gas...7 years out.

I guess no one reads or posts on the graduates board....I'm almost 7 years out and been having terrible gas pains...no matter what I eat.  I take gas x and have been on a probiotic for about 3 months.  I get all bloated and the pain is terrible..It's always fine in the morning.  I guess I relax in my sleep and it "slips" out.....don't know but it's killing me....any ideas?  Is this normal?

Stand up tall, bend straight over until your head is at about the level of your knees.  The gas will escape, silently and with no odor.  If I am at work or in another public place when gas happens, I make believe that I have to tie my shoe. 

If the gas starts to come back, just bend over again.

Gas get trapped in the intestines and starts rising up toward your head instead of down and out.  You need to put your head lower than your behind and makes your behind the high spot on your body.  The gas will come right out.

I can think of two things you could try.  One, I would go on an elimination diet.  That means cut out everything except protein like meat for a few days and see if the gas goes away.  If it does then it is related to your diet and you will have to add food back, one at a time for a few days to see which one is causing the gas.  I don't know about you but 90% of the time I eat pretty much the same things on a daily basis so it really isn't as hard as it sounds.

The other thing, if you haven't already done this, is go to the doctor and have a stool culture to check for bacterial overgrowth in your intestines.  It may likely be negative because the culture only checks for a few strains but it's a start.  See if your doctor will give a some Flagyl for a few weeks and see if that takes care of the problem.  If it does then you know it is bacterial overgrowth and the best treatment is what you are already doing, probiotics, but Flagyl will kill off all the bacterial and the probiotics will repopulate with good bacteria.

I get gas very bad also when I do I chew abt 3 or 4 gas x and it helps,dont just chew 1 or 2 it dont help,and also try rubbing ur stomach and walking when you get like this ,also I drink coffee when it gets really bad,coffee makes me go potty so I get rid of the gas.Good luck.

 

Margaret

thanks for the tips guys....

Google FODMAP diet... It really helped with my gas issues.