Bloated & Can't Birp in CT!!

Jesangel76 · 11-26-2008, 04:06 PM

Hello All,

I just got banded on 11/24 and I am feeling bloated. In addition I cannot birp, which is probably why I'm feeling bloated. The birp reaches my neck and for some reason just goes back in and I'm so frustrated! Also, I"m still in pain b/c of the incisions and it hurts when in I take deep breaths. My doc prescribed Roxicet Elixir which is a painkiller/narcotic that pharmacies don't stock, so it had to be ordered and I'm still waiting for it. Not feeling too jazzy!

Is any of this crap normal? Your responses would be so appreciated! Thanks!

**Jack** · 11-26-2008, 04:54 PM

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.