Food coming up

 Ok before surgery I had this thing where if I burp chewed up food comes up. After surgery I notice this happens often like if I eat scramble eggs or fish or fruit I end up burping it out in the toilet. I wouldn't say throwing up cause there is no gagging or any thing it just comes up and I mean all 2 ounce of it. It's slimy and foamy is there any concerns here or should I just not eat those foods?  

 

Which operation did you have? If the band, WELCOME TO THE CLUB!!! This, in OUR world, is known as SLIMING (from Ghostbusters).

Sliming is when something gets stuck and the body produces LOTS of thick saliva in the esophagus to try to slide it down. If it doesn't move, the thick saliva comes back up into the mouth.

Techninally it’s called pb = is a "Productive Burp" which means basically spitting up like a baby... what you just ate comes right back up into your mouth, but there is no retching or heaving like when you throw up


Now .. ( A) Before swallowing make sure you chew-chew-chew-chew-chew-chew-chew-chew-chew-chew-chew-chew-chew-chew-chew-chew-chew-chew-chew-chew-chew-chew-chew-chew-chew-chew-chew-chew-chew-chew-chew (notice it's over 30 times) (B) take at least one minute (60 seconds) between bites (C) if this occurs a lot, even with water, CALL YOUR DOCTOR!!!

Hope this answered you question.