Gas After Bypass Surgery 💩

[MasonMoonGirl 42]

How bad REALLY is the gas right after gastric bypass surgery? Did you just let it rip in front of all the doctors/nurses or did you try to hide it?? 🤣🤣🤣 What helped it and how long until you felt better? I appreciate the input so much as always!! TIA 😊

[LindsayT 571]

The gas from surgery. I just let it rip. Especially when I was cramping so badly. The nurse even encouraged it. There is zero shame in the hospital... lol

[WanderingLass 39]

My nurse said you will burp and farther and we encourage both! LOL

I did neither. And not a lot of pain from gas.

[Arabesque 6,667]

How much pain you have is variable. I had none after my sleeve but I really knew about it with my gall removal. But the surgical gas is mostly in your abdominal cavity not in your digestive tract so burping & farting have minimal impact. The surgical gas rises up behind your lungs putting pressure on nerves which cause the pain. The gas is absorbed into your lungs & breathed out. Walking, marching on the spot, pumping your arms up & down, slow deep breathing all help you breath that gas out. Heat packs can help with any discomfort. It usually takes about a week to fully pass.

Additional burping or farting can be from the shakes, any sugar alcohols used in the shakes or drinking too quickly, plus the change in your digestive process could be adding to it while your body gets used to the changes. GasX may help with this gas.

As with everything if it persists or gets worse give your team a call.

[catwoman7 10,972]

that may be an individual thing. I don't remember being any more "gassy" than I was prior to surgery. I do know certain carbs can make people gassy, though.

[TerryCieniewicz 7]

I did not have bad gas (gastric or trapped) but I moved around a lot. Walking is your friend

[MasonMoonGirl 42]

So interesting how some people have such bad gas and some don't! I thought that pretty much everyone had it because I was going off a support group I was in and the therapist told me that her Gas pain was worse than 2 c sections that she had! And another girl the same about having a lot of gas and I was like whoa sounds pretty bad! I'm going to do what I have to do if that's the case for me no shame in my game 😅