okay; as long as you have no pain or discomfort. Which is a GODSEND; I don't have ANY pain!! I grew up on diet soda, and I would be lost without it. LOL Of course, that is what my doc says, make sure you follow YOUR docs instuctions. Have a great day!

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personally cant do rice or bread without being VERY carefull. everybody tolerates different foods differently - it really is a learning experience.

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You may also want to speak with your nutritionist and/or dietitian b/c some of the foods you ate are on my do not touch list after surgery. Good luck on your first fill.

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Well I am sure the nutritionist would not want me to eat an arbys roast beef ;) However the doc says it won't hurt, just eat what you can tolerate, remember this is not a diet, u are trying to lose weight and begin/continue to eat healthier I don't see the harm in just eating the roast beef. It is thin sliced and stuff, I will just never ever eat the bread again. :eek: My band gave me the good ol' proverbial spanking! LOL Thanks for all the advice!

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I just found this smilie and it reminded me of your thread.

:thumbup:

Who would have thought there was a puking smilie. I'm going to have to use this smile for my first PB experience.

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I just found this smilie and it reminded me of your thread.

:thumbup:

Who would have thought there was a puking smilie. I'm going to have to use this smile for my first PB experience.

That smile is exactly how I look when I do it!!! LOLLOLOL

MY first fill went great. NO PAIN! and the doctor did it himself! One poke and that was it. I got 3.5cc and I am excited.

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