Relieving Fart

Davo
on 3/14/12 7:08 pm - WI

RNY on 03/12/12 with

Well I believe at 400 am this morning I turned the corner in gas pain. I woke up at 3 am with a rumbling after several lousy tasting and smelling burbs I felt rumbling going the other way and my stomach felt like the air was let out. At least some of it , it was by far the most beautiful fart I ever had and I am most greatful for it.

Michael P.
on 3/14/12 10:55 pm

RNY on 02/07/11

Oh what a relief it is!! I saw your other post and was going to suggest to try and walk a bit to see if you can get that gas moving but it sounds like it made it out!! Phew!

9/9/09: Highest Weight: 506.5 lbs 9/20/10: Tufts Start Weight: 492.4 lbs
2/7/11: Surgery Wt: 462.5 lbs. 9/16/12: Current Weight: 287.8 lbs.
4/15/12: First 5K - BAA 5K - PR 35:49

roger1955
on 3/14/12 11:50 pm - TN

With any laproscopic procedure you can have a lot of gas outside of the bowel trapped in the abdominal cavity. It takes a while to resorb either into the bloodstream to be breathed out thru the lungs or into the bowel itself to be passed as a fart. Gas trapped up under the diaphragm can give you chest or shoulder pain too. The fix for all of this is to walk and rest, as previously mentioned. I point this out only to say that not all the gas is immediately available for farting. It gets a lot better pretty soon, I promise.

Best wishes,
Roger

Davo
on 3/15/12 2:20 am - WI

RNY on 03/12/12 with

Being s grown man nearly reduced to tears over gas pain is a tough thing to accept but pain at least constant pain has subdsided and I can at least carry on a conversation without ripping someones head off.

Paul C.
on 3/16/12 12:54 am - Cumming, GA

RNY on 07/16/10

Never trust a fart! as great as they feel especially those in the middle of the night!

Paul C.
First 5K 9/27/20 46:32 - 11 weeks post op (PR 28:55 8/15/11)
First 10K 7/04/2011 1:03 First 15K 9/18/2011 1:37
First Half Marathon 10/02/2011 2:27:44 (PR 2:24:35)
First Half Ironman 9/30/12 7:32:04