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what is up with the insane amount of gas you have following the surgery? before the surgery i was a heavy soda drinker.. and i never had the amount of gas and belching before the surgery as i do now....

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How far post op are you? There's a lot of gas post op from the surgery that has to work it's way out.

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46 minutes ago, JanJan19 said:

How far post op are you? There's a lot of gas post op from the surgery that has to work it's way out.

today was my 3 full day post op...

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You JUST had surgery. It'll die down in a couple of days.

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I just had surgery 3 days ago, LOTS of gas. I believe the gas they pump you up with to do the surgery has to work its way out

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It does it DOES! Update: I was not afflicted at surgery, just had another endoscopy, a different doctor. He did the traditional then went down farther into the ileum, almost to level of a high colonoscopy. Had to have pumped gas in to be better ascertain. An gastroenterologist instead of the General/Bariatric surgeons I had been having. An hour- abd- half after I got home the pain set in, under both shoulders and across my chestn and I toured with the idea that I was DYING! Couldn't sleep, finally sat up , figured if I died, at least my son wouldn't find me in bed. And the Emergency Squad, the way my house/apartment is set up with no doorways in a straight linr, they would not be able to get the gurney in. I have lost over a 120 pounds since surgery , much thinner but still an Ample Sample of WomanFlesh. The living room you would have to make only one sharp turn through the dining room, so feasable if necessary. Finally somebody mentioned GAs , I took my walker because I could not stand up straight enough for my cane and started walking. Still got evaluated at the ER because I wanted to make certain I didn't have any ❤damage, so sue me, I AM 73, you surely don't suspect anything else! And THAT is a whole nother story, a quickly EKG, blood draw and left me in the ER lobby for 5 hours in a Wheelchair. If I had been pregnant I could have delivered and enrolled the baby in Head Start while I was there!
And way back before surgery I was a soda pop drinker, even a few times beer or ale, NEVER THIS MUCH GAS AND NEVER THIS MUCH PAIN! Delivering Tomkitten at 9 1/2 pounds and a natural vaginal birth, a summer picnic in comparison! Going to tell Dr Ipchurch, the GI, if he is harbour ring any delusions of a follow-up colonoscopy aim staying awake to make sure he doesn't get too Pump- Happy!
So Brothers and Sisters if I teased and tormented you all about being Gas-Wusses I'm Sorry, on my Am I. So Sorry, IT IS VERY REAL!😳💦😳

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    • Alisa_S

      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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