I am 6 days post op (June 23) and yesterday I started burping...If I don't get the burp out, then the intense shoulder pain begins. I am taking small sips and small bites of jello but I still have the problem. How long will I have this problem? It is embarassing...:thumbs_up: Please help...

Walk, Walk, Walk!!!

Maybe use some of those Gas-X strips. But what you are feeling is very common. When they do surgery, the blow you up with that gas so they can room inside your abdomen to work and see via the camera. Many times the gas settles in your shoulders. It will get better, but it really hurts.

It's been 7 months since my surgery, and I have the worst burps in the world. My co-workers & family think it's funny, but to me it's embarrassing. The burps seem to come after I eat, and after I drink, which is all the time. I try to keep them to myself (when I know they're coming) but you can still hear them.

Good luck.

I still burp quite a bit too. It sounds like we have totally new plumbing. Like the burp is coming from the bottom of a tube. And they can go on forever. Crazy!!!

The gas pains leaves after the first week or so.

Thanks everyone....mine seem to come after drinking or eating or when I roll over in the night. I have been taking GaxX and I'm walking 1-2 miles/day already. If I'm not walking, I'm moving around in the house. I don't know what more I can do but wait it out.

I noticed that I burp alot more now than before the band, I am almost 3 weeks so I don't think it is the gas. It is worse when I eat a popsicle I burp after every bite....... my stomach growls real loud now also... I agree new plumbing.

Good luck!

Well if you're 6 days post op you should be celebrating burps :smile2: Every drop of air you can get out you should

I am 5 mos post op and find that I burp the most when I lay down. A while back I actually started a thread about this too as I would burp so much when I would lay down and continue for a least 45 minutes. It was driving me crazy not to mention that I was keeping my husband awake. For some reason I think it had to do with being a tiny bit too tight as it had subsided somewhat now.

I'm 7 days post op and I have not started to burp yet and have intense shoulder pain. The Gas X strips do not work at all. I try to burp, but nothing happens and don't feel like I even need to. Is this something to be concerned about?

me too! I am laughing as I ready your posts. I was banded 6/12. My burps are so long and loud! Very lady like. Now that I am at work I try to internalize them, but it is hard!

ive been burping like crazy since the surgery 06/30/2008 but start across right under my breast it is swollen and sometimes hurts is that gas it gets worse when i lay down

Yeah, I burp too, a lot! When I first went back to work I told them, "I'm sorry. It's gross, but get used to it." And for the most part they have. A few of my co-workers think it's funny and the rest ignore it. The guys said they didn't even notice until I said something about it. I do hope one day it goes away.

Can you be *burped* like a baby? Just wondering because if we can then I will get hubby to do it for me when I get banded.

I'm glad to know others are burping...Mine is getting better now but still have a little. Went to the Dr. this week for my 1st checkup since surgery on 6/23 and he said it was because I was drinking my fluid to fast...that I needed to sip rather than gulp. That doesn't seem to help. I think, its just in the healing part of the stomach...because it is getting better. I have no fills yet so maybe I am drinking too fast also.

I had lap band placed on July 3rd. Yesterday I thought I was doing wonderful. Last night and today is a different story. I don't know if I over did it with drinking liquids to fast or if it is additional gas pains. I feel this uncomfortable fullness in my chest & it feels like I'm going to explode. I walk around and try to make it better but only helps for a minute. I can't get hardly any liquids down without having this feeling. Is anyone else experiencing this or do I need to call dr. I am forcing myself to drink becuase I need Protein & liquids. I'm just a little concerned cause I feel like I'm going backwards instead of foward. Any advise would be greatly appreciated.

Kim:confused2:

Hi Kimberley....This exact thing happenned to me. The gas didn't come for a couple of days, I thought my stomach was going to pop. I looked like I was 6 months pregnant. Then it starts coming out (the other end) and the burping begins. I am now 2 weeks past and I really started feeling better after 1 week of surgery. Give it a few more days and take your GasX. Walking seemed to help but it was uncomfortable... Keeping drinking your liquids and proteins..My personal feeling is that the stomach is troubled and starts creating gas from anything that comes in it. As it heals, that all gets better. I really didn't feel great till after 1 week and a few days.