I know this sounds stupid....but I want to experience the ever so popular PB! It seems that everyone on this board has had one, but not me. Oh, I'm not in search of a major PB, the tear drenching variety and most certainly not the newly learned BLOODY PB! A mild subtle PB will suffice. Just enough to remind me that I am really banded PB. In all honesty, I am mainly curious...and just a little scared as to what a PB feels like. I've been on solids now for a week and nothing that even resembles a PB. I have my first feel on 9/14, so maybe then I'll I have my PB encounter. I have had a PBJ (minus the bread).

Ray

8/9/05

280/259/180

Fort Worth, TX

I was banded 2 days after you and I haven't had a PB either. But I don't want to have one either. :-)

eat some bread or steak-that ought to give ya a good ole PB

Landry's Dad, do you have a fill yet? I didn't have any sort of PB until I got a fill. I had a couple "oh that didn't go down quite right" but I was so open and able to eat everything before my fill. After the fill I got too over confident and WHOA BABY. Had two really bad PB's in two days (the kind that ended in barfing. NOT good.)

You know what, be glad you haven't had one. But I will agree that I learned a HELL of a lot from PB'ing. Now I stop *right away* when I get that little pinch feeling so that I don't get to the "I'll never eat again" feeling.

It's bad. Real bad.

Hey Jack,

Wow! A PB expert! Man, they do not sound fun at all. If I have led you to believe that I REALLY want one...not true. I'm mainly anxiously awaiting it! I know it will be here, ready or not. Thanks Jack for the info.

Ray

8/9/05

280/259/180

Fort Worth, TX

I would rather give birth than have another PB. I didn't have one till after my fill. Broccoli was my first PB. PAINNNNNNNNNNNNNNN beyond belief. It was horrid. I have not had a full blown PB since. I have had the slimes a couple of times, which isn't so great but not the same as a full PB.

In a PB, remember to walk and breathe, walk and breathe, walk and breathe.....(my first one I forgot the breathe part, long story but a dear friend walked me through it on the telephone, thanks Lisa)

I haven't had a PB but what I have experienced is a major case of the slimes and a horrid pain in my chest for about 20 mins then it was gone. I guess it went down instead of up? It was fried fish with 90% of the breading taken off, I believe too big of a bite. Lesson learned ~Mandy

Uh Oh, I'm curious about Stage 4, the Bleeder? What is THAT?!!!

I haven't have a pb either...I had a first fill last week. I am still able to eat low fat triscuits with seafood dip or cheese. I did feel an uncomfortable heavy, like I had been punched in the chest feeling after having perhaps too much chicken. Does a preemie PB feel like that????

Uh Oh, I'm curious about Stage 4, the Bleeder? What is THAT?!!!

Go here for reference and brace yourself.

http://lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=9465

I am the bleeder. NEVER AGAIN. PLEASE GOD NEVER AGAIN. I bursted blood vessels in my throat when I began pb'ing/throwing up. As I understand this can be normal when throwing up. Never happened to me before the band.

I KNEW EVER want to PB again. It is AWFUL!!!

I am happy to report that I am doing very well. I feel as though I just got a fill--tender but fine on liquids. I was feeling a little depressed. It was scary and that mixed with the what have I done to myself and the back-on-liquids-right-when-I-was-getting-my-groove-on really put me in a funk. But I am hoping to get back in my groove today.

Ray, you're a nut! LOL

I didn't have any PB's until I reached a certain restriction (about 3 fills into this game), but that one was enough to put me off my all-time favorite food for good - gnocchi al gorgonzola. mmm heh

It will come in time and when it does, we'll all be here to talk you through it Until then, enjoy the freedom of little to no restriction

I was almost two months with my band before my first and only (knock wood) PB. I was eating a hamburger (without the bun) too fast and not chewing well enough. I now know that I have to chew and slow down.

Ray, you need a hobby LOLOL !!!

I hope when I'm banded I NEVER experience one of those but I know I will. I drink Water so fast and I eat like greased lightening so I'm bound for PB land.

Ray,

You arn't nuts when you say it sounds stupid. I have only had two Pbs but let me tell you mister, I remember both vividly. Not a happy warm feeling at all! Mine were just awful... Never felt so sick as I felt then. Worst part about it was here it is daytime and I just wanted to crawl into a hole and die - well until I yakked up, then I felt better, but before that the pain was incredible and the nausea was something I have never had before, nor hope to ever have again. I tell you now when I get that "Uh-oh feeling" it truly puts the fear in me and I sigh a huge sigh of relief if it all passes without incident. I have to second it..... be careful what you wish for!

Everybody's different. I have experienced only 1 that I would consider a full blown PB. But I don't get as much saliva as everyone else describes. I've had the painful ate to fast and have to give it a few minutes, but that's not so bad. But let me share my first experience shortly before going to full solids after banding - this was a bigg no no, and I was stupid to think it'd be ok. My sister throws a BBQ - and no one in my family knows I've been banded besides my mother, step-dad, and my boyfriend. I figured she'd be having hot dogs and hamburgers - now grant it I felt very healed and hadn't had one lick of problems with any other foods - soooooo I show up and they have nothing but smoked BBQ'd ribs - not the baby back that are lean - but the fatty ones. I put one on my plate and figured I could pick around it - I purposely had not eaten that morning so I could get at least a little salad or something down and not be so obvious. That rib looked & smelled soo good, and it really was soooo tender I thought'd be ok and it was before I got some fat - I tore off a tiny piece and ate it - went down just fine - another 2 bites - ok - 4th bite had a little fat on it and BAM! I immeditaely tried to be discreet and handed that rib over to my boyfriend and he just looked at me and asked what? don't like it? I quickly shook my head and he knew something was wrong - I told him I'd be right back and I went into the bathroom and was doing lamaze breathing for a good 10 minutes! I had tears in my eyes and breathing was the only thing that got me through it - I just remembered what my friends had said - it only has 2 options - to go up or go down - you just have to wait it out and see what it's going to do. I breathed and breathed and breathed - put my arms up over my head and paced in the bathroom. I believe that is what everyone calls a PB and that was my only bad experience thus far. Like I said - I've felt really uncomfortable when I had a too tight fill and ended up throwing up for the first time - but it still never compared to that rib bite I took and I will never forget that!