I am 9.5 weeks post of, and things are going very well- LOVING my BAND! I have only one question: WHERE IS ALL THIS DARN GAS COMING FROM???? And I mean the kind you expell! I just don't understand why or where it is originating from. i am not drinking from a straw & I do not take in air when i eat. It is loud, sometimes frequent intervals, & excuse me but sometimes very smelly! I just want some answers. Thanks for all your input.

I passed a lot of gas shortly after surgery. Not sure what causes it but I feel like it's the body's way of coping with the GI tract being messed with. I don't fart as much now but sometimes I let out burps like a truck driver...my fiance finds it hilarious but it's so embarrassing!

I am over a year out and I definately am much more gassy than I used to be.

It was like that for me too. It eventually subsided. I think the odor is from all the protein. I was 'tooting' with every movement I made. I am a HS teacher so I was deathly afraid of farting in class. It never happened thankfully. My surgeon laughed when I explained that school was the reason I was so concerned and not that I thought something was wrong. I was re banded in March of this year and have not had the gas, but have been able to burp which I couldn't do after first band. Hang in there....

Protein shakes me mentally gassy. And sugar free stuff. Maybe that?

Hahaha not mentally gassy. REALLY gassy. Stupid autocorrect. We were banded around the same time. How's everything going for you?

The first couple of months I always kept GAS-X in my purse the strips or the chewables though and I lived on them! good luck it will pass!

The first couple of months I always kept GAS-X in my purse the strips or the chewables though and I lived on them! good luck it will pass!

So the gas-x works pretty good? I need to invest in some. Everytime I walk, I fart. Very embarassing!! I am in a new relationship and am not sure my boyfriend appreciates my gasiness.

I have had a lot of gas down south and almost none up north. Funny thing is that the few times I feel like I need to burp I can't. Anyone else have this feeling?

Protein shakes and artificial sweeteners are big culprits - they create very foul smelly gas in some people, me included. You can google "protein farts" and you'll see its a common phenomenon.

but surgery to your digestive system can really wreak havoc too. I'm the same lately, having lost my rectum and some colon 10 months ago, had an ileostomy for seven months and had the ileostomy reversed about 10 weeks ago - boy oh boy, I can and DO ( unfortunately I have no control yet) clear not only a room, but the house!

What has helped me - Probiotics. Your intestinal flaura and fauna can really get mucked up from surgeries and abrupt dietary changes. You might not be digesting things thoroughly or well and have overactive bad guys in there without enough of the good to keep them under control. I have a probiotic yogurt every day and I feel much better when I keep that up. And lunch is my trigger - I take a couple of peppermint tablets and a cup of peppermint tea with my lunch - helps enormously.

I also take a couple of immodium to quiet any bowel activity if I want to go somewhere like the movies - but my problems are probably on a whole different scale, so you probably wont find that necessary.

Gas is funny to other people but I've been near to tears with frustration when I've gone to a spin class and felt it start up - I've had to leave, the fear of humiliation is too strong. You cant hold in a fart during a spin class and mine are so foul that there's no way it'd go unnoticed or be one of those vague "someone farted somehwere in this room" ones.

I'm on the liquid diet and I'm really gassy. Mind don't smell however which is really surprising I thought it's because I'm not eating any food. I hope it goes away I'm also afraid of going to work and having to fart and not being able too. I go back to work tomorrow. Mine are for the most part really quiet maybe I can sneak a couple without anyone noticing. LOL!

So far, mine don't smell either.

I'm actually the opposite. I Burl CONSTANTLY but rarely fart since surgery,

I have had a lot of gas down south and almost none up north. Funny thing is that the few times I feel like I need to burp I can't. Anyone else have this feeling?