Gallstones anyone?

I finally had to have mine removed they were awful. I only ate bland food. Mashed potatoes were a staple. Lol.

my bf also had to have hers removed, she was in agony anytime she ate too much fat.

do you have health insurance? Start being a squeaky wheel to your docs about the severe pain you experience. "I am bored with my bland diet" will not score you a gall bladder surgery (they will just expect you to live with it), but "I cannot stand up straight from the pain" just might.

good luck!

eta: her scar on her tummy is smaller than the eraser on a pencil. It looks like a tiny dot.

I had trouble finding foods to eat as well. I finally opted to have my gallbladder removed last August. Recovery time was about three days (I'm a fast healer.....it takes a lot to keep me down) and I was back to normal activities. Some people have issues with certain foods following surgery but I've had NO issues to speak of. No more gallbladder attacks! It was so worth it for me!

I hope someone posts some foods that help you.

Gallstones won't go away on their own, so if you have them, getting your gallbladder out will be the best way to go.

I had them after I had my first son and it was horrible. Basically do what you're doing...avoid anything that triggers it. that for me was chocolate, anything fatty, cheesy, fried or greasy. (So anything that tasted good).
I have found that I have phantom pain now and then when i don't eat enough, so having half a slice of plain bread seems to cure those attacks for me. You can try this, but I don't knwo if it'll work for you,.
My heart goes out to you and hope you get this solved soon!

Boy ! do I know the pain, its unbearable......I didn't know what the attacks were until I went to the emergency room one night for what we thought was a bad reaction to a new medication, come to find out I had a gall bladder loaded with stones and had to have an emergency removal......not to scare you but stay on top of it and maybe you should have it removed. Good Luck with the weight loss and befriend me if you want to

there are natural ways to dissolve gallstones and there is also prescribed medication that will dissolve gallstones. Yes, you can live without your gallbladder however, it is almost a guarantee that you can become a diabetic as a result.
Did you get a medical diagnosis?

hm

http://www.livestrong.com/article/184721-gallbladder-removal-risks/
My mom ended up with diabetes and from the diabetes..fatty liver disease and from the fatty liver cirrhosis of the liver and cirrhosis has a high risk of liver cancer, which she has now..certainly motivates you to not eat anymore garbage..that is what motivated me.

Definitely true about the rapid weight loss. I had to have my gall bladder out after developing gall stones after I lost 140 pounds in 9 months. Apparently that's so true that when people have gastric bypass surgery nowadays they remove the gall bladder too since it's so common, that's what my surgeon told me.

I had it out 6 years ago and have no residual problems. You are supposed to carry on eating a bland diet afterwards but I didn't have any issues besides phantom pain where my gall bladder used to be, and that went away after a few months. The very odd time I still get that if I eat something very fatty. The scars are teeny tiny.

If you think you might have gall stones, my experience was 2 times in a row after eating greasy food the night before, I woke up early in the morning doubled over in pain. It kind of felt like a stomach ache but I wasn't nauseated. Basically the gall stones block the duct which releases bile into the stomach that digests your food. If it can't get through, your food sits there and takes way longer to digest so the pain of the blockage and the digestion is what kills you.

Some people live with it and try not to eat anything that bothers them, or get the stones themselves out. But once the gall bladder is inflamed you have to get the whole thing out. The liver then takes over producing more bile to digest your food.

Hope that helped!

jess, I just sent you an email about my results I just got back from my physical from 12 21, 2010........I was diagnosed with gall stones, 10 years ago, but never had a problem........In every physical ,they show up

I started my weight loss 11 months ago, lost 120 lbs, and I as of yesterday, when I got my results in the mail, I NOW HAVE NORMAL LIVER FUCNTIONS

Because of my exercise and nutrition, my liver function levels are normal..........I was blown away, but again ,Ive never had problems with my gall bladder before...........Also, my blood sugars, ( triglicireides) dropped from 110 to 59, and my Cholesterol dropped to 149.....

Im no Dr but I got these results because of a life change that dealt with nutrition and exercise............I sent you an email, keep in touch, I have a follow up appt with my Dr, but I will adress this latest result with him

I dont know if you can dissolve them, really, I ve read different things, but again, for me, and this applies to me only, my liver fuctions have returned to a normal reading................... Keep in touch, LLoyd

That can very.
You're nauseous/in pain at once. You feel like vomiting, but it's too painful and you don't want to get up.
Gall attacks are terrible. They're sharp pains. I had mine starting in the center of my diaphragm and when I pressed into it, it extended through the rest of my stomach. It usually lasts for a few hours, it wakes me up at night and I'm constantly tired during the day because of it.

That's the best way to describe it.

I have given birth 6 times and many of those time it was all natural.....let me tell you that it was nothing compared to the pain of my gall bladder attack. I almost died because we waited too long (my gallbladder was turning black and infected). I had it removed and they had to do open surgery and I have a 8" scare because of that. Try to have it removed before it get too bad.

So here's the deal... I have gallstones and so my diet is very limited.
I need to watch my fat intake as well as foods that make me gassy because the bloating is simply unbearable!

Now I'm looking up foods I'm trying to eat and there's almost NOTHING I can eat that won't trigger one or the other.

I guess where I'm trying to get at is I'm curious to know if there's anybody else that's suffering from this? You should add me because it'd be nice to befriend other people who understand this pain. My friends and family sympathize, but it's not the same. I'm constantly either in pain or discomfort and I'm ALWAYS hungry because I can't eat much! Haha.

I had my gallbladder removed in September. I find it odd that your doctor wouldn't schedule surgery, especially since you're in pain. There's no cure for gallstones, the pain is not going to go away either. That thing needs to come out! I know what you're going through. I never had any symptoms dealing with fatty foods, but I sure as h*ll had some gallbladder attacks. WORST pain in the world. Please talk to your doctor!