Question:
When will the nausea and gas stop

I am amost 6 weeks post op and I seem to be having more and more problems with gas pains and nausea. Nothing really seems to help. Is there a specific reason for the nausea? It hits unexpectedly like morning sickness any time day or night. I am going to go back to nothing but soups.    — Penny J. (posted on June 19, 2001)

June 19, 2001
Are you using milk products? Is your gall bladder already out? I know these seem odd, but give us a little more info. What are you mainly eating? how much of it?
   — vitalady

June 19, 2001
I agree with everything Michelle said. I am 9 months post op, and I still get terrible gas every time I eat dairy products, including milk, cheese, and yogurt. Last night for example, I tried some plain yogurt with fresh fruit added, and voila: gas galore all night long. Nausea comes from whem I eat too much or too fast. If I haven't chewed something well enough, especially meat/chicken or bread, it gets clogged in the pouch and blocks other food. Therefore, I vomit. Same result if I eat too much too fast, even liquids like water or soup. Also, foods too fatty or too sugary will affect me the same way--nausea and a queasy, sick feeling. These things were also true in the early days after surgery too. Good luck to you.
   — [Anonymous]

June 20, 2001
Oh My Goodness.... I treated myself to some sugar free/ fat free ice cream last night...and I was not very lady like the rest of the night....it was AWFUL....thank goodness my hubby has a sense of humor! I can only assume it was the dairy...although I LOVE dairy and can't bring myself to give it up.
   — Sharon_Cauthen

June 20, 2001
Sounds like dairy. Haven't had surgery yet, but recently diagnosed lactose intolerant....lots of gas, nausea and cramps with eating milk products.....if I stick to small amounts of "white cheeses" I can have a little of those without side effects....have found that Bluebell Dutch Chocolate Ice Cream doesn't effect me at all...a tsp of any other type and I pay the price!
   — [Anonymous]

June 20, 2001
Strangley, you can eat chocolate ice cream because chocolate has an enzyme that helps milk be digested easier. My DH can only drink chocolate milk easily, made w/ hersheys syrup. Don't make chocolate a habit, of course, and there is a reduced sugar Hershey's, but its better than getting a chocolate fix from a candy bar. You can try Lactaid tablets/ drops, or if you have a Trader Joes their version costs about half the name brand.
   — M. A. B.

June 20, 2001
MA you have solved a mystery of mine since I was a little kid:) Chocolate helps digest milk. When I was little chocolate milk went down fine but white milk made me ill. Amazing, I never understood this. I am pre op and really enjoy milk products, it will be terrible if I am lactose intoleran! Hey you can add Splenda to that low sugar hershey syrup.
   — bob-haller

June 20, 2001
Hi! I am pre-op, but my surgeon and nutritionist require 32 oz of milk a day post op---YUK!! Before you freak out, you can mix it in with oatmeal, cream of wheat, etc. Of course it is skim milk. I am lactose intolerant--which I try to "forget" cause I love dairy products, except plain milk. ANYWAY--I went to a pre-op class today and they said we could add sugar-free Nestle's Quik to help the milk go down. And if you use Lactaid or their milk products, you won't have as much of a problem with the gas, etc. Oh, yeah, according to our nutritionist, RNY bypass can make you temporarily lactose intolerant---what it does to those of us already intolerant??? I know this doesn't really answer the question originally asked, but I saw all the milk issues and decided to chip in!!
   — Sharon N.