Sleeved on 8/22, 6 days ago. Experiencing severe bloating, unbearable pain and gas pressure, no sleep. Taking meds as prescribed (omeprazole, pentazocine), beano, infants gas relief, gas x. I burp, I have had a bout of diarrheal and have passed gas but I am still very bloated. I have had no relief. Any advice?

put a warm rag or kinda hot rag on ur belly it helps break up gas bubbles and relieves your bowels. gas x is alot of help but i would give the warm rag a twirl!! good luck!! also if having pain in ur back use a heating pad with a massager you will get some sleep!!!

Thank you for the suggestion, I appreciate it. I have been trying to sleep with a heating pad. Is it normal to have these issues this far out from surgery?

It is normal. Each one of us is different. I had gas pains for weeks. Go slow, use the heating pad and warm rag and walk walk walk.

yes honey very normal....mine was severe...even when i got up to do some walking its like it just got worse...i cried and tried to take my pain meds it didnt help... so i used a massage and heating pad with a warm rag on my belly it helped alot....it was my moms idea...my back pain was the worse because they removed my hiatal hernia....the worse ever!! but you should be fine soon it lasted me a full 30 days

Thanks so much for the hope. Discouragement sets in when you are unsure if there is something really wrong. I found that the heating pad does give some relief. I need to return to my regular routine pretty soon but with Gods help and all the great information and compassion from you all, i made it through another day.

That's great!!!! I'm glad it worked out for you.......!!!!