Gas pains still?

[S(he) be(lie)ve(d) 151]

I had my sleeve done on Sept 8th. I still take Gas-X pills every morning. Occasionally, I have to grab a Gas-X strip in the afternoon. But, it is becoming less in the afternoon finally. Yay! I just get pains from burp bubbles. Burping little burps, is common with me. I just keep hoping that it continues to decrease and I can quit taking Gas-X. Recently, I tried not taking them just to see how I did. I told my hubby that I can totally sympathize with babies and how they feel when they need to be burped. Lol!

[1Corinthians6:19 53]

I'm still pretty gassy at 8 days post op, but it definitely gets better each day.

[georgiare 63]

Gasx never really helped my gas pain in my shoulder. Heat pad, massage, and karate chops all help, oh and keep your arm moving around, walking helps gas pains in your belly but doesn't really help the nerve damage that causes the shoulder pain from my experience. . My pain finally subsided about 2 1/2 weeks post op.

[magoo72 0]

Someone explain the karate chops, please?

I am totally gassy a week out.

[georgiare 63]

It's similar to the massage technique, where you pound in the area in pain with the side of your hand, like a karate chop. It works on the shoulder area for gas pains, but I don't know that it would be effective for stomach gas.

[Wvcari 84]

I'm 11 days post op and still feel pain in my left shoulder blade are. Can't get rid of it. I've tried heating pad, Tylenol, gas x, walking. Any other suggestions?

[MarieMarie 346]

I got up and walked as soon as I could. A little bit but often. I didn't suffer shoulder pain and gasX strips helped with the rest.

[georgiare 63]

@@Wvcari try having someone do the karate chops, it really helps, I don't know why. The pain is referred from where the gas in your belly made a nerve cold, so the nerve has to heal up which can take time. Mine took about 2-2 1/2 weeks to finally subside, but I've seen doc info that it can take as many as 5 weeks, so do the massage thing, keep heat on it, and move your arm around as much as possible. Walking does help the intestinal gas because it moves things around, when the pain is higher you need to move the higher areas around too. Hope this helps.