I have walked one lap around the hallway hours after surgery. Its a nice walk. I walked two laps this morning and three laps this afternoon. Still no passing gas but I am burping after drinking water and broth. Its not real bad like the day of surgery but my nurse told me thats something that needs to happen before discharge. So can you tell me how long it takes?

iamready4this

I found doing the foot exercises and lower leg exercise very useful to get gas,I was very surprised! I presume though that you've done the foot exercises in bed already?

I did 30 laps around the wing (I was told it was a record) and no gas. Lying down flat and carefully rotating my hips sideways helped. There are yoga poses, but of course with our stomach muscles hurting we can't do them x.x

I was told to stretch my foot and stretch my toes;rotate foot at the ankle and press down on the bed with my calves. Really helped.

Hope today is a better day !

My surgery was on a Friday morning and I couldn't pass gas until Sunday morning. Walking laps in the hospital every day 2-3 times a day is what worked for me.