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Gas Pain?

I hear so many post-ops talk about gas pain and for someone who is pre-op like myself, how would you describe it? What does it feel like?

My sister just got her surgery done on the 25th, and is experiencing gas pain. I'd like to know sort of what she's feeling! I also would like to know as a way to prepare myself for when it's my turn :)

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  • shrinkingDEE
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    My gas pain was something else. I literally broke down crying on day 5, which also happened to be the last day I had gas pains. My mom gave me a spoonful of milk of mag. That stopped the pain immediat

  • Milk of mag comes in flavored and unflavored versions. Bought the unflavored by mistake one time - not a good idea! LOL! GasX is also good. Everyone is different but it passes relatively quickly - not

  • Very common for doctors to have different ideas on many aspects of the care for their patients. Forum posts, blogs, articles - all may have the very best of intentions. But if you trust your doctor en

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DLCroggin, you are so very helpful and knowledgable! You are an asset to this forum :)

Thank you so much for the kind words but I'm just one of many on this forum including yourself!

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