I am 10 weeks post op and still having lots of gas. I know Protein drinks do it to me but I do not have them often. I am staying on my program, eating sensibly, drinking my Water, and getting in my protein. Weight loss has been slow but pretty steady. I had the shoulder gas pains post op and this is not it. Just plain old gas! My Dr put me on Flagyl for a week and told me this happens to some people. It's because of the drastic change to our digestion. He thought that would do the trick. It did not. I tried Gas X and it did nothing. I do not drink carbonated drinks and I am out of ideas. Has anyone out there had this? I just got some papaya enzymes and hope that will help. I have taken Beano in the past so I guess I will try it again too. Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Blessings,

GG

It's kind of old fashioned, but bicarbonate of soda before your

drink may help, if you can get past the taste.

This isn't painful gas. I had that post op and a heating pad did help. This is just like the gas you have if you eat Beans or cabbage. But, I cannot tie it to any foods that I eat.

GG

Are you eating a lot of sugar free stuff? Sugar free sweeteners make me gassy so I just try to stay away from jello, pudding... Any of that stuff.

I have to admit that I still have gas. Attic and basement so to speak. I swear I belch louder than a truck driver!

I find when I drink my full allotment of Water, it's reduced somewhat

I am 10 weeks post op and still having lots of gas. I know Protein drinks do it to me but I do not have them often. I am staying on my program, eating sensibly, drinking my Water, and getting in my protein. Weight loss has been slow but pretty steady. I had the shoulder gas pains post op and this is not it. Just plain old gas! My Dr put me on Flagyl for a week and told me this happens to some people. It's because of the drastic change to our digestion. He thought that would do the trick. It did not. I tried Gas X and it did nothing. I do not drink carbonated drinks and I am out of ideas. Has anyone out there had this? I just got some papaya enzymes and hope that will help. I have taken Beano in the past so I guess I will try it again too. Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Blessings,

GG

Try a probiotic, it seemed to realy help me. They have one that is like a piece of chocolate 10 cals ,1 carb, I got it at walmart. The packageing looks like a pint of ice cream.

Healthy delights ProBiotic bites dark chocolate. A Probiotic is sort of like yogart on steroids,each piece has one Billion live cultures. Live cultures if you dont know already, are good bacteria that eat up or kill or something bad bacteria.

Unfortunately gas seems to be part of life for me now! It's a lot better now, but in the few months after surgery I belched louder than my fiance and the gas didn't know which end to come out of (TMI I know, sorry). It should get better, so hang in there!

I used to not be a gassy person at all before the lapband. I got my band in June, and being gassy just seems to be how the world works for me these days, especially the burping. Burping was painful for the first month I had the band, but now I just burp a lot... with no pain. It isn't too big of a deal although sometimes embarrassing.

Thanks everybody for the suggestions. I will try each one. It's getting embarassing. Any more ideas of there please let me know.

Blessings,

GG

Well I'm only a week post op but the health food store sold me catnip leaf/fennel seed extract and said this should help. Said fennel seed tea helps but they were out. Hasn't helped yet but I just tried it for the first time this afternoon.

Well I'm only a week post op but the health food store sold me catnip leaf/fennel seed extract and said this should help. Said fennel seed tea helps but they were out. Hasn't helped yet but I just tried it for the first time this afternoon.

Let me know if it helps. I got some Probiotics this afternoon. Since you are barely post op yous might go away. Walk, walk, walk and try a heating pad. That helped me a lot. Blessings on your new journey.

GG

I've been walking a ton...at least a mile a day and it and/or heat hasn't helped yet

Welcome to banded life . 2 + years post-op and still have gas. I would bet 95% of us have more gas and the other 5% just lie and say they don't

I've been walking a ton...at least a mile a day and it and/or heat hasn't helped yet

If it's the painful post op gas hopefully it will subside. Mine lasted about a week. The shoulder pain was the worst. Keep up that walking and I'll let you know if the probiotics help.

Blessings,

GG

Welcome to banded life . 2 + years post-op and still have gas. I would bet 95% of us have more gas and the other 5% just lie and say they don't

You are a hoot! Probably correct about the 95%. LOL Whatever the side effects it will be worth it. You have done an incredible job. Congratulations!

Blessings,

GG

Thanks GG and I will let u know about the extract.