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Hello everyone, first I want to thanks all of you that gave word of encourage. Thanks to you (and God) I Made it!!

I got at the OCC yesterday morning, my surgery went well, just last nigh I fell really nauseated and I thouht I was going to votim. Thankfully the nurse (carmelita, she is relly a sweehart) gave some zofran immediately and some massage in my back for the pain, that worked GREAT!. Today I've been feally relly sore and burping a lot , burping hurts more that anything, Is that normal? I feel like my chest is going to explode! I'vee walking and resting drinking (zipping out) gatorade and water. But I sitll have the gas pain. What else can I do?

Thanks again for your suppurt

I'll keep in touch

Carla

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Hello everyone, first I want to thanks all of you that gave word of encourage. Thanks to you (and God) I Made it!!

I got at the OCC yesterday morning, my surgery went well, just last nigh I fell really nauseated and I thouht I was going to votim. Thankfully the nurse (carmelita, she is relly a sweehart) gave some zofran immediately and some massage in my back for the pain, that worked GREAT!. Today I've been feally relly sore and burping a lot , burping hurts more that anything, Is that normal? I feel like my chest is going to explode! I'vee walking and resting drinking (zipping out) gatorade and water. But I sitll have the gas pain. What else can I do?

Thanks again for your suppurt

I'll keep in touch

Carla

Carla ~ let me be the first to congrats you and WELCOME to Bandland! YAY!

Yes, it is normal after surgery to have these gas and burping. Remember, to SIP, SIP, SIP and WALK, WALK, WALK ~ do several mini walks! Take Gas X strips, 2 at a time is what I did.

Also, when drinking don't inhale through the mouth. Close your mouth over the water bottle mouth or straw and just inhale and exhale from your nose. This will elimate excess air in your body, which can cause burping. Move your arms too to jiggle the gas bubbles around and continue walking as much as you can.

WTG and keep us posted on your journey!

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Hi Carla!

Congratulations on getting banded! And yes all of your experiences are normal. I experienced all of those. The gas does get less, and the pain on burping also gets less. I'm on day 12 post-op, and I think this is the first time I can burp without wincing in pain. But I do get that really tight, uncomfortable feeling in my chest when I drink too much or too fast.

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The gas pain will go away, but at least for me the gas itself has not. I never could burp before and now I can let them rip with the best of them! But it's few and far between now when I get that nasty shoulder pain.

Congrats on the procedure being over. Welcome to the other side!!!

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