Fill and painful trapped gas - anyone?

[mgirl 0]

I had my second fill yesterday and it went fine. 30 minutes later I was in horrible pain in my abdomen. It felt like I had 30 pounds of air trapped in my stomach. Then began to feel sick to my stomach and needed to vomit (while I am driving in traffic in the rain :confused: After I spit up, sorry, gross, I felt better but the gas continued all night until I got home and took some gas X. Just wondering if anyone experienced something like this. I called the doctor and am waiting for them to call back. I feel great today.

[DS36 0]

Hey i had gas trapped for up to 5 days after the surgery and i felt exactly like you!!! I didn't know what was happening thought i had made the worst decision of my life... but i took crushed gravol and it made all my muscles and gas settle so that is what worked for me! Good Luck and glad to here there are others like me!!!

[JaneE 0]

mgirl,

I also had a fill yesturday (my 4th) and have really bad gas, my stomach is still bloated and I have minor heartburn. This has never happened to me before so I figured my stomach just needs time to calm down.

I did take 2 rolaids this morning and feel pretty good now.

I know for a fact that I am not too tight, I was at 7.4 cc and had to be unfilled to 6.6 around xmas. I went back up to 6.9 which I think is a perfect fill amount.

[ohjuly7878 20]

I had my second fill two weeks ago. I was fine for 5 days, and then I started getting really bad gas pains! At first I thought it was a bug... but it lasted more than 24hours. After about 2 days of on and off REALLY bad pain, I put a call in to my doctor. Of course, before the doctor called me back, I began to feel better! Actually what happened is that I realized I was probably dehydrated, so I began to REALLY push Water. I think that helped. I had to call my doc back and tell him not to bother to call me back :confused: By the way I had NONE of this after my first fill.

So my advice is this: Really concentrate on getting the Water in. Also, when I was in the throes of the gas pains, I found that a heating pad worked wonders. Of course, knowing that others have had the same thing (and hence it's probably nothing serious) really helps too; the worst part of the whole thing was worrying that I was having some kind of weird serious complication.

Good luck!

[HeatherO 7]

It happens and usually goes away. A little gax-X or Rolaids usually does the trick for me. It doesn't usually take more than a day to feel normal again.

[neyad 0]

Hi DS36,

Is crushed gravol a suppository or a tablet? Where did you buy it?

Thanks!

[Nikki71 0]

I had my 1st fill 4 days ago and I still have so much trapped gas. I have been in so much pain from the gas. Very uncomfortable, GasX doesn't help.

I can eat and drink ok, I just hope the gas subsides soon!!

[neyad 0]

Hi Nikki,

I feel for ya! Post - op I had the worst stomach pains ever! What is hard is not everything works for everybody. I stocked up on Milk of Magnesia, and stool softners. I went back to my old reliable Miralax! Wa la, it worked! I am taking it in the AM and the bloat has gone down - with minimal gas for 3 days! This is after bloating since surgery - April 7th! So, get a couple of things and try them. I feel your pain!

[mgirl 0]

I still get his pain but it is from eating too much. It hurts so badly. If I take gas-x right when it starts it does help. I thought I was having a heart attack. It was awful.

[neyad 0]

I know what you mean....I am Day #2 and will probably not have a fill after the normal month due to my port needing to heal more. So, I am trying to fight the fight. Overeating does produce more gas. So, now that I am feeling better, I have turkey chili with onions tonight! It was so good!

[crzytchr 3]

I still get his pain but it is from eating too much. It hurts so badly. If I take gas-x right when it starts it does help. I thought I was having a heart attack. It was awful.

If it only happens when you eat too much and not just from eating, then it is probably a good thing...sorry. If you are eating slowly, try to be more aware of when you are satisfied, not full. It sounds like being full is going to be a painful experience for you from now on.