sugarfree stuff giving bloated and gas anyone elsewith this problem?

Does anyone else get bloated and gasy with surgar free items, It seems since I was diabetic befor surgery I would have gas problems from splenda and all the surgar free stuff and since surgery I can not burp and it goes and stays in my colon and bloats me and it hurts and I have to take gasx all the time, is there any other soulotions for this problem? Annrenee

I tend to have a little more gas now than I did before surgery as well, but I have been a diabetic since I was a teen, therefore I do not contribute it to the sugar free items, I have contributed it to the way our intestines have been restructured due to the surgery..  However, I know that sugar free items can be a side effect for some as well as dairy products, maybe see if it is dairy.  There is also something called Beano that helps with gas as well,  I know when my son was a child we had to use Mylicon drops, maybe if you call your surgeon and see if you can take this, maybe it will help!!! Good Luck,  Shelia

Shelia, I tried beano a while back and got sicker then a dog why who knows, Dr. said to do gasx after surgery its just semthicone and helps me let the gas out late at night man does it stink (lol)  Its the sf stuff but I will talk to my nut angie on thur more about what to do to relieve this.  But during the day while its building I can see my tummy literly bloat out so in the am i am skinner and the day goes on i look fatter well you know what i mean i hope.  Thanks again gf Annrenee

this might sound silly or whatever but only certain sugar free products do that to me and I dont care who says they dont, they do to me..especially sugarfree candy which I dont need any of anyway.

Try cutting back on the SF items with malitol, sorbitol, any ingredient ending in "tol". These are sugar alcohols and they do tend to cause gas, bloating and "other digestive distress" if eaten in too large of quantities. I know that when I was eating 2 - 3 SF popsicles and other SF "treats" each day, I had a lot of gas and bloating. It's gotten a lot better since I have cut back on the sugar alcohols. 

Thank you i do remeber hearing that now. Annrenee

Malitol and sorbitol do it to me...immediately. Overdoing splenda can do it too......and I get the smelly issues at the other end too...I so avoid these and take cholrofresh internal deodorant for all my smelly issues that started after surgery. Sorry so vivid but some of us must confront these issues. Beth B. in Chattanooga

Beth, What is Cholrofresh and where can I get it? Annrenee I guess some of us dont smell like flowers at that end hehehehe