home and gassy! STILL

[*susan* 1,709]

This whole gas subject has me laughing. When I was in Mexico, every time Dr. Aceves or one of his staff came into the room, it seemed like the first thing they asked me was if I had started passing gas yet. It took me until the day I left before I did, and they were so happy about it, I thought they were going to throw a party or something. My husband still laughs about it, as he has never seen anyone so fascinated and interested in my gaseous expulsions.

[Malaika 50]

LOL -- that is so funny Judy -- and so like adolescent boys!

[kaykay 1]

Great to hear from you and hear all is well. I thought the Gas X strips didn't help.... do they? Should I buy some before surgery?

My husband thinks they do help, but not with the intense left shoulder pain kind of gas from the surgery. Walking is supposed to be the only thing that helps that.

[*susan* 1,709]

I guess I was lucky, I never experienced any of the related shoulder pain with either my band or sleeve surgeries.

[LindaR 0]

I am on day 19 post op and I have still not returned to work yet. At first I had a lot of energy and probably tried to do too much too soon, but I have been transitioning to solids and maybe that is the problem.. It seems I am having too much pain considering I am almost 3 weeks out!

Sometimes the pains are sharp (left side)... I saw my doc last Thursday and he said pain was normal, but it scares me a little - I just want to know if this is normal, because I thought I would be back to work already and I thought the pain would be gone.

I did have hernia surgery along with my sleeve and my doc said I had one of the worst hiatal hernia's he has ever worked on... maybe that has made the recovery longer????

Can anyone relate?

[kaykay 1]

I am on day 19 post op and I have still not returned to work yet. At first I had a lot of energy and probably tried to do too much too soon, but I have been transitioning to solids and maybe that is the problem.. It seems I am having too much pain considering I am almost 3 weeks out!

Sometimes the pains are sharp (left side)... I saw my doc last Thursday and he said pain was normal, but it scares me a little - I just want to know if this is normal, because I thought I would be back to work already and I thought the pain would be gone.

I did have hernia surgery along with my sleeve and my doc said I had one of the worst hiatal hernia's he has ever worked on... maybe that has made the recovery longer????

Can anyone relate?

My husband has had pain until just very recently (He will be 3 weeks out on Tuesday) and has had to at least occasionally take his pain med. I know some on here say they barely needed pain meds or were off them very early, but I know also that has not been the case for him. He also had a diseased gallbladder out at the same time. So perhaps having an additional surgery simultaneously makes it more painful (like you had with the hernia.) Whatever, I don't think you're alone in still having some pain 3 weeks out.

[MacMadame 81]

The hiatal hernia repair *definitely* can slow your progress. Because of mine, my surgeon had me wait a couple of extra weeks to try solids.

[Malaika 50]

The hiatal hernia repair *definitely* can slow your progress. Because of mine, my surgeon had me wait a couple of extra weeks to try solids.

I would agree with you Mac -- I am just now (2 months out) starting to experiment with non-mushies.