After colon resection: What helps with severe gas?

@pamela131526, holding a pillow and applying pressure is a great tip. Did you have surgery recently? I look forward to learning more about your journey.

@teemetiki12
Have someone drive you around on a bumpy road. Not to bumpy that it hurts but you can also apply a little pressure on your surgery site. Or hold a pillow and apply pressure. It really helps. Especially after surgery. I did it and it worked for me.

Thank you all for taking the time to respond, I appreciate it. The gas has improved, I'm still having it, but not as painful. Normal ating is still difficult, so much upsets. my stomach now. I have had another issue come up. I have blood in my stools, basically every time I go. Not a lot, but its there. I told my dr and he said he wants to do a scope, but I told him I need some time to process this. In the meantime he has orrdered abdominal x-rays. Does anyone know what an x-ray would show. Thank you for your time.

@angeldawn, such a helpful post. Thank you for the tips. You may also be interested in joining the discussions in these support groups:
- Ostomy & J-Pouch https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/ostomy/
- Bladder Cancer https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/bladder-cancer/

@colleenyoung a medicine called raboxin (muscle relaxer) really helped my sister !

@karina1954
I use gas ex for the bloating pain. I have come to learn when it’s going to happen and double up the doseage. Two of the green pills. Takes an hour to work…. Walking around helps get the gas out as well as arm circles. I tend to belch a bunch before the other end! I didn’t know about the bean o but I know broccoli and cauliflower give me pain so I am going to try it! And the marshmallows! Bananas don’t work for me but maybe it’s because I like them in the sugar stage? Good luck.

@karina1954 hi, I have an ileostomy since about 1982. Open whipple procedure since 2012. Ureteral reimplantation from cancer since about 2021. 9 months later bladder cancer. What i learned that works for me. Beano with first bite of food, which helps food from making gas. The the gas-x that help break the gas bubbles up in the intestines. Also marshmallows help thicken the diarrhea and bananas help with that also. Bringing knees to chest are helps with the pain. With the beano and gas-x might take awhile to work (a couple of days) but hang with it. Been using this system for about 45 years. I am also a coffee drinker when it comes to constipation. As for abdominal cramps or intestinal cramps the doctors give me leasing and it works on bladder and intestines at same time. Bladder and intestines pain (one causes the other one to hurt). Hope this information helps good luck.

@teemetiki12, you're right that gas cramps after surgery is commonly discussed in the Colorectal Cancer group. I moved your question to this existing discussion that you might find helpful:
- After colon resection: What helps with severe gas?https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/colon-resection/

Are things improving?

Thank you for replying. Today so far has been better. I am afraid to eat though, because that triggers it. At this point I don’t know what to eat. I’m going to try white rice. I am having a hard time with movement too, I’m sure because of my age, Rheumatoid arthritis, and general fitness. I am determined though to walk a little today. I appreciate the response. I think I was hoping for a magic pill, but after so many GasX with no relief yesterday, I am realizing that’s not realistic.

I too had this problem.Food wise took lot of fermented food.Fermented the vegetables at home.Practiced breathing exercise.The 4:16:8 ,count of 4 breathe in,16 is hold your breadth and 8 is breath out gently.16 hold comes with practice.At 4 weeks exercise may not be possible but definitely walking is allowed and if you are allowed to bend forward ,it helps a lot.Gradual increase of exercise alone helps.I went vegan to make the food light.No raw food.Only cooked food.Rarely used enzyme tablets with charcoal.Please consult your doctor and then try.It gets better with time. All the best