Can you hear me burp/belch from where you're at? :(

[Alfie 58]

Ok, I don't know why but I have been excessively belching for the last 2 days. :confused:I have no pain but if I stifle the belching, I get nauseous. These last two nights I must've belched at least 100 times and they are long and loud. It's not that it hurts or anything but it is uncomforable to have to keep burping. I did not eat late tonight although last night I did. It gets worse when I lay down...which is not conducive to sleeping! :blink:I had a fill 1 week ago bringing me to 6.5 in a 10 cc band. My restriction seems like it is good and the way it is supposed to be. I am not eating anything that is overly gassy.

Anyone else having this problem and any solutions..I tried Gas X but it did not help.

Edited June 7, 2008 by Alfie

[Oregondaisy 2,021]

I burp all the time. I burp constantly. Tonight my daughter told me my burping is really bothering her because it's so loud. I can only conclude that there is something about the band that traps air. Every time I take a drink of Water ( I never drink anything but water) I burp about 3 times.

I have friends that are banded and they say they burp all the time too.

Sorry, I don't have any advice. It's something that seems to go with being banded.

[crazycat 2]

I was burping all the time too. I went to my doctor and had an exray taken not because of the burping , but because I was having a lot of trouble eating anything. I was afraid that I had slipped. Well nothing was wrong, but the doctor couldn't get over how big of an air bubble I had in my tummy. He asked me if I burped a lot. I said yes all the time. He gave me a complete unfill. I think it was because of not being able to get food down though, not the burping. He did say that the air bubble would go away on its own. I still burp every time I get food stuck....yes I still get food stuck even with no fill; but at least I can eat food and I usually get to keep it down.

[Mary-2b150 0]

I have an issue with burping a lot as well, but they're not "regular burps", they are small, in the back-of-the-throat type of burps... little ones but one every few seconds. Not sure if that makes any sense or not. The more restricted I am, the more it happens. For now I've just been ignoring it.

[Alfie 58]

Thank you all for the responses. Mary, that happens to me also with the little burps. They don't bother me though, just the constant long loud ones. Finally, I have gotten some relief. I wound up taking the maximum of Gas X which is 8 strips in a 24 hr period. Now today the awful burping has subsided. I think my husband was about to scream. I know it was getting annoying to him because it was annoying me plus it kept waking him up

P.s. I was also using a straw for the first time and for the last 2 days and my band friend told me that could cause extra gas... who'd a thunk it?

Thanks,

Alfie