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Tonchi · 08-02-2006, 02:22 AM

What you have to effectively do is eliminate ALL fat from your diet. More than 5 grams per day will put you into a state which morphine will barely touch. I lasted nearly eight months between diagnosis (Thanksgiving weekend, not surprisingly a time when many gall bladders flare up) and the actual operation, while trying to get together funds to pay for it all because I had no health insurance. When they began the laproscopy, it was discovered that my gall bladder had completely disintegrated and they had to rush in a different surgeon to make a large incision and flush out my body cavity with saline. The doctor had 15 years experience in this kind of operation and she said she had never seen anything like it, she said it should have been impossible for me to stand the pain. Up to the time I lay down on the table I had been functioning on Tylenol and a no-fat diet, though, simply because I had no choice.

Oh yeah, and I lost 12 pounds too.

Do not rationalize or look for temporary fixes. Quit trying to fool yourself. Once the gallstones start they do not go completely away later, you will have to have the operation now or someday, but you will have it. Better now than at the autopsy, huh? Unless you are especially fond of the idea of massive pain and possible death, get it now.

08-02-2006, 02:22 AM	#24
Tonchi Victim of gravity Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Hiding in plain sight Posts: 1,412	What you have to effectively do is eliminate ALL fat from your diet. More than 5 grams per day will put you into a state which morphine will barely touch. I lasted nearly eight months between diagnosis (Thanksgiving weekend, not surprisingly a time when many gall bladders flare up) and the actual operation, while trying to get together funds to pay for it all because I had no health insurance. When they began the laproscopy, it was discovered that my gall bladder had completely disintegrated and they had to rush in a different surgeon to make a large incision and flush out my body cavity with saline. The doctor had 15 years experience in this kind of operation and she said she had never seen anything like it, she said it should have been impossible for me to stand the pain. Up to the time I lay down on the table I had been functioning on Tylenol and a no-fat diet, though, simply because I had no choice. Oh yeah, and I lost 12 pounds too. Do not rationalize or look for temporary fixes. Quit trying to fool yourself. Once the gallstones start they do not go completely away later, you will have to have the operation now or someday, but you will have it. Better now than at the autopsy, huh? Unless you are especially fond of the idea of massive pain and possible death, get it now. __________________ Everything you've ever heard about Fresno is true.