Bloat!!!!!

[ichthyology 0]

Hello everyone:

For the past few days I have been very bloated in the afternoons. I am still on liquids so nothing has changed there. It is just that I get major "gas" pain right below the band....But it is not gas per se. I have walked every afternoon for about 45 minutes and it does not go away... Pepcid and Gas-X does nothing for it either....

Any suggestions????

[crc38 0]

I think I might be experiencing something similar. I'm three days post-op and now that I can finally get liquids down, by the afternoon, it's painful around the band area and then I begin with these really little, but painful, burps. I wish I knew how to stop them. If you figure out the cure, let me know. I don't see my doctor until next week, so we'll see.

What does help, at least a little, is if I sit up straight and try to hold myself that way. I think it lets whatever is going on just kinda go up and out a little easier.

Oh, and I can actually here the gas in my stomach, which makes it ten times worse than just having it. There's the anticipation waiting for it.

Edited February 27, 2009 by crc38

[vjflores 0]

Hello

I am three days post op also and experiencing the same thing, I am fine in the morning and by the afternoon Im very bloated, my tummy looks huge and I'm in pain. I did find that walking and sitting up does help, but only a little.

I am also dealing with dizziness in the afternoon, the kind you get when you don't eat, and I wish it would go away. Does anyone else have that problem?

[CapitolChick 1]

You probably don't have enough of the gasx in you to combat all that gas.

Simethicone (Oral Route) - MayoClinic.com

For symptoms of too much gas:

• For oral dosage forms (capsules or tablets):
  
  • Adults and teenagers—Usual dose is 60 to 125 milligrams (mg) four times a day, after meals and at bedtime. The dose should not be more than 500 mg in twenty-four hours.