How'd you get the gas to go away?

[Erin18 143]

I know walk walk walk and walk, I have a little bit of gas that is like stuck on my left chest towards the middle, feels like I gotta burpbut I heard it hurts really bad omg and I'm drinking the Water too it don't want to go!! Ugh! Does a shower help at all?

[Erin18 143]

sorry if I post way too much but I want to know

[Erin18 143]

anybody?? How'd you get rid of your gas pains? I know walking and drinking Water how else??

[Brockbabe82 0]

GAS X strips, they are the best! lol and again, walk, walk, walk.

[Erin18 143]

I don't know if they actually work LOL

[slpcat 0]

For me, it took walking, gas-x strips, and time. I am 6 days post-op and have minimal discomfort now. It has gotten a little bit better everyday. Hope you are pain free soon :smile2:

[Padanelle 2]

There are 2 types of gas pain. One is a result of the surgery from the co2 that is pumped into you, which is usually felt in the shoulder or back. Only walking and time will help that. The other is in your internal organs, which gas-x can help.

[Erin18 143]

thanks can't wait for itall to go away should it be gone by day 7/8? Hope so!

[Padanelle 2]

Everyone is different on how they heal. I was lucky that I didn't suffer much from the gas from the co2. Maybe it had to do with my surgeon only making one incision. I'm 2 months post op, and I'm still taking gas-x. There's no pain - just the frequent urge to fart. Sigh!

I keep a food journal, and if anything notable happens, I also enter it, like whenever I exercise - still a rarity at this point, any discomfort I may experience (it took a week before I could get in/out of bed with our major pain), when I noticed the swelling start to go down (10 days), my fills and reactions to them, how I handle certain foods, etc. The food journal helps keep me on track. Any discomforts experienced along the journey so far are just a distant memory - although I did have my first sliming experience yesterday - and the excitement of seeing the scale go down keeps me going, even though at times it not moving as fast as I would like. Each day is a new experience.

[Brittany8018 0]

I had really terrible gas pain in my left shoulder for the first 9 days post-op. I called my surgeon on a Sunday and he prescribed me something, which helped minimally. In addition to the Gas-X and Milk of Magnesia I was taking and I was walking outside 10 minutes every hour!! Finally someone recommended I take the chewable Pepcid Complete, and that really helped!

[ParrotheadCathy 0]

Erin, Gas-X will help gas in your GI tract. The gas you are describing is probably from the darbon dioxide they pump into your abdomen to make more room to work. It will go away on its own as it is absorbed into the blood stream and then processed out by your body.

To help in the mean time, keep moving. Walk whenever you can, as much as you feel up to .... and move your arms. Someone on another forum I belong to said her doc told her to sit in a rocking chair instead of on the couch and rock. She said it helped in addition to everything else. And that pain does respond to heat....a heating pad, a hot shower, etc.

And, yes, it really will go away!

[Erin18 143]

Padanelle- i know, i think the gas is almost out now, it feels like theres just one bubble that needs to come out now thank god

same here haha, would apple juice help get rid of the consitpation too? i have mots light and i put Water in it, should it help me to go?

ive been sleeping in the recliner for 4 days, i went back and forth to me bed and the recliner, and the recliner won, wish i had one of those beds like the hospital.

what is sliming? my scale moved quick, it shocked me

Brittany8018- i think i had the gas pains in my should too, but it comes and goes tho, stinkers

im walking every hour, but not outside, just in the house for now

im not sure if i should take those (chewable Pepcid Complete)

ParrotheadCathy- im pretty sure the gas is from the surgery that they put in me, i have 5 insicions.

i cant wait til it goes, but i need to go #2 and i know i have too cause its making that strange noise. i bet when i do go itll feel 10 times better

rocking chair does help but the cat stole it from me right now, i love the heating pad, it feel nice

i cant wait for it to go (:

[2livesmart 0]

The gas x strips did not work for me but the gas x pills did/do. Take those and also pepcid chewable pills. Both work wonders.

[Erin18 143]

okay I'll keep that in mind that is (:

[Padanelle 2]

Padanelle- i know, i think the gas is almost out now, it feels like theres just one bubble that needs to come out now thank god

same here haha, would apple juice help get rid of the consitpation too? i have mots light and i put Water in it, should it help me to go?

ive been sleeping in the recliner for 4 days, i went back and forth to me bed and the recliner, and the recliner won, wish i had one of those beds like the hospital.

what is sliming? my scale moved quick, it shocked me

I don't know about apple juice, but pears, grapes,papaya & figs are all supposed to help. When I complained about Constipation to my nutritionist last week, she said that since I am eating so much less, its perfectly normal not to have a BM every day; every 2 or 3 days is fine. The problem is, it is so uncomfortable if I miss a day, and painfull if I miss 2 (TIM). I have been taking metamucil, eating probiatic yogurt, and drinking certain hebal teas. Its still a learning process to see which work best.