Burping

[Liney_92 0]

I’m so glad I’ve found this site! I know no one who’s had this surgery so I’ve got no one to ask so I’m hoping you lovely people can help.

I’m 9 days post surgery and so far everything seems to be going well, except I can’t stop burping, is this normal? Has anyone else experienced this

[ms.sss 15,724]

From what I understand, yes...very normal.

I'm almost 3 years out and can STILL rival the burpings of a teenage boy.

[ShoppGirl 5,023]

I haven’t noticed it myself but have read many stories on here of excessive gas post op.

[vikingbeast 987]

My surgeon warned me about this—they pump you full of gas (CO2) to be able to operate and it has to come out... walking helps (he insists that his patients walk 1 minute for every 15 minutes they're awake) and also if you can get simethicone—here in the US it's branded as Gas-X, not sure about the UK.

[Liney_92 0]

They told me I’d be burping and passing wind a lot at first because of the gas but I can’t imagine it’ll still be the gas 10 days later so I was just wondering if this is my life now lol

[Tony B - NJ 643]

7 hours ago, Liney_92 said:

They told me I’d be burping and passing wind a lot at first because of the gas but I can’t imagine it’ll still be the gas 10 days later so I was just wondering if this is my life now lol

It gets better. I am right at 2 weeks post op and I don't have quite as much gas. But...think about it. Your stomach is smaller so there is less volume to hold any gas created, so you will burp a little more than you may have before. I am not really experiencing anything too out of control as I go into normal type foods.