Read at your own risk!!!

More than a year after surgery and life is pretty good... I have had my band slightly unfilled, because I was "puking" so much. Now it only happens a couple times a week.

Well, last night was one of those times and I happened to be in the CAR! I had eaten some crackers in haste before leaving work and obviously they didn't sit well with me.

In the car, I had an empty diet coke can (yes, I drink diet coke and my Dr. said it's fine for me since it doesn't make me sick.)

Since I had no where to "slime" up what was making me sick, I got sick into the empty can.

Well, this morning in my sleepy, non-caffeinated haze, I was driving to work. I opened another can of diet coke (my morning drink of choice) and then a moment later, grabbed the WRONG can and took a sip!!!

OMG! I still feel the grossness on my lips. I did not swallow and it didn't actually enter my mouth, but OMG it was the most disgusting thing I could imagine doing!

Some of the side effects of the band are really intolerable... this is one of them! :tongue2:

Ewww, thats pretty bad. Watch what you drink and where you slime.

I carry doggy poop bags in the car for just such emergencies.

I travel a lot, and steal the air sick bags off the airplane!!! They fit nicely in the side pocket of my purse. Works like a charm..... Continental Airlines will never miss them. :tongue2:

I carry an empty cup in my car, it is a bright yellow and that is the only thing it is used for...

wow. does this kind of thing happen to everyone, often?!

Eww, you just had to share this???

I'm wondering the same thing. Does everyone experience this? I've been banded since the 18th of August and have 6 cc in a 10-11cc band. I've never thrown up or slimed anything up once. Not even close. I guess I should count my blessings! :tongue2:

were you getting sick before starting drinking soda? i don't really see a doc giving the ok to drink it if you throw up even once a month,let alone multiple times a week..not trying to be snarky,but maybe you need to get a little more of an unfill for the vomiting to stop and to make sure you are doing all you can to follow the basic band rules...

Not to everyone, but as you close in on the sweet spot it does happen. I have it happen most often in the week or so after a fill cause each time I have to learn all over what works and does not.

wow. does this kind of thing happen to everyone, often?!

No. I can count on my hands the number of times I've puked in four years.

But eeeew little froggy. that'll learn ya to clean the rubbish out of your car when you get home!

Just as an aside, how on EARTH could you get it into a soda can. When I do puke, its loud, violent and although not copious, there's no way I could do it into a can or bottle.

I'm sorry but it really is funny!!! I have an issue when I drive and have vomited several times while driving. I carry gallon ziplock bags in my car so when I vomit I zip it up and then throw it away when I am through. We actually carry those for our daughters who always get carsick but works out great for me too.

Gross...but at least it was yours and not someone elses.

I seem to remember reading a post about someone who slimed in to a coffee cup (styrofoam, I think) at work, placed it on her desk, or near it, and someone casually picked it up and drank from it. It's gross, but kind of funny. (It was a coworker that the poster didn't particularly care for.) .

I have been banded 9 months and haven't slimed, pb'd or thrown up. I hope it stays that way!

Debbie

wow. does this kind of thing happen to everyone, often?!

Pbing usually happens when you have eaten too fast - not chewed well or ate too much..

lol. OMG disgusting. The sad thing is I can picture that happening to me one day. Nothing worse than getting stuck in those akward places. I went to Disney World last summer and we stayed at the Pop Century resort and the 1st day we arrived my lunch got stuck. I couldn't find the bathroom and unfortunately had to get sick right there at the table. That was pretty gross and I hope no one saw. lol.