Thanks...I do take gas-x strips and that definitely takes away the gas but I still have that pain just above my incision...I go to my follow up appt. w/ dr on 1/11 and I can't wait to see what is wrong...(if anything is wrong) I have gotton some real good advice from this message board. When I first started to experience gas, my drs. office stated that I needed to get some tums...that did not work for me, I've found that the strips work much, much better...thanks anyway, I'll keep you posted on what the deal is once I go to my dr.