I AM IN ALOTE OF PAIN AND I HAVE SO MUCH GAS STUCK IN ME I FEEL LIKE SHIT !!!! WHEN WLL IT START TO GO AWAY?:001_smile:

most posts I have seen say a couple days and you start feeling better.... sorry you are so uncomfortable. At the risk of sounding like a parrot "Walk walk walk and sip sip sip"

Walk, walk, walk! Sleep as much as possible. I was in the hospital 5 days after my surgery!

I know this sounds like a broken record, but really walk, walk, walk - it really will help! I hope you feel better soon!!!

Kathy

Yup. Walk and walk some more. That is the only thing that will get rid of the gas and the pressure. I was walking the day following surgery around the hospital and going round and round in my hospital room at night. Even when I got home I still had gas and again, it was walking, walking, walking. After a few days it feels better.

Walking will help get rid of the gas. If you have actual pain, keep using the liquid lortab. I'm on my third bottle. Dosage down to every 12 hrs so I'm doing better than 1st week when it was every 4 hrs.

Also, find a real medical supply pharmacy and get a stomach binder! It was a life saver for me. Night one the wife sacrificed one of her control top panty hose for me. God bless her:biggrin0:

Hang in there but don't hesitate to call the docs office. That's what they are for.

Access to a hand held shower helps too.

It sucks now, but I promise it gets better quickly. I was feeling pretty good by day 3 (not marathon running good, just walk around the block good). I hate to tell you though.... it was about 7 days before the gas was really gone.

Congratulations!

As the others say, it does get easier... each day gets easier.

Good luck

The trapped gas hurts, but as others have said, the walking really helps it to disperse. I didn't know that my lungs would feel restricted, but had some great help on here, to breathe in through your nose, and blow out of your mouth as hard as you can - this also helps to disperse the gas.

Good luck and keep your chin up!