amencorner's Blog

Hi, I had my surgery on the 27th too, and the gas pains are still here when I swallow. However, I take my meds if they linger more than 5 minutes. You will feel better soon, we can do this!

That's what I keep telling myself. As the saying goes, "This, too, shall pass." I feel better today than I've felt all week, so already it's getting better. I am so doggone hungry, though! But know I can't eat and would be afraid to eat anyway.

My surgeon prescribed prevacid so I'm taking that. It helps but I still have the gas pains. Looking forward to the day when that gets better.

Maybe try almond milk. It tastes great and works just like regular milk and soy milk.. Even better I think!

Thanks. I'll try that.

Hang in there, you can do it!!! I got lucky, no issues at all. I was up walking 1 hour after getting back to my hospital room ( My surgery was Feb 9th) and was out shopping on the 13th, I just had to get out of the house. I had no gas...thanks goodness, my best friend had the bypass done and was miserable. Sending best wishes to you, it will all get better soon.

You should try muscle milk light it contains no milk and has 20gm of protein also have you tried GasX the nurse told me to try this as I had a bad attack of gas when I was leaving the hospital. I took it for a while after eating and bedtime for a few days it really helped me. good luck and It will get better this I know. I had surgery Jan. 20th.

Hi amencorner

I am post-op 4 weeks. Had my sleeve on Feb.13 and had the same feelings as you. I had moments when I regretted having it. I also had some complications like dehydration and bp meds. Once they were under control, I felt back to normal. I also was hungry on the liquid diet and am now on soft foods. It does get better so hang in there. Good Luck to you

Thank you all so much for your encouragement. I had the surgery a week ago today. Feeling better today than I did a few days ago. I am optimistic that I will continue to improve.

@ smileen: I'm going to try the muscle milk light. Thanks for hipping me to that. I didn't realize it contained no milk. Guess I should have looked at the ingredients instead of making assumptions based on the name of the product "muscle milk." :-) Also, my surgeon prescribed prevacid for the gas. But, admittedly, it doesn't seem to be working as well as I'd like. It helps, but I still have some issues. At least now the gas is escaping through more -- ahem -- traditional channels instead of roaming around my insides creating havoc. lol