What causes all this gas?

[girl55 5]

i just ran across this thread and i'm 4 weeks post op and i have this gas after every meal. sometimes it lasts all night. my hubby is wondering what's wrong with me. I don't burp either, so like someone said, i guess it has to come out somewhere. And man HOW!

[mrslamica 3]

So glad I'm not alone...I am 4.5 weeks out and sometimes it hurts so bad I feel like I've damaged something!!! Sometimes I burp...but that doesn't really help and it won't come out the other way either!!! I'm hoping it dissipates soon...cuz these days feeling like I'm having a heart attack is really getting old!!!

[nycphoenix 0]

I don't know if its a coincidence or not but i looked up alternative therapies for gas after STILL having crippling gas/shoulder pain and tried out the acupressure points they suggested and now the gas I'm getting is going out through the proper channels instead of migrating to my shoulder. Woot! Of course i've also been doing chamomile and peppermint teas and gas-x but for some reason after doing acupressure i haven't had shoulder pain so far!

Put this in the "wont hurt might help" file:

lay down measure three finger lengths down from navel. Press down on spot with index finger release while exhaling

find spot four fingers up from your inside ankle bone. press down

find spot four fingers down from your knee on the outside edge of your shin. flex your foot. the muscle that bulges is where you press down

[neyad 0]

A bandster friend said the doc just prescribed some pills for her gas. I am not sure what, but we have the same doc. I am calling tomorrow. This is only Day #7 post op and I am not going to put up with the gas much longer (not sure what I will do but)!!! I am very impatient when it comes to pain and discomfort.

[neyad 0]

I also read in this forum about a bandster who was taking infants Mylicon drops for gas?????