You all warned me... but.... Oh those FARTS!

Ok... I saw all the warnings.. but dang... I'm killing my family!  I may have to build a separate bathroom.. LOL...   the noises that come out of my body should not be humanly possible.. and  I need half a roll of toilet paper.. LOL. Saturday night, we went on my first 'Big Night Out' since surgery... went to my daughters college to see them put on "Handel's Messiah".... you guessed it, halfway thru, I'm headed for the restroom. Ceramic tile floors, walls, porcelein toilet, etc... make a perfect echo chamber...  I could almost see the guys stumbling from the room to get away from these thundrous, blubbery, disgusting explosions!  Wow... Tell me it let's up when I start solid foods? LOL... or.. what makes them better/ worse? Just had to share...LOL. Dale

Dale Best I could remember it took me about 3 months to get to a "Normal" bm.  Yes it is awful, but it will soon be more normal and once you get on the solids it will be better. Chris

Boy, I'm having the EXACT same experience as you! Sounds from my gut that sound like rusty plumbing, and gas like I wouldn't believe.  I'm being really careful to sip slowly and carefully, so I don't think that I'm swallowing air.  I'd love to know where the gas is coming from.  It happens whether or not I've eaten dairy, so I don't think it's only due to some degree of lactose intolerance. I don't think this side-effect is emphasized quite enough, or maybe "gas" is just too polite a work to grab our attention pre-operatively! /Steve

Dale, I am very proud of you - going to a public place and blowing off the roof.  You will probably see gradual improvement, then reach a new level of "normality". I do remember at 2 months when my Nut told me I could start eating lettuce again. Green turds for a week - very impressive. Joe

My office enviorment is very much like a frat house... so when I was in my first few weeks posty I would let out some 30-40 second controlled bursts. I practiced at home and man did I perfect the perfect fart. Now that I am 3 months out... I don't get that ass ripping bass anymore... I kinda miss it. Although, one night staying at the GF Ihad bad gas, I came out of the head and I heard her laughing... She was like... Next time turn on the TV before you go and drop bombs on China.... Dale... Hang in there... Enjoy it while you can. How is the pain levels progressing?

Thanks for sharing my pain guys... ah, well do  I know that plumbing sound.  My wife laughs at me all the time because I can tell EXACTLY when my food (if ya can call it that.. LOL) drops out of my pouch.  I litterally hear the gurgle, and feel this ... this.. oozy.. slimey.. drop.. type thing.. is the only way I can describe it.. LOL.   It never fails to surprise me... because different things take different time.   I remember before surgery asking if you what the new pouch felt like, and if you could tell when food went thru... some said yes, some said no.. lemme tell ya guys, I can tell exactly where it is all the way from mouth, til it 'falls out'... cold stuff especially. wow. I can only hope it gets better with the pureed/soft food stage!  One more week on full liquids! Chris.. dang you had me laughin here... LOL.. bout to wake up the house if I'm not careful!  What is it about a fart that is funny? As Larry says.. 'That's funny right there, I don't care who ya are"!  A guy can be in a 3 piece suit, or ripped up camo... and a fart is still funny.. not proper... but funny.. LOL. I can just imagine the guys in your office.. and oh.. if there are any ladies.... sheesh... I remember when my wife and I were first dating... sigh... I'd bust a gut not to let a fart slip out in her presence... now poor lady.... she's glad if i just remember to move the blanket and let it air OUTSIDE the bed.. heh heh..   That ain't right......  LOL. Dale

Dale, Good to hear that you are out and about. It does ‘let up’ quite a bit once you move onto solids. For many it seems the 3 to 6 month mark Is when excess gas stops being an issue. However, Just like "un-edited" guts, It’ll remain a case of "Out-Put Controlled by Input." If you eat extra simple Carbs? = Gas. If you eat extra simple Carbs? And have Excess Protein? = Super Smelly Gas. If you stick with the nutritionist’s/doc’s recommendations? = low gas output, less odor. Funny you mention being able to tell where your food is In the system. I’m the same way. Still at 4 ½+ years out, I can tell exactly where every bite of food is along the way. Best Wishes- Dx

 Dale!   there you are ..  !     I was going to post tonight "has anyone heard from Dale?"    Good to be seeing less of you ..  (LOL) ..   how is the weight going, btw?    hopefully DOWN!  v    Thos e bathroom moments are some of the funniest we go through ..   I'll never forget the time I was taking a dump in my local Denny's when a guy came in to take a leak .. Things were getting really smelly real fast and bad by the time he arrived  ...  I noticed he was making strange breathing sounds while he was whizzing .. gasping and such at regular, short intervals  ..  I was worried he was having some kind of medical emergency and was freaking out about what to do if he was ..  He then finallymuttered something under his breath (I think it was in Spanish) and left the restroom in a hurry, to my relief  ..     I then realized what the hurried visitor was doing was trying to hold his breath whle in there, as best he could ..  LOL     I could only imagine all the comedic possibilites that might have occured after he left the restroom ..  perhaps he ran up to the manager and yelled, "I think someone died in the stall in there  --  call 911!"   or maybe he ran back to his family at the talbe and hollered, "let's get the he** out of here - make a run for the car while you still can!"   &:-D)     I do know when I came back to my table he was sitting there, looking daggers at me, next to his wife and kids ..   I wonder if the told them there was "un hombre muy poderoso" back in the bathroom ..  (?)

Dale, It's good to "HEAR" from you. At least I think that rumble last night was you.

You might want to ask your doctor if you can use immodium - it reduces the gas and cramps that you get during this phase.