Is Sliming considered Throwing Up?

I have had a sliming issue a few times so far and it's usually slime mixed with some food. Is this considered vomiting? I ask this because my doctor told me to stay on liquids for a bit when I vomit but i'm not sure if sliming is considered vomiting.

Could have been a PB, productive burp. Usually sliming comes when something is stuck. So you may want to take it easy for a few hours at least. If it was only a little bit of food see how it goes. If it still feels irritated (your stoma) do it longer.

I'm confused (what else is new lol) did you regurge food or just have alot of slime and mouth watering ? I consider throwing up to be when I kind barf up food I just ate that feels stuck. Pain and pressure ,mouth watering etc. Then it comes up ready or not. Now that said I often have a little pressure and discomfort with mouth watering and sliming but DO NOT regurge the food.That I do not consider throwing up (for me) .That is how I describe it .LOL

Sliming is just the thick saliva , "burping " up a bit of food is not vomitting. IMO, vomitting involves muscle contraction and retching.


here is a copy of a post I just made on another thread...


In the UK we call it "bringing back" and I think that actually explains it better.

If we eat too much, eat too fast or simply eat an unsuitable food, our bodies produce thick saliva ( sliming) in an attempt to help us pass the offending food through for digestion. Unfortunately, our bodies have got this wrong! The last thing a bandster needs is thick mucus on top of an existing problem. So the food may come back up.  Sometimes we PB without the preceeding sliming and sometimes we can slime without a PB!

The movement is like vomitting but there is none of the unpleasantness associated with a normal vomit - no stomach acids are involved and the food is undigested so while we may not want to taste the food on the way down and the way back up, it is not horrendous! And it relieves any discomfort we may have been feeling.

We need to avoid doing this as much as possible as doing it too often can be a contributory factor in band slips.

A bandster on another support group just recently had a pouch dilation.. when she went to see her doctor, he told her "no matter what you call it , pb'ing, sliming, refunding.. if you bring food back up, it's vomiting and not good for the band".

I don't know if I agree with that or not, but thought I'd put out there one doctor's opinion on the subject.

If you're just sliming it's not regurgitation perse.  Usually sliming is your body's natural way of helping dry food make it's journey through our esophagus and stoma.  However, if there is food that's coming back up we call it a PB, (productive burp).  You know, when you kind of burp and food that sitting above your pouch/band comes back up?  I only do liquids if I was totally stuck and had to regurgitate to get the offending piece of food back up since it won't go down after some time has passed.

Sounds like you need to take smaller bites and chew more unless the food is simply too dry.

Hang in there!  It takes pratice and patience to truly eat like we should.

Best~
Lisa O.