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This is embarrassing so I'll just come out with it. About a month ago (8 months post op) I started getting really smelly gas. Like the kind that will hang in the air for awhile and smell like a sewer in the middle of the Sahara!

Has anyone else experienced this? I was blissfully bad-gas free for 8 months and now its back. I'm not lactose intolerant, and I don't dump, try to limit my refined carb intake, too. The only other thing I can think of is I only 'go' about once per week with the help of a laxative, though this has been status quo since surgery and the gas was never smelly like this before. Maybe I need beano??

Thanks! :)

P.S. yes, I contacted my surgeon's office and they didn't seem concerned.

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Go to Target and get Smooth Moves Tea. Drink it as directed to help things along. Once per week sounds like the problem. Try to drink more Water if you can manage it and Miralax is also helpful. Good luck.

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Dead @ "powdered sugar"!!!!! Dying!!!!!

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I agree with bittersweet about the Smooth Moves Tea. I bought four kinds on-line, and my favorite has been the chocolate tea bags. I brew them with the hot Water for sugar free cocoa and make my hot chocolate, then I plop some s/f whip cream in it. Not too bad....it's drinkable. It works overnight.

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The change in diet has definatley made a difference in how I smell. I dont think its any more stinky just different. I try to stay down wind when others are around but feel sorry for the person in the next stall at work :).

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