kind of disgusting, but i need advice

melissarosamond

Any reason for not wanting GB removed? The problem lies in the fact of ANY kind of fat in your food, even the good kind, and that makes you throw up because the GB cannot break it down. Had the same issue, GB removed at 24 and was a wise decision. On the good side, usually happens when you have lost weight and changed eating habits so much your body cannot cope!

girlinahat

you will have your gallbladder removed when the time comes for you to make that choice. I put off having mine taken out, and it took a gallbladder infection and crazy whole-body itching to make me see sense. I didn't feel like waiting until I developed pancreatitis.

But being in the UK - once I had made the decision to agree to surgery I had to start from the bottom of the waiting list again, so another 18 weeks of painful attacks. Not fun.

Carry on as you are for now, but never say never.

danmcgarrigle5

My surgery was emergency, btw.

ERCP????

I forget the actual name, but it's doctor talk for tie you face down to the bed and shove a garden hose into your pancreas through your mouth while you are awake.

I had to have stents put into the ducts of my pancreas and liver, and then have them removed 2 months later because I had stones that made their way up into both

ashlinmarie

My mother-in-law waited too long to get her gall bladder out and she is still recovering after 3 years. She dropped about 60 pounds because she was unable to eat anything. The doctor told her after 6 months that she should be able to eat normally, but as I said, that was 3 years ago and she still can't eat more than 10 items...shrimp with no oils or butters or salts, salad, pasta with no sauce...etc. Anything else will make her throw up.

If she had gotten it out sooner, it wouldn't have been as serious and she would probably be fine now. I'd get it out to be safe.

BonaFideUK

People die from ignoring gallbladder problems. You should speak to a doctor. They would only recommend the surgery if you need it.

suiteblooms

This thread has taken a turn for unsolicited advice about a condition of health, rather than answering the question about how many calories should be counted when a meal is lost to vomiting. It seems to me that if your body is rejecting the food that you have eaten, and you are vomiting up the contents of your stomach, then not much of your food would have made it further into the digestive tract. To me, It would seem that if the loss occurs within an hour of eating, then you would likely have lost around 90% of the calories consumed. At that point, I would wait a while and then try eating something light. Don't worry as much about counting calories on days when this occurs. Remember that your body is not a calculator, and that while it is advisable to count calories for weight loss...(I've done it with wonderful results) you need to pay attention to the cues you are getting from your body.

And since it's been brought up, I may as well weigh in on the surgery / no surgery debate. I am of the opionion that Doctors and Surgeons are wonderful - to some extent. They removed my father's Spleen when it burst in an accident, and they repaired my shattered Tibia. Without a competent surgeon, my father would have died, and I would never have walked again. I am very grateful for the work that they did. That being said, surgery always has risks. Mistakes can be made, infections can be contracted etc. Additionally, the human body has a Gall Bladder for a reason. It serves a purpose. It has a function. To me, it seems that it would be beneficial to make every effort to repair your body rather than cutting it apart. The oil pull cleanse doesn't sound 1) expensive 2) risky 3) intrusive. It sounds like 2 days of doing something that will be uncomfortable... dare i say making that a lousy week. And yes, you may vomit. But it's worth a try. Doing so doesn't mean that you can't have surgery if your condition worsens. And if it helps, I once did a Liver cleanse that might make drinking olive oil seem a bit easier. The cleanse was 7 days long. Day 1 press 1 clove of garlic and press a 1 x 1" piece of ginger. Combine into 8 oz of grape juice. Drink. (On day 1 I gagged.) Day 2 increased to 2 cloves of garlic + the other ingredients. I was instructed to increase the garlic by 1 clove every day until Day 7. This day was 7 cloves of Garlic, a 1 x 1" piece of Ginger and 8 oz of grape juice. By day 6 I was throwing up. I couldn't do day 7. To this day the smell of ginger makes me gag. PS. I'm glad I did it. PPS. Use a straw. PPPS. Rent a bunch of movies that will make you happy & paint your toe nails on the day of the cleanse. Might as well get something out of it.

Best wishes

babymaddux

This thread has taken a turn for unsolicited advice about a condition of health, rather than answering the question about how many calories should be counted when a meal is lost to vomiting. It seems to me that if your body is rejecting the food that you have eaten, and you are vomiting up the contents of your stomach, then not much of your food would have made it further into the digestive tract. To me, It would seem that if the loss occurs within an hour of eating, then you would likely have lost around 90% of the calories consumed. At that point, I would wait a while and then try eating something light. Don't worry as much about counting calories on days when this occurs. Remember that your body is not a calculator, and that while it is advisable to count calories for weight loss...(I've done it with wonderful results) you need to pay attention to the cues you are getting from your body.

And since it's been brought up, I may as well weigh in on the surgery / no surgery debate. I am of the opionion that Doctors and Surgeons are wonderful - to some extent. They removed my father's Spleen when it burst in an accident, and they repaired my shattered Tibia. Without a competent surgeon, my father would have died, and I would never have walked again. I am very grateful for the work that they did. That being said, surgery always has risks. Mistakes can be made, infections can be contracted etc. Additionally, the human body has a Gall Bladder for a reason. It serves a purpose. It has a function. To me, it seems that it would be beneficial to make every effort to repair your body rather than cutting it apart. The oil pull cleanse doesn't sound 1) expensive 2) risky 3) intrusive. It sounds like 2 days of doing something that will be uncomfortable... dare i say making that a lousy week. And yes, you may vomit. But it's worth a try. Doing so doesn't mean that you can't have surgery if your condition worsens. And if it helps, I once did a Liver cleanse that might make drinking olive oil seem a bit easier. The cleanse was 7 days long. Day 1 press 1 clove of garlic and press a 1 x 1" piece of ginger. Combine into 8 oz of grape juice. Drink. (On day 1 I gagged.) Day 2 increased to 2 cloves of garlic + the other ingredients. I was instructed to increase the garlic by 1 clove every day until Day 7. This day was 7 cloves of Garlic, a 1 x 1" piece of Ginger and 8 oz of grape juice. By day 6 I was throwing up. I couldn't do day 7. To this day the smell of ginger makes me gag. PS. I'm glad I did it. PPS. Use a straw. PPPS. Rent a bunch of movies that will make you happy & paint your toe nails on the day of the cleanse. Might as well get something out of it.

Best wishes

thank you for answering the question instead of giving me horror stories. i listened to my doctor at the time, and with him, made the decision to see how things go. i still stick by that decision. 1 bad day every 4-6 weeks (or a lot less as is often the case) isn't enough of a reason for me to rip out part of my body. if it gets worse, i'll reconsider...