Gas and Milk

I avoid soymilk as it makes me a bit gassy, sorry TMI. 

Fairlife is lactose free, or at least I always thought it was.  You are just 6 days out and likely you are in ketosis, which will make your breath stinky as you burn fat.  

Skim milk has the same amount of lactose/sugar as all other milks.  Just less fat.  When making things I tend to use heavy cream at a ration of 1part cream to 2-3 parts water.  Tastes like milk, has similar calories but almost no sugar and less lactose.

Ok, I read the title of your post and thought:  Oh my!  THis poor person is facing budget constraints like I did in college:  Do I buy gas for my car?  Or milk to drink?  Or shampoo?  HAHA.

I guess buying milk is the answer to having enough gas.

Sorry--I know you really are having real issues.  And I don't mean to minimize them.  Others on this thread will be much more help to you for your real concern.

My husband has lactose intolerance, and definitely high quantities of milk make it worse.  He does very well with Fairlife, though--I think Fairlife is fully treated to be Lactase free.

Gas after surgery is normal for reasons other than milk.  Your body is having to manage a lot of changes, and the surgery itself pumps air into you.  Your body has to eliminate that air somehow.

One little thing I did in the first two weeks after surgery for gas--I don't know if it scientifically helped or not, but I read it on these forums, and tried it and thought it helped--I would put about a nickel-to-a-quarter-sized circle of mustard on a spoon or on my hand (don't know why the hand, but it was suggested, and it comforted me in some strange way).  Then I would lick it off little by little over the course of a couple of minutes.  I think the idea was that mustard somehow calmed the gas response.

I thought it helped.  But I realize it sounds like "woo-woo" stuff.

Best to you!

For me, I developed severe lactose intolerance after my surgery and couldn't tolerate any milk for fear of painful trapped gas and dumping syndrome.  I could do small amounts of the Lactaid milk and I could eat cheeses with no problem until this past year.  I am going on 13 years out, and this past year I have developed an allergy rather than an intolerance to dairy.  ALL DAIRY.  This makes me sad because I am a cheese lover and have depended on it for the past 13 years for protein. Hoping it reverses at some point.  I am seeing a naturopathic doctor and doing some gut building things to hopefully heal the issue.  We will see. 

Thanks everybody.  It seems like the gas could be from a variety of fronts, but also very well may be that I am just one week out from surgery.  So I'll take it easy on myself, try to cover my mouth a lot, and play around a bit with the soy milk (has only 1 g of sugar) vs the fairlife (supposed to be lactose free but has 6 g of sugar) and if neither of those work well, then I'll try the cream.  I had heard of this, but my nutritionist said to use fat-free milk.