Please help......

I am out of the hosptial three days now and sometimes the gas is umcomfortable. I have moved around and I find that when I lay down it gets a bit better. Also at times I have an up feeling like I want to go outside and then a down feeling like I just want to stay home. As anyone experience this..Please let me know.

David...............

Congrats on your surgery. Yes Gas can be painful and uncomfortable- moving around  will help get it moving- and laying down sometimes canhelp- what ever works for you---
 I was unable to do anything at three days home from the hospital- you are so fresh out give your body time - Dont over do it- but make sure you walk around your house----

Yes the one thing I remember I hated most about my hospital stay was the gas...I was told to use this breathing machine where I would blow in and out of this stupid thing and I did it wrong and it gave me gas and made me uncomfortable for a few days.

David

Hello!
Now did you have open or Lap RNY? I ask as Lap surgeries can involve more gas as they fill our abdominal cavities and sometimes it takes a swhile (weeks) to disperse. Moving is our best friend when it comes to this. Making sure we walk around at least to bathroom and back every few hours is helpful and imperative to decrease our risk of blood clots as well.

I am guessing you are on fluids only at this point correct? Learning how to sip sip sip w/o gulping in air is challenging and takes a bit to learn.
Here is info on hibernation syndrome. This is certainly a time for emotional rollercoaster, do not forget you are like not tking in any calories!


Milk products can also cause gas and bloating s many of us are lactose intolerant after surgery at least a while, perhaps longterm...

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Hibernation Syndrome

After WLS, you may be feeling tired and become depressed. When you are several weeks post op, and are either on a liquid diet or you are eating many fewer calories than you were pre op, this depression and inactivity can become more pronounced. All you want to do is sleep, you may have crying spells, you may begin to believe that the surgery was a mistake, or you may think 'what in the world have I done to myself?' All these feelings are completely normal and, to a certain extent, are to be expected. The low number of calories you are eating produces what many of us call the 'hibernation syndrome' and your depression and feelings of despair, are a direct result.

During the weeks immediately following surgery, our body starts to notice that we are not taking in enough calories. It doesn't know we've had WLS, or that it's the year 2008. Our body is missing food, thinks this is a famine, and struggles to conserve our energy. The human body reacts like it always has in a famine; it makes us depressed--so we don't have the motivation to do anything, and it makes us tired--so we don't have the energy to do anything. In this way, we will conserve as many calories as possible and remain alive. You can see the practical value of this as our bodies have been living through famines, snowstorms, and other periods of unstable food supply for centuries.

This stage can last several weeks. Our discomfort is compounded as we are, at this same time, trying to recover from major surgery, adopt new eating habits, and deal with a liquid or soft diet. To get out of this stage, our body has to say to itself 'gee, this famine is lasting a bit too long. If I keep conserving my energy with inactivity, I will starve to death. I'd better use my last store of energy (the remaining fat and muscles in our body) to hunt up some food'. At this point, our body will switch from getting energy from food, to getting energy from our fat (and muscle too if we don't eat enough protein) and that is what we want.

In order to deal with this difficult transition period, tell yourself that you're right on track; this is exactly what is normal and to be expected. Tell yourself that, in a few weeks, this will pass, and you will feel like a completely new person. We all seem to turn the corner about 4-6 weeks post op. Then, your mood will lighten and, with your weight loss starting to add up, you'll feel more positive and have a better outlook on life. Just keep telling yourself that you will not always feel this way! You WILL be back to feeling like your old self. Just give it time!
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HIBERNATION
Summarized from:
Weight Loss surgery: Finding the thin person hiding inside of you second edition by Barbra Thompson P. 198

"Hibernation syndrome can be experienced within 2-4 weeks after surgery, when the body realizes that it will not be getting the nourishment that it is used to receiving and reacts to that. Your body just wants to stay immobile until the old food supply returns, you will feel extremely tired, lethargic and often depressed. This comes at a time when you are beginning to recover from the traumatic effects of the surgery. The pain is usually gone and the energy was just starting to return....The best way to deal with this if it affects you (not everyone gets it) is to recognize the symptoms and know it is normal. Then start exercise so that the body "figures out" it has ample energy/fuel stored and does not have to be fed constantly. This will pass within a few weeks."


I never experienced this quite the opposite, I have/had more energy than I knew what to do with!

Jamie....
  Thanks so much because this is exactly what I am going through. I had mimumally invasive laposcopic surgery.

David....

David:
Ok glad to be helpful. Keep posting the emotional rollercoaster is challenging it sometimes helps to be around those who understand and appreciate it!