Recently Banded- Gas, Weird Stomach

[2012 359]

I was banded 07/09 and fortunately the surgery gas is all gone, but now every afternoon my stomach starts this gurgling (for lack of a better word) and I have really bad gas. Has anyone had this? Is this Protein doing this? Is this something this will inevitably happen after surgery?

[xsentrick 194]

I had the exact same symptoms and my wife suggested that it may be because I drinking from a straw all day and may have been consuming extra air. I stopped drinking from a straw and a day later the gas subsided. Not sure if this is your issue, but just offering my experience. I hope it helps.

[2012 359]

Thanks, I didn't think of that and I do drink with a straw a lot since I'm sitting in front of a computer all day, worth a try.

[Rapunzel 2]

My doctor's office urges us to discontinue using straws. I have had a bit of gurgling now and then - usually after something was stuck passes through...it rumbles like an old boiler.

[ValleyGirlRN 32]

it's just part of fhe territory now...lots of gas, gurgling...all sorts of fun noises!! lol...seems to come and go...