Serious question for embarrassing problem

[Michele123 0]

HELP!! I have severe gas and it's become a very serious and embarrassing problem. I was banded 3/13 and will have first fill 5/6. It doesn't matter what I eat, I get gas. I'm glad I can pass it but it's so bad that I dread eating lunch because I have to go back to work.

Anyone else have this problem and what are you doing for it... I've tried just about everything I can think of.

[Sissyh1006 0]

Sorry, I have not had that problem. Are you eating a lot of gassy foods?

[ParrotheadCathy 0]

Gas-X will help with gas in your stomach. If it's farther down, what are you eating? If you're eating gas-producing foods, try Bean-o.

[erinshel 0]

yep! I burp ALL the time. Even with Protein drinks... I burp... if I drink Water, I burp. Its embarassing but I just explain that I recently underwent surgery and that I am still working out the gas they used to pump up my abdomen. If they dont like it shove em! I say excuse me after each time and try to keep it as quiet as I can. If they cant handle that then oh well!!! lol... good luck getting it better though

[Stephanie1972 0]

Could there be a chance of lactose intolerance?

[Mimilou2004 13]

That's what I was wondering, Stephanie.

Mimi

[Michele123 0]

Thanks for the suggestions,

I'm beginning to think that I'm not chewing enough. It happens when I don't eat gassy foods, I don't eat/drink dairy. Even when I don't have veggies...

Today, I took chicken salad off a pita and just ate that... The afternoon was not pretty

[Stephanie1972 0]

Do you drink Protein Shakes? Those have tons of dairy...fyi (not trying to insult your intelligence)

[readmymind 0]

I just got my band on April 17. I had a LOT of gas pressure. I picked the brain of a friend of mine who'd had gastric bypass 8 years ago. She said the 'itol' sweeteners gave her the worst gas. Sure enough the 'no sugar added' popsicles I'd been having had sorbitol. i stopped eating them and have felt much better.

Now I just think I'm having gall bladder issues. Oh, the back pain. : (

Pre-op weight - 226#

Weight 2 days ago - 211#

[armywife2002 0]

Now I just think I'm having gall bladder issues. Oh, the back pain. : (

Pre-op weight - 226#

Weight 2 days ago - 211#

i wonder if thats a side effect? i was visiting family 2 weeks after my surgery. i drove to san antonio from houston with my mom and my 18month old. my back pain got progressivly worse all day. i thought at first maybe it was from the band, since that was the longest id driven since the surgery (and i drove from louisiana to houston the day before) it ended up so bad that i couldnt even make it home from san antonio- we had to stop and get a hotel room. that was wednesday night. thursday morning i felt better, but by the night it was getting bad again. i woke up at like 430am friday in the worse pain of my life- worse than back labor even- and throwing up. i had my mom take me to the ER.

after shooting me full of pain meds (major ones too) and testing me all day, they figured out it had nothing to do with the band, but it was acute pancreantitis and that was either causing or caused by gall bladder issues. they wanted to wait til the pancreantitis got better (which it didnt. i had a continuous narcotic drip, and they ended up giving me a pump for the meds too) to do surgery. i was NPO til tuesday. it was torture, i would have done anything for even a piece of ice. anyway, they did surgery on tuesday, and when i woke up, the back pain was gone. it was heaven... and i got to drink.

the bad part was i then ended up having to stay in houston for 2 more weeks til i was able to drive back to louisiana on my own.

i hope your gall bladder isnt the problem

sorry for the thread jack, lol :drool:

[Crishell 0]

I used to have really bad gas with most anything I ate. I started using Beano and that really worked for me. But your problem could possibly be lactose intolerance.