hi how are you guys im 7 days post banding and i get major gas pains and major bloating above the belly button is this normal its crazy pain :tt2:

I am one week out also and just over a bout of major gas pain due to eating too much too fast. Are you sticking to your post-op diet? Eating small amounts slowly? Sipping your liquids slowly? Walking and taking Gas X strips to combat the gas? If the pain is truly that bad then you may need to call your surgeon.

I was banded 2-13-08. I was advised to walk, walk, walk!

I have been walking at least a mile a day and I feel quite a bit of relief from that. As I just stated in another post...the gas has been way more than I am use to...and when it happens....it is obnoxious!! :tt2:

The Gas X strips are what got me through that phase. And you do need to move around also. It really helps to dissipate the gas.

I am one week out also and just over a bout of major gas pain due to eating too much too fast. Are you sticking to your post-op diet? Eating small amounts slowly? Sipping your liquids slowly? Walking and taking Gas X strips to combat the gas? If the pain is truly that bad then you may need to call your surgeon.

thanks true the only thing ive been doing that i guess maybee 2 soon is having like mashpotatoes could that cuase the gas ?

I was banded 2-13-08. I was advised to walk, walk, walk!

I have been walking at least a mile a day and I feel quite a bit of relief from that. As I just stated in another post...the gas has been way more than I am use to...and when it happens....it is obnoxious!! :tt2:

thanks i will try that

I had the same horrible gas pains. Gas X and a heating pad really helped. I don't know how the heating pad works but it does.

I had the same horrible gas pains. Gas X and a heating pad really helped. I don't know how the heating pad works but it does.

Oh yes, I love my heating pad. I think it just relaxes your muscles. I got an extra-large one a few years ago and it is the best. The problem now is keeping my cats from jumping onto my stomach to sleep on it. :smile2: