This trapped gas is worse than the actual pain from the surgery! I have been up and walking over and over, chewing chewable gas x and drinking warm liquids! Nothing is helping and it is making my shoulders and middle back kill me!

Any tips? I had surgery on Tuesday and was discharged yesterday. I have not passed gas but I have been able to let some mild burps but I can feel all the trapped gas on both ends!

Milk of magnesia. Liquid of course. Take the largest dose then take a second dose in a few hours. It is the only thing that worked for me and my doc swears by it.

This trapped gas is worse than the actual pain from the surgery! I have been up and walking over and over' date=' chewing chewable gas x and drinking warm liquids! Nothing is helping and it is making my shoulders and middle back kill me!

Any tips? I had surgery on Tuesday and was discharged yesterday. I have not passed gas but I have been able to let some mild burps but I can feel all the trapped gas on both ends![/quote']

Try some activated charcoal capsules....

Unfortunately, there is really nothing that will get rid of trapped gas once it is in your lower intestines. Moving your body to move the gas down and out of the digestrive tract, is really the only way to get rid of it. Gas-x/simethicone works ONLY in the stomach. It does not work once food has entered the digestive tract. When I was in the early stages I would eat (or drink) the meal and use the Gas-x strips the dissolve on your tongue. DONT wait until later - they are most effective when the food is in the stomach. Think of bubbles on the surface of liquid that come to the top and pop. This is what Gas-x does. When I was farther out - about at 3 weeks I found the chewable pills to work better immediately after a meal to allieviate that gas feeling. Be proactive and treat after eating - taking Gas-x more that an hour after a meal is almost a waste of money. Nothing stops gas after it is already in your bowels - except moving it out. Sorry if TMI:) Bean-o is also very effective at preventing gas from forming from beans, vegetables and whole grains. Consider adding a probiotic once you are cleared for pills capsules - I recommend Florastor - one of the few probiotics backed by double blind/placebo scientific studies. Worth the expense. Good luck - remember - prevention

I forgot to add another favorite home remedy for gas - if you are approved for the bathtub - submerge yourself in the bathtub - something about the pressure of the water on the outside of your body seems to relieve the pressure on the inside - just my own personal feelings - nothing scientific to back this one up!