What about Gas

GF-aka Oma · Post by **GF-aka Oma** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:23 pm

Wow!! I had forgotton how Much gas you can have with MC or is it me?

I have done nothing but pass wind

and I am kinda tired of it~I have laid off gassy foods and no alcohol, I'm at a loss.

Feel like I ate a doz eggs!!

Post by **tex** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:35 pm

Hi Oma,

I was always puffed up like a toad frog when I was reacting. My problem was that I couldn't get rid of the gas, until the reaction cycle came to an end. It was so bad sometimes that I was afraid that I would bust a gut, for sure. When I had my colonoscopy, the GI doc pointed out that my colon was way oversize, (he described it as voluminous), and when I had my surgery, years later, the surgeon pointed out that my intestines were at least 30% longer than normal.

So, IMO, it's much better to get rid of that gas, if you can, because it can really stretch your intestines, if it stays trapped for a long time.

Tex

GF-aka Oma · Post by **GF-aka Oma** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 7:38 pm

I ended up staying in the bathroom alot and just plain passing gas everyone here gets the Mc thing, so it's ok. I had no Idea about the stretching of the intestines tho~That's interesting. I feel better today and for now have the D in control. I have started meditating again and it relaxes me some. As always you are a vast amt of Knowledge~

Post by **tex** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 10:30 pm

My gas problems were probably a lot worse than average, because I also had a stenosis, (narrowing), in my sigmoid colon, which probably made getting rid of gas, (and anything else, except D), more difficult.

Love,
Tex

coryhub · Post by **coryhub** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 12:53 pm

This information makes sense to me although I'd never really thought about it. Sometimes my stomach is so distended I look like a starving Biafran child with my skinny arms, legs and distended stomach. I see now that it is importance to expunge the gas. I don't want to stretch my intestines and colon so I will be even more dedicated to not eating gas producing food items. This weekend, I ate only tried and true foods and today I feel great. How I did it though was to isolate and stay home all weekend. I am getting obsessive (necessarily) about diet so I stayed home and cooked enough meals to last me two weeks. As time goes by I get better and better at this but still it's hard to be consistently good. It's taken me so long to get to this point and I pray I don't keep backsliding. I really enjoyed eating a whole pint of "So's" coconut Chocolate ice cream. Happy Valentines to me and to everyone.