Question:
What about burping? is it the same?

   — Kathy R. (posted on April 10, 2004)

April 9, 2004
I am 10 weeks post op and I don't feel like my burp "power" is the same. I have a hard time burping without carbonation. Its like I dont have the push to get it up. But everyone is different as I am sure will find. Good luck. God bless. lap rny 1/27/04 351/292
   — Vitabella

April 10, 2004
I am 14 months out and for some reason my burping has never been the same. I feel like there is more to get out and I'm never quite finished. I guess I'll have to live with it. If this is the worst thing post-op, then I'm a lucky woman!!
   — Fixnmyself

April 10, 2004
Too funny! I almost never burped prior to surgery, but now that I'm postop, I burp ALL the time. It was VERY frequent at first, but now it has slowed down some (I'm 11 months out now). I assume I burp more because of the size of the pouch, but I would never have thought that burping was going to be a factor in my new way of life. BUT, as another poster said, if this is the worse thing that I have to contend with, I would be one lucky pup.
   — Jodie P.

April 10, 2004
Hi there, Kathy! I thought this was too funny not to answer and I'm positive this will sound VERY un-lady like, but here it goes.... Unfortunately, I was raised by 5 baboons ( that I was forced to call my brothers), so I can belch them as loud as a male sea lion fighting to defend his women! LOL. :-O I know that's disgusting, I thought that losing weight would maybe make my "gusto" with less 'gust', but it has remained the same. I don't touch anything with carbonation, I could just have plain ole' water and it's there ready to shake the windows and make our cats think it's thundering outside. Vi. open RNY 9/23/02 down 140 lbs.
   — Vi F.

April 10, 2004
Hi there! I don't really burp anymore. I always end up with the hiccups. I only burp if I swallow air and force it out (like when you have a burping contest with one of the "baboons" LOL!)
   — Angie H.

April 11, 2004
Burping, for me, is itself the same as always. Just lots more of it. I don't know if I'm just getting more air down there with the way I'm chewing and swallowing differently, or if it's just the fact that it makes me so darn uncomfortable, I don't even try to hold it in anymore, when I can help it! :)
   — christied

April 12, 2004
I too, now burp much more than before... my friends just laugh now... but, I can't help it! hehe
   — Katrina K.