Gas!

[jujusmommy07 59]

Got my band yeasterday the gas is killing me. Any suggestions to relive the pain

[*susan* 1,709]

GasX and lots of walking are your best defense against gas. And, I always recommend a heating pad on your tummy, it feels good and relieves some of the discomfort in general.

[Gardnergirl2 96]

Iam hurting too, juju and just a general feeling of blah. They did a hernia repair to do too. I can't seem to get a deep breath and my port sight is sore. To be expected I guess. My ex husband stayed with me and my son last night and helped massage a lot of the shoulder gas out. Also, the liquid pain medicine makes me drowsy....all normal I suppose. Couldn't talk yesterday bc tube had irritated my throat. We are going to make it girl!

[Angi281 77]

GasX and lots of walking are your best defense against gas. And, I always recommend a heating pad on your tummy, it feels good and relieves some of the discomfort in general.

Amen to that! I'm 5 days post OP and I'm living on my heating pad. Really helpful so is.the walking if you can swing your arms a little I think it helped me the gas didn't didn't make me feel like im having a heart attack

[B-52 7,113]

The gas is pumped into your body cavity to expand it a little to make the surgery go easier for the surgeon....it is then extracted when finished but there is always some left...it will travel under the rib cage and up to the left shoulder.....

Gas-X works inside the digestive system, this gas is outside in the body cavity.

On the surgical wing in hospitals it is a standing order to get the patient up and walking as soon as possible....this is the only thing that will help...not re-leave it, but help it move and dissipate faster.....

Gas-x and heating pads may help you feel better, for other reasons you may even be aware of, it has nothing to do in relieving these type of surgical gas pains....

[jujusmommy07 59]

I don't know about the pumping gas into to your body until after the fact but it was the most painful thing I've ever experienced I pretty much thought I was gonna have a heart attack and died I still have some but for the most part its better