i just got home today from surgery, i had to stay overnight cuz i have sleep apnea... but i am concerned cuz i have not been able to exspell gas, belching or otherwise. feel like i need to when i drink anything but cant and am real bloated, any help on this would be appreciated. please help.

I'm day 3 and passing everything now, I used gas x and had my kids burp me by patting my back like a baby! It worked, it will take time to get rid of it all. Onward and Upward!

I'm day 3 and passing everything now' date=' I used gas x and had my kids burp me by patting my back like a baby! It worked, it will take time to get rid of it all. Onward and Upward![/quote']

My doctor gave me medicine for gas guess it took care of it cause I didn't have a problem 3 days post op and I feel great ready to get out and go shopping

You can't belch or expel it because the gas isn't in your digestive system, it was pumped into your abdominal cavity during the surgery. It has to be reabsorbed by your body.

The best thing you can do is walk around to help your body reabsorb it faster. If you're having any pain, sometimes a heating pad helps too.

Walk, walk, walk. Gas-x strips can also help, even with the gas that was put into your abdominal cavity for the surgery.

For me, the heating pad was my best friend. Feel better soon!

Yes, gasx strips, walk and heating pad. I'm only two days post op and my gas is almost gone. I had really bad gas pains too.

I'm day 3 and passing everything now' date=' I used gas x and had my kids burp me by patting my back like a baby! It worked, it will take time to get rid of it all. Onward and Upward![/quote']

Lol, my son burped me! It did work!

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i just got home today from surgery, i had to stay overnight cuz i have sleep apnea... but i am concerned cuz i have not been able to exspell gas, belching or otherwise. feel like i need to when i drink anything but cant and am real bloated, any help on this would be appreciated. please help.

i dont find it easy to expell gas through belching either. Gas -x is the main thing that is taken here for gas... also, ive found that sitting with my back straight, head back and arms above (my head) bent with my hands touching the back of my neck stretch my diaphram enough to expel the gas. Try some of these things... everyone is different. Maybe this will help you out.

I had surgery on Monday and most of my "free floating" gas has subsided. I mostly felt it in in my shoulders. It felt like my shoulders were really tense and I couldn't relax them. I've been using a warm shoulder wrap that I put in the microwave for 1 minute. It looks like stuffed animal stole hehe! I also put it on my tummy for a bit. It really helped to relax the muscles.

I had gallbladder removed Saturday and I couldn't pee! Or burp or toot! Walking helped a lot!! Hard, but so worth it. I also took dulcolax sunday night, that helped me go #2 immediately Tuesday morning and it made me feel better, much better.

I had gallbladder removed Saturday and I couldn't pee! Or burp or toot! Walking helped a lot!! Hard, but so worth it. I also took dulcolax sunday night, that helped me go #2 immediately Tuesday morning and it made me feel better, much better.

dulcolax is great stuff... it does the job well. i hope you feel even more improved now.... good luck

I haven't burped at all post op. Lots of gass pressure the first week. On day 4 post op, I finally passed gas. I was so excited and the pressure relief felt so great, I texted my husband at work!! Haha!! Hope you feel better!

Currently on day 5 of post op. I had a really hard time expelling stomach gas. For some reason day 3 was the worst. It's easing up now &

getting easier to belch. I can only hope it will all together just go away. If seated, sometimes helps to stand & walk around to "work it loose".