Hi everyone,

I was banded on 11/1/07. I've lost 10lbs since then but not for reasons to be proud of. I have had excruciating gas pains everyday. Sometimes in my gut, shoulder, and jaw. Othertimes in my hips and down my legs. Drinking makes it worse. My surgeon is very strict about what we are allowed to have after 5 days. He is insistent on liquid shakes for the next 2 weeks. The shakes in his office sent me into the bathroom for hours. Waited 24 hours and tried again. Same thing. Yesterday the gas was so bad that I could barely sip water. I spent a few hours last night in the ER on an IV. They x-rayed the band and found a huge gas bubble. Tried Mylanta and Gas-X but this sucker won't pop. Everyday, I'm wondering why I voluntarily did this to myself. Anyone else had such awful gas pain? What did you do?

Hi everyone,

I was banded on 11/1/07. I've lost 10lbs since then but not for reasons to be proud of. I have had excruciating gas pains everyday. Sometimes in my gut, shoulder, and jaw. Othertimes in my hips and down my legs. Drinking makes it worse. My surgeon is very strict about what we are allowed to have after 5 days. He is insistent on liquid shakes for the next 2 weeks. The shakes in his office sent me into the bathroom for hours. Waited 24 hours and tried again. Same thing. Yesterday the gas was so bad that I could barely sip Water. I spent a few hours last night in the ER on an IV. They x-rayed the band and found a huge gas bubble. Tried Mylanta and Gas-X but this sucker won't pop. Everyday, I'm wondering why I voluntarily did this to myself. Anyone else had such awful gas pain? What did you do?

oh yes Cindy, i had terrible gas immediately following surgery. i could not walk or move.. idiots in hospital kept telling me to walk. i walked walked walked around the hospital wing and the gas would not come out and i couldnt burp. they told me i wasnt walking enough although one nurse said most patients burp or pass gas as soon as they stand and take a few steps. they would not give me anything for the gas in th hospital but once i got home the next day i took mylanta, gas x, milk of magnesia, and finally drank mineral oil. needless to say, gas and half of my intestine came out eventually and i felt much better after about 2 days of being in the bathroom. now i find that i have to carry chewable gas x in my pure.. i also have a hard time burping and get hard pains in my chest that feels like a stuck burp.

since im a baby bander or whatever they are calling us, no, i couldnt stick to the liquid diet because i was hungry from day 1.. i tried liquids all day long but had the weirdest and most painful hunger pains ever experienced in my life that liquids couldnt satisfy.. after 4 days, dr moved me to week 2 diet which included soft foods, and day 7 he moved me to week 3 diet.. i had actually lost 9 lbs by changing my diet but when to happy hr with coworkers and had an enchilada dinner and margarita and gained 2 lbs instantly... i know it sounds bad, but without the band i would have been able to eat appetizer, meal, dessert, and 2 drinks.. im going on a cruise dec 10th and am going to wait until it is over to have my first fill...