bluelakelady

hi jan,
i don't know if it is fms or cmp or just plain weirdness. i have the same experience. it has been going on for about 8 years. does it sometimes actually hurt? my tummy puffs up and i look pregnant. my pants suddenly shrink a size and bending becomes an issue for an hour or so. i have found eating only a tiny bit at meals and eating very slowly helps. also removing myself from everyone for a good, rather loud belch or two. being a lady i do try to dash away for that part, giggle. sometimes i don't make it so i giggle, blush, and say, my was that me? giggle.
i did have a bucket of tests done to assure nothing bad was happening. i take protonix and pepcid daily. takes away the pain, not the fullness or the symphony of air as it is bubbles up and out.
thinking back this may have started when i was having trouble eating due to nauseau. i noticed one day that i was wolfing down my food, trying to hurry before the barfy feelings came. that still happens sometimes. i pay attention now.
the test i had involved going to sleep, yea! having a little tube with a camera and such inserted down my throat for a look see. had one up the other end at the same time. i had a dream about being on a rotiserrie over a huge fire. skewered i believe is the word. bizarre. i woke up laughing and coughing. when i told the nurse why i was laughing it set the whole room off. leave em laughing.
peace,
bluelakelady