9 month post op. Sure would like a beer! What about gas?

Gas is my biggest complaint. I never had any problems like this before surgery, but then again, everything was coming up as well as air, so it never had a chance to get stuck and trouble me.

I can and cant burp. I was able to burp after drinking some mildly fizzy wine a few weeks ago, but after eating some cheese dip I was in serious pain for three days. It is really difficult for me to determine what is going to bother me and what won't.

That being said, I miss beer too. The stomach pain and spasms I get with the gas are not worth it to me to drink it though. You could test the waters by drinking like 1/4 of a beer and seeing how you feel.

Gas x doesnt really work for me most of the time, the only thing that does is walking, a lot!

I stay away from raw veggies, beans and dairy now that I had my surgery. I can tolerate small small amounts of cheese, but for the most part dairy really hurts me the most.

I am trying digestive enzymes this weekend along with probiotics to see if that makes a difference in my gassyness.

In my thread about gassyness I just wrote that I was trying activated charcoal. Some people have said great things about it helping with our complaints! I will let you know how it works for me. :)

Hi renegade_7,

As a beer lover, I was also worried about the carbonation.  I started drinking beer again around 4 months post-op.  I had sips before that, but we went on vacation at the 4 month mark, and I can remember having beers.

I drink draft as well as bottle beer, and don't have a problem with either.  One beverage I found very difficult was champagne.  The carbonation was far too aggressive, and I had painful bloating afterward.

Someone I knew had been "wrapped" two years earlier than me.  When I expressed concern over not being able to drink beer after surgery, she assured me that it wouldn't be a problem. (4 years post op!) Soda carbonation is more aggressive than beer as well, but at this point, I can drink that without a problem. 

I can't burp the way I did pre-op, but my stomach burps itself when it is in the mood, but often I'll drink a beer with no burp to relieve the gas, and it still isn't a problem.  Obviously, if you don't burp, you'll find increased flatulence after consuming the carbonation.  Give it a try...start with a little and see how it goes, and increase as you can.

Best wishes,

Denise