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im a fairly blunt person when it comes to conversations about anything and everything so im just going to spit it out but im not trying to be gross. I was banded wednesday 5-23-11 and all ive been able to do is basically fart and ALOT, i can barely burp. I mean sometimes i do burp but they are so little its like a infant burping. I feel like i need one of those just funneled 2 beers burp but for the life of me i cannot make it happen. Ive been taking the gas ex strips etc. Has anyone else experianced this?? meaning one route seems to be working over the other etc? or just not able to burp like prior?

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im a fairly blunt person when it comes to conversations about anything and everything so im just going to spit it out but im not trying to be gross. I was banded wednesday 5-23-11 and all ive been able to do is basically fart and ALOT, i can barely burp. I mean sometimes i do burp but they are so little its like a infant burping. I feel like i need one of those just funneled 2 beers burp but for the life of me i cannot make it happen. Ive been taking the gas ex strips etc. Has anyone else experianced this?? meaning one route seems to be working over the other etc? or just not able to burp like prior?

im the same. especially of a night i have a huge build up of gas. its not very nice, usually its through late evening. i never had problems with gas like this before. There must be a reason for it all.... does anyone know?

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Ive just had my band fitted too (23/05/2012) and exieriencing plenty of wind, and actually it is somewhat of a relief when I manage it. Forget burping though it's just useless, I'm just silent ones that seem to take more air in than expel. Ive not been given any medication for the gas, it's just occurring naturally - on the upside my partner thinks its funny which is a bonus, just hope it calms down before I start eating food again!! Lol

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Just gases from surgery. Stomach Adjusting to band... It will get better.

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oh i know lol i dont mind passing wind at all, im actually quite please with the increase in quantity and quality i mean what guy wouldnt be, but the not burping thing is getting to me, i really want to just stick a tube down my throat into my stomach like a vent haha i wonder if i will ever burp normal again

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I thought about doing the same the other end but then I thought that might hurt so didn't lol ps I managed a mini burp by trying to gulp air - think I just made it worse ! Lol

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Hi... my surgery date was 4/6/12. And I thought it was post-op gas too....but alas tis still going strong...if not even more so. I've been advised that it's because of the significant diet change which causes an imbalance in the good bacteria of the digestive system. Gas ex has helped - and I've begun taking Probiotic Acidophilus to support my digestive health. This is day three on those two things and there's a significant improvement...so I am hopeful.

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Hi... my surgery date was 4/6/12. And I thought it was post-op gas too....but alas tis still going strong...if not even more so. I've been advised that it's because of the significant diet change which causes an imbalance in the good bacteria of the digestive system. Gas ex has helped - and I've begun taking Probiotic Acidophilus to support my digestive health. This is day three on those two things and there's a significant improvement...so I am hopeful.

thanks for this advice. is this probiotic in tab form or liquid? i think i need it as well.

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Capsule form...good luck!

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Capsule form...good luck!

you dont have any issues with taking the capsules then??

im having issues with my bowels still. its the diet transition for sure. not good. Im going to the chemist in the next day or so ... i will get some Probiotics for myself.

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My Dr said to try papaya enzyme... I haven't tried it but his office staff swears by it and a friend of my moms says it made a world of difference for her.

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No I haven't had any trouble with the capsules when taken with a sip or two of Water.< /p>

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My Dr said to try papaya enzyme... I haven't tried it but his office staff swears by it and a friend of my moms says it made a world of difference for her.

its getting access to it. i live in country Australia.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

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