Abdominal Bloating or Gas?

[TheWeightisOvr 74]

👋🏼 Everyone! My first solo post haha. Long time Lurker. Had Sleeve surgery w/HH repair on 2/28. Definitely went through buyers remorse the first 2 days. Mostly due to gas and incision pain.
Today I am moving around much better still not quite getting all my Protein in but I know it will come. Preop I lost 42lbs, not sure how much post yet.

My issue is I have bad gas or bloat in my abdominal area. I didn’t have chest, shoulder, back gas pains it’s only been in my stomach area. I’ve been walking, walking, I pass some gas but not a ton. It’s like the gas is just floating around in there and my bottom part is sealed it up in there like a tomb if that makes sense. I don’t have Heartburn, nausea, or any vomiting, or pain in my chest area at all so I don’t think it’s Gerd.

Could I still have surgical gas in my abdomen this far out? And does Water help expel it if I continuously drink? No Bowel movement yet either. I take my Omeprazole, Colace as well as some Miralax sometimes with my water.

I’m still on Clear/Full liquids until 3/16 and I had a 1 week liquid diet the week before surgery.

any help is appreciated!

[catwoman7 10,922]

it can take a week for the first BM. I'm glad to hear you're taking Colace and Miralax, though - because that first one can be a doozy!

[TheWeightisOvr 74]

1 hour ago, catwoman7 said:

it can take a week for the first BM. I'm glad to hear you're taking Colace and Miralax, though - because that first one can be a doozy!

Thanks so much Catwoman! I’ve learned so much from your posts. I just wanted to check…lol 🤞🏽🤞🏽 It happens soon

[linaxbina 0]

Hey! I had the sleeve done on Feb 23, and I'm still looking for answers! It's been so hard for me. Even through out my meals I'm burping a ton, sometimes even 2 tips of Water and I'm immediately burping for 25 minutes. I don't know if the gas just didn't come out as fast as it should've or if I'm condemned to this so far in. My doctor made no comment about it but it's definitely bothering me being that I don't know when I feel full and I kind of give that to my interrupted eating due to all the gas I'm expelling. Any tips you find would be super helpful, or even just insight from what you're experiencing. Is it anything like this? I'm taking Omeprazole too

[TheWeightisOvr 74]

1 hour ago, linaxbina said:

Hey! I had the sleeve done on Feb 23, and I'm still looking for answers! It's been so hard for me. Even through out my meals I'm burping a ton, sometimes even 2 tips of Water and I'm immediately burping for 25 minutes. I don't know if the gas just didn't come out as fast as it should've or if I'm condemned to this so far in. My doctor made no comment about it but it's definitely bothering me being that I don't know when I feel full and I kind of give that to my interrupted eating due to all the gas I'm expelling. Any tips you find would be super helpful, or even just insight from what you're experiencing. Is it anything like this? I'm taking Omeprazole too

Man I can’t imagine burping like that in between sips. I can see how you would be confused as to when you feel full or have trouble getting your fluids in 😩 My gas has all been abdominal. Luckily I haven’t experienced a lot of burping or chest gas nothing at all really up top. Today though I have passed a lot of gas the other way.

If you’re not taking huge sips and you don’t feel any burn like from heartburn and it also doesn’t accompany Dizziness, Nausea, and other pain, I think it’s just more time that needs to pass in order for all of it to expel.

Definitely take your Omeprazole, Gas-X. I also incorporate Colace & Miralax and it is making a huge difference and of course walk. Not getting your liquids in makes it actually worse if you can believe that I’ve learned that the hard way. I would give it another few days.