🙂 HI. WELL WHOT CAN I SAY. I HAD MY G/B REMOVED BACK IN FEB 2009. STILL FEEL THAT ITS STILL THERE. RIBS ON RIGHT SIDE STILL GIVE ME JIP HERE AND THERE. BUT I HAVE LOST 21LBS IN THE LAST SIX WEEKS. I STILL GET SOME FORM OF HEART BURN IF I EAT SOME FATTY FOODS WHICH I AVOID AS MUCH AS I CAN. GASSSY IS ONE WAY OF PUTTING IT NO MATTER WHOT I EAT. LOOSE BOWELS MAY BE ONCE A MONTH. GAVISCON, WORKS FOR ME.SO I WILL GIVE IT A LITTLE MORE TIME TO SEE IF THIS WILL SETTLE, THEN MAY GO TO MY GP.