Each day will get better and better. It doesn't take much to release that gas pressure. Perhaps you're swollen in the band tissue area which keeps the gas pressure from escaping upward.

Sipping herbal tea helped me a lot. I could only sip, and the first 4 days took all day to get 1 liter of water down.

By day 5 I could sip a cup of tea before it got cold, and I was greatly cheered up.

Walk/shuffle as much as possible, and get what fluid you can. Watch for constipation and take it easy in general.

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