Hope

What is all this gas stuff about? I have a friend who told me to ask about the gas and gas pain after surgery. Is this something I need to be preparing myself for? Surgery is Tues. and I really need to know what to expect in the days and weeks following surg.

Thanks

Tracy

Anne

Tracy,

Usually your doctor will prescibe something to help with gastric juices in your little pouch, we got Ranitidine. I also had Gas-X on hand, which has really helped sometimes. Gas-X is what everyone here seems to have recommended. Hope that helps.

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Anne

Open 03/23/05, Dr. Callery
259/130(UNDER MY GOAL! )/150 (per me)/134(per Kelly )
Start BMI 45?/23.9

Jeanie

If you are lap they fill your belly with air. Well the air has to come out of somewhere, so yeah you will have gas, and yeah it will hurt. I took Gas-X, and it worked great. Make sure you get some before you go home.

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Jeanie
Lap Dr. Callery
July 7, 2004
Savanna Annmarie was born on 10/14/2008

Gatzby

Make sure that when you sip your water, you don't use a straw. Straws are evil contraptions invented by Nazi Terrorists! They introduce gas at a much greater rate than sipping from the glass does, and that hurts like nothing else.

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-Rob
Not covered by insurance. How nice, they will pay for the symptoms...but not the cure for my disease.

LauraLee

I had the procedure done Lap and had no problems with gas afterwards. It may just depend on the person.

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Laura
Dr. Callery
Lap 4-12-05
5'8"
341 / 180 / 160 (My Goal)

Dara

I'm one year post-op and I still have gas issues. It seems foods that made me gassy before surgery make me more gassy now. I've also developed a gas problem with milk, so I don't drink it. Gas-X has become my lifelong friend!

I asked Kelly about it at my one-year checkup and she said it just depends on the person. Heck, as everyone knows, I've always been a BIG GAS BAG...so it shouldn't be a shock! LOL

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Dara
Open RNY 4/27/04 Dr. Callery
10-15 lbs. above goal weight and okay with it

pambragg

I am almost 10 months out and gas is still a major issue with me. I am hoping with the hernia repair it will help. Jeez, sometimes I sound like a badly running tractor....pfttttt.....pffttttt, pffffffttttttttt. My poor family!

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Pam
Open 7/7/04 Dr Callery
333/130/150.........20 lbs below goal now!!
Start/current/goal
TT done 7/19/06
BMI pre-op 57.2
BMI now 21.6....OMG...I'm freaking "normal"

"You are the only one who can make the difference. Whatever your dream is, go for it."

Karen Wright

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~Karen
Open RNY 04/13/04
313/230/158 (still pushing for that goal!)

"Don't take yourself so darn seriously!" Rule # 62

bridgetgirl

I notice when I eat sugar I get gas!!!!! So when i start tootin' I know I have been doin' too much. I was never like that before surgery.

Right after surgery gas, I was most bothered by that. It was uncomfortable, but not painful... you just have to walk, walk, walk it off. The worse thing about being in the hosputal after surgery is using that damn spirometer! Oh and having vegetable broth for breakfast... ewwwwwwwww

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J.Bridget Fisher aka koi-pea
2/9/04 lap 5'11"
298/170-trying to lose another 10

www.myspace.com/caliclovercutie
What Sawyer would call me on LOST: ladybug

"People will argue with you that getting what you want in life isn’t something you can learn, if you’re destined to be one of the worlds winners as opposed to one of its perpetual whiners, its because you have been born with the right talents and temperament and have a big dose of self-esteem, ambition, and good judgment." Kate White

Hope

Thanks for all the good advice. Should we all invest in Gas X stock? Will pick some up this weekend at the store. I'm sure my kids will be hootin' with my tootin'. But hey, they can keep up with the best of them. lol.