Okay I got banded 2/23/10.... Im passing gas like every 5 minutes.. and LOUD.. I was ashamed at first but now its normal..lol Does anybody else have issues with passing gas. I have read about burping alot but my gas is coming out the other end, I never burp..

i had really bad gas pain in the beginning. I also still have gas issues at time but I used gas ex at night and that takes care of most of it. you could always try that

Okay I got banded 2/23/10.... Im passing gas like every 5 minutes.. and LOUD.. I was ashamed at first but now its normal..lol Does anybody else have issues with passing gas. I have read about burping alot but my gas is coming out the other end, I never burp..

I had this problem (although it was nearly 4 years ago). I remember asking my doctor, and embarrassed. He told me it was common and to use semethicone (gas-x). It's been explained to me that its actually hard to burp (different from PB) once we are banded. The gas can get trapped below the band and only have 1 way out!

Yes I have that issue as well. I think I have gas more that I did before the band.

I can completely sympathize with you. I was banded on the 15th of April and almost a month later I still suffer from gas especially after meals. Yesterday I was on my couch with a heating pad. I heard that the heating pad helps loosen things up. For some reason Gas-x does not seem to work for me.

Yep I still have awful gas issues! Don't typically have pain from it like I did immediately post op but I do get cramps at least once a week & I don't go more than a few hours without passing gas or burping! Tonight for the first time in my sleep I didn't care that the boyfriend was over & I let go and man the compressed giggling manifested by shaking on his side woke me up! Lol I warned him before I was banded a month ago about what id heard about the gas but I still played coy running to the bathroom but now its just normal to me. I have never had gas like this but for me gas x helps & if its painful I turn on the heating pad! That's the price we pay for the band I spose! =)