I had my surgery last Wednesday and well, am still feeling kinda crappy. I am walking a lot but geesh these gas pains are killing me. And the incision pain definitely slows things down too. Only passed gas once so far but lots of burping and hiccups. I also have lower back pain-like an achy tailbone kind of a thing. I'm not second guessing myself-still happy I did vsg! Just wondering if anyone has any tips or tricks for the first few days of discomfort? Thanks!

Heating pad for your back and a barrel of Gas-X for your tummy. They wouldn't let me take the Gas-X in the hospital, but once I got out, chewed one of those puppies every few hours and felt much better fast.

I had my surgery last Wednesday and well' date=' am still feeling kinda crappy. I am walking a lot but geesh these gas pains are killing me. And the incision pain definitely slows things down too. Only passed gas once so far but lots of burping and hiccups. I also have lower back pain-like an achy tailbone kind of a thing. I'm not second guessing myself-still happy I did vsg! Just wondering if anyone has any tips or tricks for the first few days of discomfort? Thanks![/quote']

I slept sitting up for the first few days so that the gas wouldn't build up in my stomach. I had major gas two days ago. Nothing really you can do but take it. I took a beano and that helped some. The achy tailbone may be from air or that you were on it for a while. Just relax and avoid laying flat so has doesn't build up. Give it an escape route.

Hi I'm 6 days post op and nothing u can do besides the gas x and walking. I'm so over these gas pains that I don't know what to do everyday it feels a little better tho ugggggg

Not magic cure, walk walk walk!

I found that drinking all of my liquids warm helped a ton with gas and with getting them down. My sleeve didn't like anything cold for a couple of weeks.

Thanks for all your candidness, I think I'm gonna go pickup some Gas x just in case. Surgery is in 1 day

First five days were not fun for me. Morning of day six no pain meds needed. I was able to tolerate liquids a lot better. I bet tomorrow or the next day you will really turn the corner and start feeling much better. :-)