Question About Gas

[msaprildawn 59]

I was sleeved yesterday morning and haven't had any gas. When did it start with you guys?

[100%Sleeved 148]

mine started the next day but there might be a chance you won't have this problem.

[brandymarie81 108]

I still have some every now and then...but it hit me as soon as I started walking.

[Darla5060 68]

I noticed the most the morning after my surgery. That was actually the worse part for me!

[andi0120 41]

Mine started day 2. Feel lucky if you don't get it! Mine felt braxton hicks

[msaprildawn 59]

I'm going on the second day and still nothing. I hope I don't get it because it sounds pretty horrible. I burped a couple times and that's it. I've also walked the hallways 4 times and down to my upper gi.

[Rootman 1,101]

It started like maybe the next day for me too. The naturally occurring gases that occur in the stomach now have no place to go on the swollen traumatized tiny sleeve, so it must come out the easiest way possible - a burp. Until the swelling goes down this is a common and sometimes painful occurrence.

Just to be clear, this is NOT the gas they inject during the surgery to puff up your abdomen to get clearance for surgery. That gas is almost all removed afterwards and what little remains is adsorbed readily in a few hours post op. Is is just carbon dioxide. It is a popular myth that this gas somehow ends up in the stomach itself or somehow mysteriously migrates to and number of places (elbows, shoulders and backs to name a few). This just isn't the case, now IRRITATION from the gas being injected and stuff puffing up and getting tugged and prodded, pulled or otherwise moved around during surgery CAN explain most of the pains, but the gas itself is long gone. Sometimes the nerves that run through the abdomen just get irritated and misfire and give you mysterious pains in seemingly unrelated areas.