The most helpful thing to bring to bear is patience. I was in the hospital for 10 days after my one-stage surgery, and it was an awfully long 10 days. Consider that "this, too, shall pass." Good luck for quick progress.

Everything is now passing through a long and much narrower tube. Gas, mixed with liquid and solid poop is all competing for a way out of the pipeline. So help the gas find it's way to the light, as long as things are not too solid, it will work its way to freedom. Lie down on a "flat surface", I only use the floor, and roll from one side to the other, pausing long enough to allow the gas to move. You can hear and/or feel it working it's way down and out. With a little push, it's gone. I do this every night before bed, even if I don't feel gassy. It helps reduce the accidents dramatically and I'm able to sleep through the night 95% of the time. Good Luck, Jeff

One day, while sitting on the toilet soon after takedown, I found I had to cough hard.  Lo and behold, out came effluent followed by a whoosh of explosive gas.  So.......now.......if I want to expel gas and don't seem to be able to do so easily, I sit on the toilet (knees kind of bent toward chest) and cough as hard as I can.  Works for me!

Hey, whatever it takes to get that gas to pass. 

Have done all those things - roll on the floor, get on one side or the other and sort of push around on my abdomen - yes, laughing...and toe touching.  I found through time it got much easier.  Would get into whatever weird position to make to pass.  If you can't get it to and have to go in for ng tube, (easy to say) but try not to panic.  I went through that a couple times and eventually it worked itself out.  Once they went in and removed a bunch of adhesions and put something in there - I forget what it was - some kind of cloth coating?  - years ago - and that time the adhesions really did get better.  So, we are with you and it will get better.  Hopefully, with just lots of walking and doing whatever it takes to make it happen at home. 

One more bit of advise. Do your best to relax the abdomen as much as possible. When I lie down on the floor and roll from one side to the other I can hear/feel the gas moving more easily as I relax.

Thanks everyone for your responses. In the end they said it just took longer than usual for the bowel swelling to reduce and I'm out now, with a much easier time of passing gas. 

FANTASTIC NEWS!!!!