Hi all,

I just joined today and am anxious to talk with you. I have gone through my 4 months of nurse and nutritionist meetings at my surgeon's office, had the lab work done, and am awaiting the news that I have been approved by my ins. co. Then they will schedule my surgery, probably in mid to late October. I am excited and apprehensive at the same time! I am 5'2" and weigh about 270 now. Yuck. I am hoping to get to my goal weight of 130. Slow and easy will do it. I get OH magazine and read for the first time this weekend about "sliming". I have not heard the term before and now I am worried about it. What is it and what causes it? Do all bandees get this?:cry_smile:

If you eat too fast and food gets stuck, our bodies, in its infinite wisdom, makes extra saliva to try to "unstick" the food. If it can't unstick it, normally the extra saliva comes back up, sometimes with the food (pbing). It doesn't happen to everyone. I am 10 weeks out, and it hasn't happened yet, thankfully. My friend who was banded 2 weeks before me, has it 3-4 times per week. She also eats bigger bites and faster than me, though. Eat slowly, take small bites, and chew your food carefully and it may not happen. GOOD LUCK!