Is it just me?

[Crohn'sGirl]

Hey my fellow ostomates got a question for you all. I heard that drinking soda can make your bag fill up with gas and it gets full of air so I have stayed away from soda thinking it was the carbonation that causes that. I started drinking sweet tea instead and it still seems to blow up pretty big at night or after I drink the tea. Is it caffeine that makes it fill up with gas? I'm just not sure what I should drink that would cause it to not blow up!

 

[Terriernut]

Everyone is different. But is it possible it's the sugar that is getting to you?

Do you take probiotics? That could help.

 

[littlefreebird]

sometimes my bag inflates with air. i have not yet found a link to anything i have eaten as i eat a bit of everything lol.

i do think bags will inflate more at night for some reason and could also be because you empty less.

i live on fizzy drinks and don't drink much else, i heard on this forum that a lot of ostomates couldn't drink it but i have never had any problems

 

[Nyx]

I've never had problems with pop either...I drink it all the time and don't find that it makes my bag fill up too much. I use a filtered bag though, so if I do have the farts it tends to dissipate it pretty fast.

 

[Jeff D.]

For me I could drink nothing but coke one day and not have a balloon bag in the morning, I could also do the same thing and have a balloon bag the next morning. It doesn't really matter and I think it has more to do with how much I eat and how late.

 

[sparkles]

For me it's when I have bubble gum, and it even makes popping noises! haha

 

[lari]

I love to eat ice.... but it will fill the bag within hours with air/gas. So if I'm gonna chew on ice for awhile I know I will have to deal with it for sure. Whatever I drink has never seemed to matter.

 

[PsychoJane]

I avoid soda, beer, carbonated drinks in general when I know I won't get a chance to burb my bag cause it really inflate my bag. Coffee and teas don't seem to be a problem for me though, it upsets my digestion and give me noisy stomach but I don't see difference in the amount of air in my bag. It would not be impossible that caffeine causes it I believe though.

 

[kossy]

the only time my bag fills with gas is when I eat real fatty foods, mainly fast food joints. I find it funny that the fact fast food will make me gain wieght didn't make me stopping eating it, but the fact that it turns my bag into a Thanksgiving day parade balloon does.
Even though the gas I'm our bags is lighter then the air around us it still wont trick the scales telling is we're thinner.