Oops! Gas again...Help?

I have read on here in the past things people take to help with the gas after having surgery. My mom had surgery in June and is having an aweful time with this issue. I told her I would ask to get the name of things people take. Please help! Many thanks. Becky

my nutritionist gave me samples of devrom but you have to take it 3-4 times a day for it to work effectively. I have not looked up the price as of yet but I have learned to live with it. DH does not like it much but I can't help it so he has to understand. Suzanne

Kevin wrote a post once explaining how those things don't usually work for us. What DOES work is chewing chewing and more chewing and being careful about what we eat. we're all different but i've noticed a lot of us seem to get a lot of gas when we're bad and eat carbs and some of us get it from sugar alcohols and some of us from milk products. but most of all i think it's eating too fast and not chewing well enough. make a post addressed to "dear flabby" and ask about and then KP will give you the real deal on this topic. he knows his stuff. especially when it comes to gas.

if you're talking about the gas pains right after surgery (usually for patients who have laprascopic because they pump up our abdomens) then walking is the key. i had it pretty bad right after surgery, so bad i thought they tore my rotator cuff (it tends to travel up by the shoulders) and walking REALLY helped.

I have tried Gas X but it doesnt work for me. In fact, I havent found anything that really does the trick. Exercise helps me, even walking helps release I hope you she finds relief!! Kathryn

I found out that CARBS=GAS. At least it does for me now. And for me, Gas X sometimes works, just not always. I look at the CARBS in foods, protein drinks, etc., before I even eat it. Or, I know I am going to be gassy. And, what's worse, it stinks BADDDDDDDDDDD. I am not sure what might work other than Chewing as mentioned above, and watching the carb intake. Generic Gas X is available at most chains like WalMart, Meijer, etc.,. and there might be other things out there--but for me, CARBS is the way to minimize the GAS. Best wishes SW

Without going into great detail,, or sounding like a brown noser,,, The OTC things may help but since gas is made out of reach of the remedies they don't work as well as on normals. What you eat goes in then space then food then space then food etc. so your intestine ha little pocket of space that gas builds up in but the meds can't reach past the clumps of food. The food blocks it. Now the devrom and innermint will take out some of the stink but that's no fun is it? Your best bet is to help the digestion as much as possible by chewing even more and in smaller amounts. That way the gas pockets will slip by the food clumps easing your pain. The chewing will help reduce that gas too. Foods you eat definitely have a factor. SF candies and chocolate will make for a very fun evening here. Phazime is the best I have tried but it's like ******g on a four alarm fire. kp

Hi Becky: I don't always have gas, but if I eat more than one sugar free candy piece, then I can count on it. I was having a rough time of it when I had this irritation in my pouch. Seemed everything I ate during that time make me gassy. The pain with that was horrible. I just would stop eating since it all seemed to make me hurt. It wasn't the noise/smell, it was the trapped gas in my intestines. I found that the pain wouldn't go away with GasX either. I thought it was because it was too far down the pipe to be effective, but Kevin's idea that it can't get past the food sounds logical, too. I eat a lot of low fat yogurt, which goes down easily and doesn't cause gas. However, if you are one of those that becomes lactose intolerant after surgery, that wouldn't work for you. I truly believe this is one of those things that we all have to deal with and then figure out what works for us. By the way, thanks for the note you wrote to me on the DeRoo family. I will be going over there soon (they probably just got back from Washington) and I will tell Dave you sent your condolences. Love, Pam