Gallstones

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  • Fuzzipeg
    Fuzzipeg Posts: 2,301 Member
    Some find relief by adding lemon juice or fresh ginger to flavour hot water, this can be cooled if preferred. This works by increasing one's own digestive acid which eases bile flow reducing the amount of bile salts which clump making the stones. It works better along side advised dietary changes to help things settle. A health food store would be able to direct you to some other products which help many.
  • itsalifestylenotadiet
    itsalifestylenotadiet Posts: 120 Member
    nicoleggates wrote: »
    I got my gall bladder out about 7 years ago and it was a very easy surgery. I went in at 7 am and was at home relaxing and watching TV by 11 am. It isn't a difficult surgery. There are some tummy issues as your buddy adjusts to not having a gall bladder, but that goes away.

    Getting that darn thing out was the best thing I ever did. Gallstones are ridiculously painful. I think that was more painful than childbirth.

    I was thinking the same thing and I had my last two children with no pain meds. Lol
  • markrgeary1
    markrgeary1 Posts: 853 Member
    I didn't listen and had a rough year eating greasy food. It eventually went away. Pay attention to the docs add back foods you want slowly. Life's so much better that it's gone.
  • Golbat
    Golbat Posts: 276 Member
    edited August 2016
    itsalifestylenotadiet wrote: »
    nicoleggates wrote: »
    I got my gall bladder out about 7 years ago and it was a very easy surgery. I went in at 7 am and was at home relaxing and watching TV by 11 am. It isn't a difficult surgery. There are some tummy issues as your buddy adjusts to not having a gall bladder, but that goes away.

    Getting that darn thing out was the best thing I ever did. Gallstones are ridiculously painful. I think that was more painful than childbirth.

    I was thinking the same thing and I had my last two children with no pain meds. Lol

    Mine were without pain meds too. Gallstones are a different kind of pain, and it felt worse to me. Horrible! I tried not just eating greasy foods but eventually I had the pain with pretty much anything. It's horrible.

  • gracesmom0626
    gracesmom0626 Posts: 1 Member
    I had mine out. It's not a big deal. After a few weeks of recovery your body will adjust and you will be able to eat whatever. I will say some days some foods don't digest well and I have to poop but I was in so much pain with my gallstones I don't care.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    My OH had his gallbladder out almost 4 years ago and only needed to change his diet for a very short time.

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