This gas pain is really bumming me out.. I was just banded Thursday ... What can I do to prevent loose skin? I just have so many questions...

I am 2 months post op. down 32 lbs. I eat pasta maybe once every 2 weeks. Bread maybe once a week. No rice, because I don't care for it. I haven't had anything get stuck. I am 6 cc in a 10 cc band. I eat cod, salmon and sea bass at least 4 nights a week for dinner. I eat skinny cow ice cream sandwiches. I eat out. I make good choices but I pretty much eat what I want. It's just a much smaller amount. And I drink when I eat. Everyone's different. And every doctor seems to have a different preference.

Congrats on the 32 pounds! And in only 2 months! I hope I don't lose the weight too fast. The loose skin is more likely with rapid weight loss so I've been told.

Your surgery-induced gas pain will end. Unfortunately, your lapband gas will never end. In other words, you will pass gas like you've never passed gas before. Forever. Veteran bandsters joke about it often, because really, that's all you can do. Buy a dog and blame it on him, but be prepared.

Lol as long as it doesn't hurt my chest! I'll be okay with regular gas. My ex husband lost half his intestines in a freak accident. He could clear a football stadium with that gas. As long as it's not extremely foul I can deal with it. Lolol

Edited February 25, 201412 yr by LyceeB

OH MY! The gas is endless! My fiancé has nicknamed me "The Jet Stream"! No one told me about this side effect prior to surgery.

Surgical gas, yes. Banded life gas, no.

Omg u guys don't make me laugh it hurts!!! Lololol

Lol or gassy assy! I was banded on Jan 30th and gas pain stuck around for exactly 2 weeks. I walked and walked that seemed to help, gas x didn't do nothing for me. I found out that diluted warm apple juice

Helped me more. I'm now on pureed foods and not a very fan or don't know how to get created with that. Hope you get to feeling better.

The gas pain was annoying! I just walk, walk, walk and walk. Gas X strips help me alot. Have you gotten the shoulder pain yet? I had left shoulder pain and therma care heating pad for the shoulder help me too. You are doing fine and hang in there.

Yes! Alas the gas pain has fled! *burps* ok well almost. Lol but I feel so much better. Yes I thought I was having a heart attack. That was yesterday. Today I'm hungry. But I just ate a cup of yogurt and I'm not hungry anymore. It's weird because my mind is thinking "wait a minute... You're not supposed to be full off that" but then I'm actually ok. Lol it's weird.

I'm glad there is light at the end of the gassy tunnel, at least for the shoulder pain if not the rest! The rest I can cope with, but not the shoulder pain. It's finally easing enough that I can almost sleep the night through

Omg yesssss I'm not at 100% but I'm coasting at 92% lol almost back to normal.

Hiiiiii all if u congratulation hope all if u get will soon ????, i gad my lapband last tuesday night, my chest is hurting me when u try to take a deeo breath and my left shoulder id the worest thing , yest they remived the cannula and i take oral pills and the heat patch is the best now , any advice plz is it normal to feel my sll this gases pain

I just passed the gas pain. Walk. Move around. And when u feel a burp coming that you just can't let out twist your torso until it moves around. When that shoulder starts hurting rotate your arm in a circle slowly and squeeze your shoulder blades together. Pretty much just movement. And extra strength gasx. You have to keep moving tho.