Terri Lynn1383837796 139 Posted February 12, 2014 All I can tell you is to eat the Gas X strips almost non stop...my daughter is an EMT and fed them to me in the hospital. I never had the 1st pain of gas... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
McButterpants 2,846 Posted February 12, 2014 I had bad gas pains the first 5 days or so - about a week after, I still had that pain in my left shoulder, but it wasn't as bad as the beginning. Gas-X didn't help me much, but I did take them. The only thing that worked for me was walking, walking and more walking. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Domika03 309 Posted February 12, 2014 I'm almost 4 weeks post-op. I'd say my gas pain ended a few days after surgery, 3 or 4. My advice, WALK as much as possible. I walked in my house during recovery, around my DR table, LR table, up the stairs, down the stairs, a few times a day. It helped for sure! 1 McButterpants reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HHHappy 225 Posted February 12, 2014 I used one gas-x strip because I thought maybe I had gas but never had any more problems. I feel very lucky. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
