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For those of you out there with severe gas pain I may have some help. I am LACTOSE INTOLERANT and have discovered that my severe gas pain is caused by the heavy creamer in my meal replacements. I have added my lactose enzymes to all meal replacements and am gas pain free now. You may want to try this. You can buy Lactaid or any generic lactose enzyme over the counter. No one had mentioned this in any of the threads I have read so I wanted to offer my experience if it can help anyone. I know how dibilitating this pain can be. :cool:

Hi. I am new to the lapband, day 10 only. But I was experiencing such severe gas pain I thought I was going to die. I actually called the surgeon about returning to the hospital to have the band removed. But I stuck it out. Then I remembered that I was Lactose Intolerant. ALL of the meal replacements have "creamer" as the second ingredient. This was what was causing my severe discomfort. Now I take my lactose enzymes with every meal replacement and have had no major gas pains at all. You may not have known that you were lactose intolerant before but the introduction of the cream heavy supplements may be causing your issues. Try Laictaid or any generic lactose enzyme. They can be bought over the counter. Good luck!

Hi. I am a new lapbander, day 10! But before the surgery, I had gastro problems like you described. I saw an article on Splenda on TV that said this product can have this effect on some people. I wondered if that was my problem as I used Splenda evryday on my oatmeal. I stopped the Splenda the next day and my symptoms immediately went away. I try to stay away from anything containing Splenda now. I hope this helps.