Am 2 days post op still dealing with gas pains that run from my left abdomen to the left shoulder . Been trying to get some sleep keep waking up to heartburn. Surgeon gave me a once a day tablet for the heartburn but it's not really helping . My mouth is reall dry and I very thirsty .Thought maybe Tums would help?

Edited April 7, 20179 yr by Elizabethtash

Have you tried GasX? A lot of patients (including myself) found it to be quite helpful when dealing with gas after surgery.

I have some but the doctor told me not to use then yet and Incant find the gas x strips in my area

I was told by my surgeon that the GasX is only good for intestinal gas - it won't do anything for the gas in the rest of your body. Yes, you can take tums. My Dr. prescribed an acid reducer 2x a day and the active ingredient was esomeprazole, which did nothing to relieve my heartburn. I, on my own, switched to an OTC acid reducer where omeprazole was the active ingredient. It was like night and day.