Hello fellow Sleevers! I am home and trying my best to drink as much as I can.. I have only been able to get an ounce of water, protein, and hot liquids down at one sitting.. The pain I have after drinking pretty much sucks.. I haven't been able to get any of the gas out of my belly..not burping or farting! I have however been walking ALOT and that doesn't seem to help.. Any advice on things I could try to release some of this discomfort? Thanks

You should probably contact your surgeon if you are not releasing gas out of your body within the next day or two. I was unable to while in the hospital but I was able to by day 4 following surgery. Are you on pain meds?

I had my surgery on the 16th and bo do I know the feeling. I finally called my doctor and asked if I could have tums, That helped some. Ive also been drinkg hot chicken broth which is finally what got me to pass some of the gas. Call your doctor and let tell you how they want you to handle it. it will gwt bwtter soon

Thanks for the advice I have been taking Gasx, Prilosec and I am on lortabs

I just had my sleeve on the July 16th (last Tues) and finally am feeling some relief from gas pain today. I finally sent hubby out for some stool softeners yesterday so I could potty - that helped tremendously. Have you tried Gas X? I take the Walmart brand ones in cherry chewables. They work decently.

I'd luv to have some relief from the actual pain of the surgery however. It hurts worse than any of my previous surgeries (knee, back, foot, gallbladder)

I had my surgery on the 15th. I still have some gas. I talked to my Dr.'s nurse and she said that

it was normal to have gas for up to a week after surgery. As for the pain when drinking...I had to take baby sips...and she said that will get better too. I go tomorrow for my first visit to see my Dr after my surgery.

Yesterday I didn't drink enough liquids and I could tell, So today I have sipped , sipped , sipped.

I was sleeved on the 16th. Today after sipping warm chicken broth i had the strangest sensation. On the left side, below the large incision where the stomach was pulled through i felt a rolling movement. It actually felt like the movement of a very active fetus! It shocked me. I realized of course that it was a large gas bubble rolling around but it was so weird! Kind of creepy feeling really. Maybe this is something other people have felt before but i haven't. It went on a few hours the dissipated. This evening i was sipping warm broth again and the same thing happened. This time i popped a Gas-X strip on my tongue and it was gone in 2 minutes. I even had a huge burp and i didn't even know i needed to. I swear by those Gas-X strips now!

I was sleeved on the 16th. Today after sipping warm chicken broth i had the strangest sensation. On the left side' date=' below the large incision where the stomach was pulled through i felt a rolling movement. It actually felt like the movement of a very active fetus! It shocked me. I realized of course that it was a large gas bubble rolling around but it was so weird! Kind of creepy feeling really. Maybe this is something other people have felt before but i haven't. It went on a few hours the dissipated. This evening i was sipping warm broth again and the same thing happened. This time i popped a Gas-X strip on my tongue and it was gone in 2 minutes. I even had a huge burp and i didn't even know i needed to. I swear by those Gas-X strips now![/quote']

I made sure I purchased them.

I made sure I purchased them.

Yup!! Me too! They are packed in my bag and ready to go tomorrow!