Gas

nana7 · September 19, 2006

:help: HI everyone sorry i have not be on for a while i work alot of overtime. are you suppose to have alot of gas i sure do .I have try gas-x but it does not work. Help ps also i have lost a total of 48 lb. i now wt.216:) . nana7

green · September 19, 2006

I had a lot of gas for the first week after the op. I was going through the chewable Gas-X like the stuff was chocolate. I am now in week two of post op and I feel fine. The gas does eventually go away. Moving around does seem to help.

nana7 · September 19, 2006

Thank you for replying . I had my lapband put in the 19th of june . And i work all the time . I do not eat stuff that im not suppose to . So i still have gas. I guess when i go to get wt. agin i will ask Dr. Edwards about it next month. . nana7

green · September 19, 2006

Yep, you should ask your doc about it. I don't think that post-op gas is supposed to last quite this long. There must be another reason for this gas. Gas pains are a real drag.

NancyRN · September 20, 2006

Postop gas is different from regular gas. Regular gas forms in the intestinal tract and can be expelled. You can control it to a degree by controlling your intake of certain foods. Exercise helps it move and iGasX may reduce it. I read somewhere that the average amount produced daily is a quart. Amazing when you think about it.

Postop gas is outside the intestinal tract, in the abdominal cavity. It's the gas that is blown into the abdominal cavity during surgery so the doctor can see his/her way around more easily. Because it's outside the intestinal tract, you can't expel it. You just have to wait for it to be absorbed. i don't know of anything that helps speed up this process. If anyone else does, please post it.

NancyRN

nana7 · September 21, 2006

Thank you for your help -green & nancyrn.. It is not the gas pain it's just gas. When i walk or at nite when i go to bed look out there it go,s. nana7