Whew! What a relief I finally got to sleep in my own bed last night. I spent my first 3 nights at home on the couch.

All and all not too bad an experience so far. Has anyone else had a major gas and diaharrea (sp?) problem? I'm not talking about the shoulder pain gas thing just the stomach and intestine gas...sounds like the war of the worlds is going on in there..lol. I also have a hard time burping (think I'm afraid it will be productive).

I go back to work tomorrow...I should be a real joy in a meeting if this doesn't calm down...lol

Congratulations and welcome to bandland! Try some Gasx and do a lot of walking today, it helps....get it out.

Yup, I am having that too. I have no idea if and when it will calm down. LOL

I started taking extra strength gas X a couple of days before my surgery and it helped. So take it now. I had one bought a diarrhea after surgery - I think that was because the hospital's "food" didn't agree with me. I had one incident of shoulder pain that lasted maybe 10 minutes. And that was a couple of days after surgery.

I had the major rumblings for about a week or so...my family laughed at me because they could hear it all the way across a room, but it does go away fairly soon.

Emily

Just the opposite for me, constipation had to take MofM. No noises from the tummy yet, but A lot of Gas and burping.

Liquid in, liquid out!:biggrin1:

Liquid in- nothing out?

I'm so darn plugged up my eyes are turning .... what color?

Tried Colace, Benefiber, Milk of Magnesia - no help - drink at least 65oz a day. Can only have cottage cheese, refried beans etc no real food - I'm not sure I should try more solids but I'm sooo tempted , any ideas anybody? PLEEAAASSSEEE?:confused:

Was banded on 3/17/06 and I agree with the rumblings present. I had left shoulder pain for 4-5 days but now that I included a couple of protein drinks, Slimfast Optima High Protein, there are such major rumblings that my son said he could feel them through the couch! Very charming. Just a note on the constipation, some of the protein drinks have fiber which is important. Maybe that would help. I took 4 tbls of MofM and it gave me diarhhea but my sister, who has irritable bowel syndrome, swears by the stuff if taken regularly 1 or 2 tbls a night. Good luck. I want to know if anyone has "urps" where it is like a sudden intake of air but no full burp. I had a hiatal hernia repair and I don't know if that is causing some of the problem. Also, how long does it take for the port site pain to go away??

I was very stopped up at first. MoM helped me, but it took two days of nighttime doses (liquid).

I'm a little past two months out and I have rumblings, burps, lower gas.. the works. Dawg laughs but I'm so embarassed sometimes!

For those having issues with constipation, try a suppository?