I got home yesterday. My surgery was Thurs. The pain I am experiencing is in sharp in my back and chest area. Is this the gas everyone was talking about. It hurts to walk, I am taking the gas x strips and trying to walk. Someone please tell me any other ways to make this pass. I am not a complaining baby type but this has got to go. HELP!!!

Yes. It sounds like gas. That was the worst pain for me and I was miserable, too! I did not find the GAS-X strips helpful. I used chewable gas tablets that my Dr prescribed, but you can get them OTC. That, and walking/laying on my left side/sitting up and changing positions often helped. It was bad for about 5 days, then slowly subsided. Oh, a heating pad helped, too!

Congrats!!

Yesssss it sounds like gas!! I only had it in the hospital and gasx and walking is what stopped it!!! In my back like i had been shot with a 12 gauge and in my shoulder!!

GasX only helps with intestinal gas. What you have is gas they pump into your abdomen for visualization. Walking and moving is the only way to help your body absorb and dissipate this gas.

I second kindles answer. Gas x is absorbed in your intestines, it's not gonna help your cavity gas although it sounds good in theory. Play "Jersey Shore" and get your fist bump going as often as needed, walk, do any movement that you can. Day 3 was the worst day for me with any of the pain and day 4 on out was big improvements, hope yours is the same.

When I left the hospital I asked the nurse how long that would last and she said it depends. Most of mine has passed but she said some people still complain a week later. She only recommend walking to me. . Hope you feel better soon!

Thank you for your input! I find this forum so helpful. They gave me liquid Tylenol w/Codine to take at home from the hospital yesterday. It was so nasty that I threw up both times I tried it yesterday. So no pain aide for the night, I hardly slept etc. I just now left Kaiser ER, They gave me a shot of morphine and a bag of fluids and sent me home with morphine for my pain as well. It still hurts but at least now I can walk through it.

I got home yesterday. My surgery was Thurs. The pain I am experiencing is in sharp in my back and chest area. Is this the gas everyone was talking about. It hurts to walk, I am taking the gas x strips and trying to walk. Someone please tell me any other ways to make this pass. I am not a complaining baby type but this has got to go. HELP!!!

Walk walk walk even if it hurts when u do it that was the key for me for that horrible pain to go away! I walked 3 times a day for about 15 to 20 minutes the first 2 weeks. The pain is temporary it will pass! Stay strong!

I was sent home from the hospital with Roxicet...I don't know that I could have kept walking without it. Also, a binder or compression band helped immensely those first few days (I had a few pair of compression-top yoga pants that I wore walking, and it kept things from shifting too much) I think day 4 was my worst day...mostly because I walked too much on Day 3 and I felt like my insides were going to fall out the next day (that's when I discovered the compression pants)

By Day 6, most of the pain had subsided and I felt a hundred percent better than I had. That gas pain is horrible :/

What is a compression band?