I'm just wondering is it possible not to experience all this horrible gas pain that travels to the shoulder, collar bone, and chest pain that I see alot of folks posting about. I'm tentatively scheduled for dec

I didn't have gas pain.

I took gas x. My store didn't have the strips so I chewed the capsules. They had mint inside which was a pleasant surprise. I didn't swallow the capsules, just chewed them till I had to spit them out.

Worked miraculously.

Any gas pain that tried to come I walked out. Farted and burped a lot. I Farted once and my 14 year old son said "mom that was awesome." I was in my bedroom and he was in the living room.

Must be nice to be 14.

Anything is possible. Everyone is different, and will experience different levels of pain and discomfort. I had horrible gas pains, my anesthesiologist explained, its not actually gas itself, it is from when the gas/air is put in your abdomen to lift everything up during surgey, the gas hits some kind of nerve, and the pain you feel is from the nerve itself, and you can feel it all over your body. Mine lasted about 6 days. Day 2 and 3 was the worst. But it does get better each day after that. I took gas-x chewables, used a heating pad, walked as much as possible, and popped some tylenol 3. You will feel like crap for a bit, but will be totally worth it!!

I had very little gas pain, maybe 3 times in about 5 days I would get a very sharp pain on the top of my shoulder would last about 3-5 mins and then be gone. It was nothing I even tthought about really. So to say I didnt have gas pain I would say Yes I did not.

I never suffered from the pain ! I was told the more you walk it moves the gas threw your system.

Thats for Sure !!!!!

We stopped at Kmart, and I walked slow with a cart (this is a stop we made on the way home from the Hospital, just after Surgery.)

I pitied anyone behind me, because it started moving out the south end.......

I only had gas pains 3 times that really bothered me and they were the first 24 hours post-op. They dr.s have to deflate your stomach too and maybe some just spend more time deflating it than others. I just walked the 3 times I had it and it worked it out. It wasn't any big deal for me but everyone is different. Good luck!

I never had any. Not sure why since when I had my bowel resection last year I had enormous gas discomfort - little surgical pain but I honestly thought I would pop. Probably since my digestive tract was actually opened up (which it isnt with banding). But with banding - none.

Interestingly I've had 2 colonoscopies this past year and they say to be ready for the gas after that as they fill you with it - never came, makes me nervous that perhaps I was ripping off long, loud farts on the table, lol.

I never had the gas pains, but I was up and walking the hospital with in 20 min of coming out of recovery also

I'm just wondering is it possible not to experience all this horrible gas pain that travels to the shoulder, collar bone, and chest pain that I see alot of folks posting about. I'm tentatively scheduled for dec

I did not experience much of any kind of gas pains. I read on here to start walking ASAP and I did. I attributed to that.

Banded: 8/25/11

I am not the exception. I am still having gas and I'm post op day 6. I had some relief, but I think the skim milk brought it back. I had some mashed potatoes when I shouldn't have and I'm suffering for it now.

I did not have any gas pains, but like the others stated, I started walking around as soon as I can and would walk as much as my body would let me. I am also the one who had no pain at all from the surgery and did not take any gas x or pain meds, so I may not be the best source!

Thanks everyone for posting, I plan to walk immediately afterwards as well.

Abolutely none.

I had the gas pain in my shoulder the night of my surgery. It kind of felt like if your shoulder needed to crack. Not excruciating, just annoying. I walked while scissoring my arms up and down which relieved it almost immediately. It never came back. I also did not experience the gas coming out of either end. My stomach was about 10 inches larger when I came home from surgery than it was when I left ( I actually took pictures and sent it out to friends saying "this is what I would look like if I was 6 months pregnant") but it went down about the 5th day.

I'm just wondering is it possible not to experience all this horrible gas pain that travels to the shoulder, collar bone, and chest pain that I see alot of folks posting about. I'm tentatively scheduled for dec

I had it for a week or so, and only very occasionally after that. All in all, I wouldn't stress out about it too much. Goodness knows, everyone has a different tolerance for discomfort, but it wasn't much worse than the level of discomfort you'd get from a really strenuous workout. And you're ahead of the game by knowing what it is. My clinic didn't mention it -- one of my few complaints about them -- and so I was kind of scared until I found out it was normal and didn't mean there was anything really wrong.

Grace