What can they do to release the gas before stitching you up? Is it the kind of gas pressure like if you were to go through a decompression after airplane trouble or scuba diving? Scheduling my procedure next month but want to be well informed. As far as the Gas-x, will the chewables be hard to get down?

Thanks everyone and Happy Holidays,

Jennifer

Hello Jennifer and welcome, I have not been banded yet I am also hoping to get mine in Jan. I think a lot of the bandster here are using the gas-x tape

Post-op I walked around a lot, drank a lot of water and took a few gas-x strips to get rid of gas. Honestly I think walking around helped me more than the gas-x.

Hi! The gas is the worst part of the whole surgury! I am 4 days out and have the most awful feeling of trapped gas in my shoulder and stomach. The cuts and staples feel like nothing compared to the gas. I take the gas dissolvable strips and walk but, all of the burping in the world wont get all of the gas out!

Gas X strips are wonderful, BUT, the gas from surgery is not in your digestive tract so it's not going to help you one bit with that. WALK, WALK, WALK.....some people find that if you get on your hands and knees with your rear end up in the air, it relieves the pressure in your shoulder from it, but it will still take time and movement to get rid of it.

My surgery was Nov. 19. I really didn't have any problems with gas. Now my DH who was banded Nov. 14 and my DS who was banded Dec 17 had real problems with gas. They used the Gas-X strips and walked alot.