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After colon resection: What helps with severe gas?
Colorectal Cancer | Last Active: Jan 10 1:53pm | Replies (29)Comment receiving replies
Hi,
I had sigmoid resection in June/23.
I seem to have a lot of extreme smelly gas usually about 1/2 hour after eating anything. I don't have pain, but this is very embarrassing as sometimes it is hard to control.
I never had this until this surgery.
Has anyone else experienced this?
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@wornoutandtired5151 hi I'm 23 weeks out from bowel resection from a obstruction. 12 inches dead. I have awful gas and smell. I've tried everything nothing helps im even having accidents in my sleep going back and forth from diarrhea to pasty stools. Idk what to do gas relief does not help.you can here the gas all over in my stomach like dogs growling at each other.so loud you can hear it from across the room
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Hello @wornoutandtired5151 and welcome to Mayo Connect. Your concerns are certainly understandable. Most of us who have had digestive tract surgery have had similar problems.
As you read the other posts in this discussion group you will find others who have discovered culprits that make this problem worse. @mardee313 writes in the post above. about her husband and she says, "...he has pinpointed some (but not all) of the culprits for him: dairy, garlic, onion and citrus all give him trouble and he stays away from very fibrous vegetables, legumes, etc." I would encourage you to read the posts in this discussion. Many other members have written about how they have tracked foods that make the gas worse.
I'm wondering if you have kept a food diary to see if there are any trigger foods (or culprits) that seem to make the problem worse. I look forward to hearing from you again.