You poor thing! I wish I had some awesome advice for you, but gasx strips helped me tremendously. I found that it was artificial sugar or color in jello that destroyed me. I quit jello and have been pretty gas free. Sugar alcohols also cause these symptoms quite often. I hope that you can get some relief soon.

Ps: love your sense of humor. I too have come close to punching someone in the face over comments lmao

Beano Meltaways. For some, GasX simply doesn't work. I was one of them. 2 Beano Meltaways before I ate and drank anything and boom, bloating done. I will say that post-surgery, I tolerate grains even less well than I did pre-surgery. Now, pretty much every grain but rice kills me and sometimes rice isn't too kind either. Those things will change after surgery. I highly suggest you begin an elimination diet and find the culprit, because it may always give you problems. It sucks, but do it anyway.

First, get the Beano Meltaways. They're cheaper as a 4-pack from Amazon than buying single boxes in the store. However, you should go right this second and buy a box and start using them. At the beginning, I used 1 before I ate/drank anything, which means I was using 2-4 a day. Now, it's only when I'm planning to eat something that I know might give me issues, like our planned sushi for Saturday night. I'll be eating a Beano first.

Once you're doing them for 4 days, do an elimination. Drop out everything except broth and then add things back one at a time over a 4 day period for each food to see if you notice any changes. It could just be the shakes. Use a different powder or try a different brand. I went from Bariatric Advantage to Bariatric Fusion to Muscle Milk over 11 months. When I could no longer tolerate one, I found something else. Again, that's typical post-surgery. Because I would use the elimination diet, I knew what was causing the problems.

Drop out all foods except chicken broth. It's pretty neutral to your system. Then add foods. To try a new protein product, I went back to chicken broth only and added in that new protein. When I found one I liked, I kept using it and slowly added back the foods I'd been eating. I found a couple of "quiet culprits" by doing elimination diets. I keep notes on them and try them occasionally to see if I can tolerate them again. A couple of them, yes. A couple, no.

You are an ongoing scientific experiment. You are your own guinea pig. Experiments can be painful, but not experimenting can be just as painful. Better to know than to wonder.