Tips for dealing with post-op gas pain

MAbound
MAbound Member Posts: 1,168 Member
in Uterine/Endometrial Cancer #1

I'm being scheduled for a laproscopic surgery late next month to do another pelvic wash after I'm finished with chemo to be certain I'm ok not having radiation therapy before starting on hormone therapy. I'm hearing a lot about gas pain following this procedure, especially moving up to the shoulders, and I am looking for any tips that anyone may have to offer on how to minimize them or get rid of them sooner. So far I've found this link:

https://www.pelvicexercises.com.au/gas-after-hysterectomy/

Any comments or suggestions would be very welcome!

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  • Editgrl
    Editgrl Member Posts: 903 Member
    #2
    For me

    the things that seemed to help the most were walking, even short distances, and re-positioning myself in bed.  Lying on my side was most helpful, but there were some nights when I just got out of bed and got on the couch to find a more comfortable position, whatever weird position that might have been.

    That article had a lot of good suggestions that I had not heard before, so they might be worth a try. 

  • Kvdyson
    Kvdyson Member Posts: 790 Member
    #3
    Chewable Gas-X

    Chewable Gas-X helped relieve the gas paisn that traveled up to my shoulder blade after my surgery. It took two chewable pills but did the trick. Hope your surgery goes well. Kim

  • DrienneB
    DrienneB Member Posts: 182
    #4
    Prilosec

    This was the only thing that worked for me. I was in so much gas pain 3 weeks after surgery, that I was afraid to start chemo. I had tried chewable gas-relievers, but got in to see my doctor who told me to get Prilosec. It turned out that I also had a UTI, so had to postpone chemo another week. But the Pilosec did away with the gas pain.

  • EZLiving66
    EZLiving66 Member Posts: 1,483 Member
    #5
    No gas pain at all for me.

    No gas pain at all for me.  Maybe you'll be lucky!!!! 

    Love, 

    Eldri

  • MAbound
    MAbound Member Posts: 1,168 Member
    #6
    Thank you!

    I'll be sure to have the Gas X or Prilosec on hand in case I need to try them, but maybe because it's a shorter procedure than a hysterectomy I might get off easy on this one. I like to be prepared, in any case! Thank you all!

  • ConnieSW
    ConnieSW Member Posts: 1,688 Member
    edited August 2016 #7
    EZLiving66 said:

    No gas pain at all for me.

    No gas pain at all for me.  Maybe you'll be lucky!!!! 

    Love, 

    Eldri

    Gas pain

    i didn't have any either.  In fact, I was amazed at how little postop pain I had.  I switched to Tylenol the second day.

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