i had a fill yesterday after an unfill b,c my prior fillwas too tight!,lol anyway, i am at about 2.7ish...i am ok i think, but since before my fill yesterday i have been all of a sudden sufferring from ungodly gas pains after i eat anything...doesnt matter what it is, and mind u i have never had this b4..now i have to live on gas x and dont want to eat anything in feear of getting these horrid pains..they r exactly what i experienced after my 2 c sections...it is cray, is this normall? why all of a sudden? can i take something else? i am just feeling so down on myself lately, b.c my last few fills/unfills have been a wreck and just not right, my weight loss has been halted due to that, plus i am sick and now these pains have just made me so unhappy about this who thing...help please...

I am too experiencing gas pains and live on gax x chewables too. I actually stopped taking the gas x a couple of weeks ago because I felt it was making it worse. I actually feel better since stopping and have not had as much gas. Plus I was eating beans a lot to get protein but stopped that too. I know your frustration because after my last fill I have been dealing with a lot of issues too but have only dropped 12 pounds since Sept. There are those days were you just ask yourself WHY DID I DO THIS to myself but overall I am happy I can't binge eat anymore. That is how I gained my weight and now I don't want to do that because of the pain I experience. I would go to liquids for a couple of days really mild type like chix broth no dairy. See if that helps settle your stomach. I think that with myself my stomach is very sensative so after a fill it is hard to get anything down but if I let it heal and settle by just taking it easy and not forcing my stomach to digest for a couple of days I feel better and can gradually start on foods again. I try to drink hot tea a couple of times a day because that helps push the air bubbles out more. I am sorry your having frustration but we are all in this together and your not alone. We have to sometimes refect on why we got the band and I love my band but there are days when I wish I could just take it out for a week. But we can't so it is patients and detective work to figure out how to feel better. Keep you chin up my bandster buddie!!!!!!!!

I recently had the same problem and realized after a while that it was from sugar alcohols. I try to avoid them because they make me gassy. I didn't realized that the sugar free gum I was chewing was loaded with them. That being said, I think the band itself increases gas, but there may be something else going on

Thanks for this tread. I too just recently noticed after my last fill that I too suffer with gas. Before it was when milk products. No necessary dairy products.

I'm now monitoring my foods to find out what is causing the gas. I'm just greatful that there is no odor when I pass gas. This week I will be meeting with the nutritionist to help me track down what may be giving me gas.

I do keep a food journal yet I can't pinpoint what is giving me gas.

So good luck on your search to see if there is something you're eating may be giving you gas.

Hi, met with my doctor today and received a .2cc fill.

When I told him about the gas I've been having he said it's from swallowing of air as I'm chewing my food. The gas was only happening with regular milk. Why didn't I think of that, I don't know.

There are probably more reasons, but this is one of them.

I was just getting ready to start a thread when I saw this one. I got my fill on Monday and since then everytime I eat I burp like crazy....no PB just regular burp. I feel gas pains in my chest and a little lower but still in the middle all time. My tummy growls constantly like I am hungry, but I'm not. I am on liquid and mushies again...nothing is stuck....besides the gas I feel great!! What is up.....???? Is that what y'all feel?????