Bloating

Anyone have trouble with bloating?

I've been flaring since June and it's been off and on. I know I have a stricture and I'm doing as low a residue diet as I can manage. Lately, I've been noticing that a few hours after eating a meal I get really bloated. To the point where my pants that are a size too big get tight. It's usually not uncomfortable, just feels a little weird....like I'm "backed up".

Anything I can do to make it better?

Tooth, I have been battling something really similar due to a stricture and it is tough. Have they said whether your stricture is inflammation base or scar tissue? I lost about 40 lbs before I was tested for the stricture and it all started to make sense when it was discovered. My appetite went to about nothing and I started throwing up food after eating about 1/2 a meal. If it did stay down I would get the problems like you mentioned with bloating and could actually feel the food past through my distal illeum. To make it easier of me I went to a low residue diet like you are and avoided almost all breads. I also switched my proteins from a diet high in red meat to almost all chicken and salmon. I eat other fish but the salmon is high in calcium, easiet to cook with multiple recipes, and has only a mild fishiness to it. I also went away from most lactose products but can handle mozzarella cheese for some reason as long as it is in moderation. Like Ari12 mentioned, coke has been one of my best friends because the cola is a natural antinausea but I still sip on it fresh from the can and not flat. As long as I go slow, it is not a problem.
Hopefully some of this will help you. I have some other things depending on what type of stricture you have. One last thing that has really helped was getting some more fiber in my diet. I know that fiber can cause gas, but with the stricture you need to move that stuck food along before gas has a chance to build up. I am able to eat granola with yogurt(I know that it is dairy) and it is nature's broom.

You all are describing my symptoms but I am also having alot of pain. Today I am so swollen. I was wondering if I had a stricture or partial obstruction. My right side is swollen where I had my resection. I do the Pepsi to help my burp and it usually helps my stomach settle. I am now on Vicodin for the pain. Eating is hard because more pain comes but i am also hungry at the sametime. This pain is different as before, it is burning too. A low residue diet has helped me in the past ie mashed pototoes, yogurt,rice. Good Luck

My husband doesn't have a stricture (I don't think anyway), but recently he's been having problems with gas and bloating. He's been taking gas-x after every meal, and it has been helping him. He hasn't had any side effects from it. Just FYI, if you were afraid to try gas-x, it's pretty safe.

Anyone ever get checked out for Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO)? This will give you bloating, sticky stools, and some stomach pain. Very easy to treat with a quick 10 day course of antibiotics such as Cipro, Flagyl, Xifaxan or Tetracycline. Just fyi!

That's the next step for my hubby Gail. He's doing "ok". He seems to not have gas in the mornings, it seems to get worse as the day goes on, but he's still only having 1-2 stinky soft but well formed bowel movements a day. The gas smells, and he is bloated, and he has a feeling of being bloated and distended and some pressure with makes him uncomfortable. No cramping or really any other bad feelings - the bloating and pressure keep him up for a bit at night, while the gas-x gets rid of the gas.

My hubby does so poorly on any antibiotics, especially with the threat of c-diff, that the GI is very hesitant to put him on any. We see him again in about 10 days - at which point, I suspect if he's not feeling substantially better, he'll be on antibiotics.

artist guy, btw, my hubby just started taking some papaya enzyme. He just bought the capsules from GNC and is starting slow on taking them. I'll let you know how it goes.

PV