Gas pains post op

[Stu71 0]

My wife got banded this past week, over the last few days she has terrible gas pains. Now I go for mine on tuesday. How can eliminate these horrific pains she is having our what can I do to help her?

[Elie936 1]

Hello, yes it can be very painfull, mine were horrible. For me what worked was walking walking walking and the heating pads. Another thing, id sit down on the couch and lower my head so it would touch my knees, when doing it a couple times, it would allow me to burp so much and to pass lot of the gaz. Some say gaz meds helps, but i have asked my doctor, he said it didnt, i have asked my godmother and cousin who are pharmasists and they also said it didnt because it is not for the same type of gas. The pain comes from gas that was inserted during surgery and needs to be absorbed by your body so you can eleminate it. i have tried those meds, and it was money waisted:)

Walk and heating pads and lower ur head to your knees, it will soon forgotten:)

[Lynster54 0]

Yep soon as you can get up outta bed..walk alot. The more you lay in the bed and dont move around, the more you hurt with the gas pains.

[sandy1 1]

Walking and walking and the Gas-x strips help!!!!!!

[reverie 49]

Walking, Gas X strips, and a heating pad, otherwise it's nothing you can avoid; it's all part of the journey.

Good luck to the both of you.

[beccaboolane 1]

I had my band done 4 days ago, and still have one gas bubble left. It has been stuck in my freakin left shoulder. I asked my sister, a nurse, how I can get rid of it, she also said walk walk walk, also lay upside down in a chair, yes it does hurt to get there, but it is worth it. It helps move the bubbles to your belly where you can rub them out too. I walked with a pillow on my belly pushing gently to help move the gas. I did end up buying Gas X today, and I can say that my pain is less. I wasnt going to try this as losts of people say it wouldnt work. I asked my sister and she said it may or may not work but once the gas is absorbed in the stomach then it will help. It did help with those, not the shoulder.

Good luck Stu71!! And good job for making this choice.

[teekii77 5]

My biggest mistake was not getting up walking after my surgery i was in so much pain that I was afraid to move. But I paid for it dearly and my suffering may have been very similiar to what your wife is experiencing. Now I try to walk almost immediatly after eating. Gas x helped me tremendously. Along with pain medication my doc prescribed it made the gas pains from the surgery bareable. Goodluck to you and your wifey!

[OKCurt 0]

Walk Walk Walk. I thought I was going to put a hole in the living room carpet from the path I was making, but it help a lot.

[esch 3]

The best thing you can do it walk. I walked all night after my surgery because I couldn't sleep due to the gas pain. If you are going to buy Gas-X, buy the chewables, NOT the strips. The strips only have like 62g of simethicone while the chewables have abt 125g. You're def going to want the higher dose!