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XanaDUer2

(12,614 posts)
Fri Jul 26, 2024, 10:00 AM Jul 26

Surgery last Tuesday

Pain is less. Got sick taking pain meds.

Concerned. Still experiencing gas and stomach rumbling, post surgery. Really starting to cause me extreme worries its something else than gallbladder. I have traditional Medicare, but paid $500 for facility fee. I truly am getting depressed and worried. I thought this would help.

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Surgery last Tuesday (Original Post) XanaDUer2 Jul 26 OP
With general anesthesia Lulu KC Jul 26 #1
Ty XanaDUer2 Jul 26 #2
I am so sorry Lulu KC Jul 26 #6
GI motility can be affected/abnormal for sometimes weeks after incisional or laparoscopic surgery and the hlthe2b Jul 26 #3
I'll try XanaDUer2 Jul 26 #4
If you had arthroscopic surgery Marthe48 Jul 26 #5
3 Days May Not Be Enough Time ProfessorGAC Jul 26 #7

Lulu KC

(3,002 posts)
1. With general anesthesia
Fri Jul 26, 2024, 10:04 AM
Jul 26

You can have the gas and rumbling for a while, especially if the abdomen was involved. If Gas-X doesn't help, maybe call doctor? Gas can also be deceptively painful.

XanaDUer2

(12,614 posts)
2. Ty
Fri Jul 26, 2024, 10:05 AM
Jul 26

This was the sympton along with pain, that sent me to surgery, and its continuing. I'm worried a lot now

hlthe2b

(104,704 posts)
3. GI motility can be affected/abnormal for sometimes weeks after incisional or laparoscopic surgery and the
Fri Jul 26, 2024, 10:07 AM
Jul 26

various medications/anesthetic drugs used, including but not limited to isoflorane or other gas anesthetic, atropine to reduce secretions and maintain heart rate, narcotics for pain, and other anti-emetics (anti-vomiting) meds.

Check with your physician if it persists, but as I mentioned before light exercise (walking) within the range of what has been recommended by your post-surgery healthcare team can help a lot. So, too can probiotics--even high-quality active culture yogurt. Plain has more advantages because high-sugar yogurt tends to feed the bad bacteria (and yeast) already in your gut rather than the "good kind" in the culture that you'd like to preserve for gut health and improved immune function.

Hang in there. I think you will likely see steady improvement. If not, of course, have them consider other possibilities and work-ups, but the odds are on your side. Try to keep the stress in check as it is working against you.

Marthe48

(18,289 posts)
5. If you had arthroscopic surgery
Fri Jul 26, 2024, 01:04 PM
Jul 26

It might take some time for the gas they pump in to absorb and work out of your body. I had gallbladder surgery in 2018. I was able to take it easy after the surgery. The dr. prescribed an opiate, but ibuprofen and Tylenol did a better job.
Some pain after surgery is usual. If you have concerns, be sure to talk to the dr. who suggested surgery.
Hope you feel much better soon!

ProfessorGAC

(68,108 posts)
7. 3 Days May Not Be Enough Time
Fri Jul 26, 2024, 02:58 PM
Jul 26

They removed an organ. Other stuff inside may be settling & seeking it's new level.
Plus, as someone else noted, the gasses used for laparoscopy could cause some of this.
I'd give it a full week before I got pessimistic.

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