I realize in the beginning after surgery we are all gassy. My husband (God love him) now says I fart louder than anyone he's ever heard and he wants to know if this is the new normal in our house. I have 2 friends who have the band and one said yes and the other says no. My hubby doesn't care if this is forever because at 45 he still giggles at farts. I'm almost month post-op. Thanks for any input regarding one's output (his joke he wanted included with the question)

Yep, I believe it might be the new norm.

Although there was more music than usual right after surgery, today things are generally quiet. Except for stomach gurgles. Don't get me started on those.

OMG....I fart all the damn time. Even if I try to hold it in, I can't. Sometimes when I walk in the hallway at work, I'm tooting away and just praying no one hears it.

It is the new normal for us ,it subsidies a bit after a little while , but my family & friends know when I say my band is playing today they know what I mean , but luckily & I have told them my s__t doesn't stink I would be so embarrassed if it did because when my band wants to play there's no stopping it , so everyone I know got used to it , but you will still have gurggles & flatulence it also depends on what I eat.

The gurgles drive me nuts!

I can deal with the gurgle. I can even deal with the toots it just the toots that get stuck. Oh how miserable that makes me. It usually only happens when I am at work and eat too much or too fast...

Never ever passed gas prior to being banded. Now? Every.single.second of the day I could pass gas. I speculate it is the food fermenting, since it just sits longer in our pouch/stomach and becomes it's own methane production lab.

I finally had to get over the shame of it and now just release at will when at home. "It's medically necessary," I tell my family.

Edited September 11, 201411 yr by parisshel

I am going to use that line

I can deal with the gurgle. I can even deal with the toots it just the toots that get stuck. Oh how miserable that makes me. It usually only happens when I am at work and eat too much or too fast...

I fart and burp all the time, it is crazy because before I was so polite, always being a lady when it comes to burping and farting, now I am a trucker, all i said is sorry I have a medical condition... I stop going to my hairdresser for 13 years because she couldn't stand my burping... But is my life if you don't like me because i burp and fart you wont be part of my life. My husband and daughter are totally ok with it, the rest of the world does not concern me.