Please help!!

[Amy20 5]

Please what can help with my gas, indigestion, I am 5 days post op and I feel like if I done the right thing or not. When will I start to feel better and be able to hold anything down with out it making me belch. Nothing taste good at all!! I think I'm getting dehydrated. Please please help

[Please 188]

Awe that's too bad. Are you lying down a lot? If you are, try to relax sitting up, you can put your feet up but don't lay down. Maybe prop your head up for a night or 2. Are you walking every couple of hours? You'll get there , just hang in there. I hope it's sooner then later.

[Amy20 5]

Actually I am lying down a lot I am exhausted. So I will sit up more and walk more I really wish this would go away. thank u for responding to me

[shadowmountain 17]

Hope you feel better soon!

[BrittanysVSGjourney 3]

Actually I am lying down a lot I am exhausted. So I will sit up more and walk more I really wish this would go away. thank u for responding to me

I find that sleeping propped up on pillows is helpful for gas. I am 3 days post op and have been able to manage my gas with GasX strips and propping.

[leebick 448]

Remember that your stomach has just been grossly insulted via surgery! You have a long internal scar with staples and stitches, and what's left of your tummy is very swollen, irritable, and angry. Try to keep up with your liquid intake, even if it tastes icky. I found that liquids just tasted odd, almost metallic. I think that's from a combination of anesthesia and pain meds; it should go away after a week or two. You mention gas... I will assume you mean tummy gas that's making you burp. You might be swallowing air when you drink- try smaller sips. Get a pile of pillows and sit/rest/sleep propped up. If you are having gas pains from the surgery (gas trapped inside you, not in your stomach), moving around and walking will help that... and it should reabsorb fairly soon.

Right now, it's most important that you keep up your Fluid intake. It seems stupid to constantly sip, but it's important. Your stomach capacity is almost nonexistent right now, between what's been removed and the amount of internal swelling you are experiencing. If you don't keep sipping, you are going to get thirsty and then dehydrated, and because of your small capacity you won't be able to drink enough fluid fast enough to rehydrate. You really don't want to have to go to the ER for fluids- that's just SO not fun- so keep trying to drink little bits, all the time.

Good luck... it really does get better. Sometimes we just have to push forward, do whatever it takes, and trust those that are further along when we say it WILL get better.

[SlimStacey 44]

Please what can help with my gas, indigestion, I am 5 days post op and I feel like if I done the right thing or not. When will I start to feel better and be able to hold anything down with out it making me belch. Nothing taste good at all!! I think I'm getting dehydrated. Please please help

Ducolax suppositories! It saved me!

[SleevedinSI 58]

Try drinking vita Water or propel. Hot broth was soothing for me. Day 7 , I was totally different. Hang in there.

[GrrlAnn 177]

Another idea - if you are still taking the narcotic pain meds you may want to stop if your pain is manageable. I didn't realize how awful they were messing me feel until I stopped taking them.