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You've got to drink and move.  Walking and fluids did the trick for me.  I hope it works for you.  Oh! Also, TUMS.  Others seem to like the papaya enzyme.

Feel better,

Hattie

Hate to tell you this, but I got absolutely no relief from walking. I walked so much, I walked immediately after surgery laps and laps until my release. No relief! 

I started to get relief around 5 days post op, when I drank some milk and was on the bowl all night because I had become lactose intolerant, and only then did pretty much all the gas leave my body.  Not sure how or when it will leave you, but it WILL leave you.

 Hugs honey try everything they told you. I haven no experience from this surgery but other surgeries I walked. Just keep thinking it will get better! Hugs

Hey there op buddy,

As you know, we had our surgeries on the same day.  That gas pain was nothing nice!  My nurse explained it to me like this.  She said that they shoot the CO2 gas into your body to inflate the area, so they can do the surgery.  She said that you can't fart, burp, or hiccup it out.  She said that it must be reabsorbed, and the only way to speed up the reabsorption is to move.

So, I was in that hospital walking probably every 2 hours round the clock.  Another thing that they gave me that really helped is heating pads.  I would take my pain meds, and stick a heating pad on that air bubble, and I would be very comfortable. 

-Elle

 It took about a week for to pass all of my gas. It just took time. Nothing I tried worked, although it is important to keep moving due to risk of blood clots...I helped to walked around outside and get fresh air a few times a day...My doc ended up giving me a stimulator to get the bowels moving regularly and that finally did the trick. Believe me, when you start letting go of the gas you won't stop for quite some time!

Im to be 8 months op soon and still have gas but I feel for you and what worked for me was exactly what bugdocmom said. I would walk and then it felt like it would move the air around me and then I would come back inside n try rocking yourself on a rocker or even a recliner sitting in an up position. It feels so good once it comes out and once the gas is gone average 5 days you will feel so much better and then it's just the healing and recovery time. Congrats on your surgery and you too will be on the losers bench soon.

Took me 6 days to pass gas and it was the best feeling every. It was THE WORST PAIN EVER so I can only say I feel bad for you. I walked, did all the usual, but it came out when it came out. I didn't do the other until 9 days post op.