:rolleyes OK so I am 3 days post-op and suddenly the dreaded BM is on my mind - a lot. Nobody likes it but it needs to be done. I'm sitting at the computer this morning with my feet up on a chair so that I'm comfy - well if you could have heard the noises I was making - it would have scared small children. I'm tooting away happy as can be when I get that "Oh oh this may be more than ordinary gas" feeling. So off to the WC I go. Sit comfortably and ..... nothing ...... not a wimper, not a sigh, nothing at all.

OK false alarm, back to the PC I go. No sooner do I get comfy - feet back up - when the special effects tape starts again - such noises. So off to the potty I go again with the same results - silence.

Back to my chair - you get the picture. Well I had had enough the next set from the bowel orchastra that sent me scrambling to the WC - I brought my chair with me - fully intending to sit back, put up my feet and wait this thing out.

Needless to say - the mere threat was enough to get my bowels doing their job - I am in happy BM status now. I know - just a little to much info - but it had to be told.

Have a good day!

Ahhh. Note to self - bring extra undies to work!

Originally posted by giveyouthemoon

I mastered a two step ass clench shuffle to the restroom.

Is that what they mean when the have TWO-STEP Classes at the Y? LOL

:::::: Thinking I might have to pass on the Brownie Sundae tonight!::::::

Funny stuff- when you r by yourself. I am not looking forward to dating again. I hope the guy will be hard of hearing:0)

or smelling from what Ive read here-lol.

man Im lucky in this respect-I dont have gas issues thankfully.Id be horrified-lol.

alatina...honey. The time has come in your life to JUST let one rip. It will forever liberate you. Part of having a band means some air is gonna get in there and burps are actually *essential*. I mean, when something feels sort of stuck, being able to burp often breaks it loose and I avoid a PB. Also, gas is normal. No, you don't need to stand in the middle of the living room and let 'er rip, but girl, you GOT TO LET THAT OUT! I'm worried. You see, they fill you up with air to do the surgery and that air HAS TO GET OUT. Otherwise there could be some very painful consequences. (edited to say I just read you were banded back in April...but still.....let the gas out!

Embrace your body. Embrace your bodily functions. It's okay, really!

in private Ill release what I need but aint no way Im gonna bust one out in company of others or when they could be around-never gonna happen.

The toots shall set you free!

free to be alone and single maybe-lol ok well we are finally off to ND so have fun ladies.

I'm a walking wind bag NOW !!!! so do you mean to tell me it's gonna get worse after I'm banded?

Shall I take out some more home insurance?

LOL, I don't think home insurance covers acts of God, Nature or Gastric Instability. Sorry!

I can always blame it on the dog LOL

no one ever believes the old "dog did it" excuse-lol

What I want to know is -- does the liquid poop stage ever end? Seriously, it's a looooong walk from my office to the bathroom at work, and sometimes I barely make it. Then the blatting as it all comes out is horrific, you know how acoustics are in big tiled bathrooms. I wonder if half the building can hear it.

Really -- someone tell me that once I'm fully switched to solids that the liquid poop stage will end... a little gas I can handle, esp burping, but this?!!!