Gall Bladder

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  • jackie_kv
    jackie_kv Posts: 1
    I used to have attacks before I started watching my diet. I avoid coffee, fatty foods, and egg yolks. I haven't had problems since.
    It helps to start a day with a glass of warm water with lemon juice and a spoon of olive oil in it.
  • KimAggie04
    KimAggie04 Posts: 165 Member
    I had my gallbladder removed in November because of gallstones. I understand that it's common for women who have had children to develope gallstones. It has something to do with the way the pregnancy hormones effect the gallbladder.
  • RunHardBeStrong
    RunHardBeStrong Posts: 33,069 Member
    Yep, had to have mine removed last year after losing 70ish lbs. I was told the same thing by my doctor. I don't miss it and have felt so much better since surgery.
  • RunHardBeStrong
    RunHardBeStrong Posts: 33,069 Member
    It is a common side effect of QUICK weight loss and very low calorie/very low fat diets....http://win.niddk.nih.gov/publications/gallstones.htm


    I've lost a total of 50 lbs including what I lost before joining MFP but it's taken me 10 months to lose it.

    Yeah, my weight loss was slow and steady, took just over a year to lose 70 lbs and I never ate less than 1800 calories. I still had sludge, stones and slowed production. Had mine removed last year.
  • tarstsr
    tarstsr Posts: 10 Member
    Just had my gall bladder removed yesterday. How long until I don't look pregnant! My stomach is gigantic and so uncomfortable right now! Been drinking lots and walking some. Any advice?
  • HeadsPoppingOutOfCups
    HeadsPoppingOutOfCups Posts: 115
    I started yoyo dieting very young (usually just not eating for days) and as a result had to get mine out in my early 20's.
  • SanteMulberry
    SanteMulberry Posts: 3,202 Member
    Just had my gall bladder removed yesterday. How long until I don't look pregnant! My stomach is gigantic and so uncomfortable right now! Been drinking lots and walking some. Any advice?

    I would check in with your surgeon--especially if you have any trace of a fever. Your surgeon should have someone working on call for him. If you start spiking a fever, or experience severe pain, you should go to the E.R. right away. If you aren't feeling significantly better by tomorrow, I would certainly ask for a follow-up visit with the surgeon.
  • onwarddownward
    onwarddownward Posts: 1,683 Member
    I had to have mine out in 2008 after dieting on a low fat diet and losing 120 lbs. worst surgery ever. I have post gallbladder syndrome.
  • pwittek10
    pwittek10 Posts: 723 Member
    YES!
    Because your gall bladder continues to produce for all the fats that you are no
    longer eating thus you get the stones.
    I lost mine the first time I lost 50 pounds about 7 years ago.
    My surgery was not bad at all, just 5 little holes, I recover in 3 days.
  • jboccio90
    jboccio90 Posts: 644 Member
    I still have mine and I was having quite a few attacks when I would eat high fat food after eating very lean.

    One trick that worked almost every time is black coffee, something in it causes a hormone to release and the stone to pass.

    Like I would have an issue, drink a cup of coffee and it be gone with in 15 mins.
  • poohpoohpeapod
    poohpoohpeapod Posts: 776 Member
    Thats what I have told people on MFP and they pooh poohd me..it is from too little calories and/or too fast weight loss. I had them after losing 70lbs on atkins yearsago.
  • belle_of_the_bar
    belle_of_the_bar Posts: 474 Member
    Just had my gall bladder removed yesterday. How long until I don't look pregnant! My stomach is gigantic and so uncomfortable right now! Been drinking lots and walking some. Any advice?

    Did you have a laproscopic surgery? They inflate your abdomen to remove the gallbladder, so you'll be puffed for a couple of days, but it does pass. You'll feel better soon.

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