Howdy.

I'm 7 weeks post op now, and I'm still having double or triple the amount of gas I've ever had before. Sometimes I'm so uncomfortable it's painful and I'm visibly bloated. I'm not constipated, just so gassy! I'm a nurse and I know that right after surgery this is common, but I'm baffled about why it's still so bad this long after. Does anybody know?

My suspicion is that it's from the fiber I'm taking, but I'm not taking in more than I did before, it just came from food before and supplements now, I'm getting a total of about 20 grams between what I eat and the Fiber Sure tablets. If it is the fiber supplements, does anybody know of one that causes less gas than others?

Thanks :cursing:

So glad I'm not alone...I am 4.5 weeks out and sometimes it hurts so bad I feel like I've damaged something!!! Sometimes I burp...but that doesn't really help and it won't come out the other way either!!! I'm hoping it dissipates soon...cuz these days feeling like I'm having a heart attack is really getting old!!!

I don't know if its a coincidence or not but i looked up alternative therapies for gas after STILL having crippling gas/shoulder pain and tried out the acupressure points they suggested and now the gas I'm getting is going out through the proper channels instead of migrating to my shoulder. Woot! Of course i've also been doing chamomile and peppermint teas and gas-x but for some reason after doing acupressure i haven't had shoulder pain so far!

Put this in the "wont hurt might help" file:

lay down measure three finger lengths down from navel. Press down on spot with index finger release while exhaling

find spot four fingers up from your inside ankle bone. press down

find spot four fingers down from your knee on the outside edge of your shin. flex your foot. the muscle that bulges is where you press down

A bandster friend said the doc just prescribed some pills for her gas. I am not sure what, but we have the same doc. I am calling tomorrow. This is only Day #7 post op and I am not going to put up with the gas much longer (not sure what I will do but)!!! I am very impatient when it comes to pain and discomfort.

I also read in this forum about a bandster who was taking infants Mylicon drops for gas?????