I May Have Brought This Up Before....

[Guest guest]

but I'm just five days away, and very easily confused! Can we talk

about GAS? What do you think is the best product for the gas

pains? And do you use liquid or chewables? I thought it was

interesting what someone wrote about walking it off. I haven't

heard that one before. Makes me laugh though because if I eat too

many carbs now and get all gassy, each step I take is followed by a

little poot! LOL

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[Guest guest]

Hi

Phyzeme is a great one and one that is safe for post-ops. It is a

small gelcap and you just swallow it as is. And yes, walking is

DEFINATELY necessary to deal with the gas. The thing is is that

immediately post-op, the gas is not just down " there " but is in your

chest, shoulders, hips - everywhere. And you have to move it around

to redirect the gas out of you.

Hope this helps

Caroline

Lap RNY 5/2/03

367/310/150

www.tinyurl.com/bkld

> but I'm just five days away, and very easily confused! Can we

talk

> about GAS? What do you think is the best product for the gas

> pains? And do you use liquid or chewables? I thought it was

> interesting what someone wrote about walking it off. I haven't

> heard that one before. Makes me laugh though because if I eat too

> many carbs now and get all gassy, each step I take is followed by

a

> little poot! LOL

>

> -

[Guest guest]

Lmao @ . That's really funny. I am one of the ones who talked about

walking to get rid of the gas pains. That's what I did, I didn't bother

taking anything for it. I just didn't see the point personally. Everyone

is different though and if you feel you need it, then go for it. I guess

I just got really lucky and was able to walk it off.

I May Have Brought This Up Before....

but I'm just five days away, and very easily confused! Can we talk

about GAS? What do you think is the best product for the gas

pains? And do you use liquid or chewables? I thought it was

interesting what someone wrote about walking it off. I haven't

heard that one before. Makes me laugh though because if I eat too

many carbs now and get all gassy, each step I take is followed by a

little poot! LOL

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[Guest guest]

The gas is awful. I use gaviscon chewable tablets and gas X cherry chewables.

in OK

post op

7-8-03

I May Have Brought This Up Before....

but I'm just five days away, and very easily confused! Can we talk

about GAS? What do you think is the best product for the gas

pains? And do you use liquid or chewables? I thought it was

interesting what someone wrote about walking it off. I haven't

heard that one before. Makes me laugh though because if I eat too

many carbs now and get all gassy, each step I take is followed by a

little poot! LOL

-

[Guest guest]

LOL

My My you sure have a way with words LOL ROFL I am sorry for what you had to

endure but you sure are funny the way you put it. I have a great imagination

and oh boy LOL I won't say anymore. I had my daughter the regular way so I

did not go through what you did but you got that sweetie out of it. I guess my

dad who is 69 he eats a lot of high fiber foods and he stays as regular as

clockwork. High fiber cereals and oatmeal and he drinks a lot of prune juice.

After surgery speak to your doctor about eating a couple of prunes a day or some

diluted prune juice or pear nectar or apple juice should keep you right as

rain besides the medicine that may be prescribed.

Hope this helps

Lori Anne

[Guest guest]

i had both gas and constipation after my c-section and i thought i would die

- i'm more scared of that than anything else - the hospital was giving me 2

colace and i got a suppository and it did nothing - got home after 4 days

and kept taking 2 colace then bought the colace withthe laxative and nothing

- i swear i called my husband in the middle of the night b/c i had a turd

stuck right there (sorry) and i couldn't get it out - i told him to call the

hospital or something i felt like i was dying - and actually when it finally

came out - i had whats called an impaction - i had a ball about the size of

a baseball and equally as hard finally come out b4 i passed out and then ALL

that medication i had taken kicked in and i had the flying shits - seriously

- this scares me more than surgery itself and i will be on the quest for a

solution so that doesn't happen again. sorry - not my fav topic but somebody

has to talk about it (LOL)

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-- Re: I May Have Brought This Up Before....

Hi

Phyzeme is a great one and one that is safe for post-ops. It is a

small gelcap and you just swallow it as is. And yes, walking is

DEFINATELY necessary to deal with the gas. The thing is is that

immediately post-op, the gas is not just down " there " but is in your

chest, shoulders, hips - everywhere. And you have to move it around

to redirect the gas out of you.

Hope this helps

Caroline

Lap RNY 5/2/03

367/310/150

www.tinyurl.com/bkld

> but I'm just five days away, and very easily confused! Can we

talk

> about GAS? What do you think is the best product for the gas

> pains? And do you use liquid or chewables? I thought it was

> interesting what someone wrote about walking it off. I haven't

> heard that one before. Makes me laugh though because if I eat too

> many carbs now and get all gassy, each step I take is followed by

a

> little poot! LOL

>

> -

[Guest guest]

I spent Saturday and Sunday in this same situation. I vow I will

NEVER let this happen again. I am 8 weeks post op and had never had

this problem before WLS.

So here's what one needs to do to prevent this:

1. Add some fruit, vegs and carbs every day (I had just been eating

protein when I got into this fix)

2. Take Beneful 2x daily

3. I was always drinking water (64 oz) but even w/ all of that I

still ended up with an impaction. Because of the minimal of amount of

food and the protein, I was in big trouble.

4. Have some Miralax on hand if this happens again. (I finally got

some relief with Milk of Magnesia and some glycerin suppositories.) I

was in terrible pain

Prevention is the name of the game.