Gallstones! I can't eat anything!

[Iloveonionchutney]

I am awaiting a scan to confirm that I have them, but spent New Year's Eve in a&e and am now having another attack, probably my fault I ate cheese at lunchtime, but I also have Crohn's, so I can't eat fruit and veg as it is, and now I can't have fat or dairy! I'm running out of things to eat :-( are there any good milks that don't taste like crap, I've tried soy and I'd rather starve! I'm on tramadol and that's on,y just taking the edge off, with a 3 year old running around and hubby working stupid hours I'm feeling very sorry myself

Poor you, I have gallstones (8 in fact) and I know how horrible attacks can be . When is the scan ? I don't what to suggest to help, when it happens to me it's always in the middle of the night, I take some paracetamol and something called Smecta and it helps a bit.

Almond milk is yummy, I agree with the soy milk, it doesn't taste nice !

Oh, you poor thing!

When I had them, I lived on jacket potatoes, baked beans, pasta, soup, salads and sushi, but it sounds like a lot of that is out for you?

I'm still waiting to here when the scan is, they said in the next few weeks. Ebpven morphine didn't help much when I was in a&e, I think I'll end up having to go back in, if I'm there too much perhaps they'll hurry things up! I'd rather go through childbirth again, it's so bloody miserable, and I can't even have chocolate to cheer myself up!

Jackets and soup are probably ok! Beans and salad are a no go for me, and pasta is ok, just depends on what I put with it, can't have creamy sauces and I have to make my own tomato sauce without the seeds, so more hassle than it's worth sometimes!
I'll try almond milk, I haven't had that, I can manage berries so I'm thinking with a nice milk I can make milkshakes at least and get some nutrition!

Have you had buscopan for the pain? It's an anti spasmodic and might help alongside the tramadol. My SIL was in a&e with kidney stones and morphine wasn't touching her but the buscopan really did. Sounds hideous, hope it goes soon.

I have bus open too, just dosed up on them and tramadol and got my hot water bottle! Just counting down the minutes til bedtime for dd, she's been copying a lot lately and saying she's not well all the time, so I'm trying not to show it and I actually just want to roll around on the sofa and have a good cry!

Buscopan and co-codamol were my painkillers of choice. The pain was much worse than childbirth for me too.

Is tinned spaghetti any good? I also ate a lot of that. Lost a LOT of weight, as you can imagine.

Bloody autocorrect lol, I did mean buscopan!

I was prescribed cocodamol and buscopan when I had it, didnt touch it. It's a vile vile pain.

I practically lived off of low fat sweet and sour chicken and dry bran flakes for the 6 months before the OP. was pretty miserable.

My friend had her gall bladder removed last year and she managed fine with weetabix.

hope youre sorted soon.

Poor you. You could ask your Doctor for something. I had Lanzoprasole one per day in the morning. They worked really well. But low fat diet too is a good idea.

I have omeprazole anyway which is the same, I'm rattling with my Crohn's meds, take 15 pills before bed! I just hope they take it out sooner rather than later, because of my Crohn's it will always be an issue now! I'm just feeling a bit miserable and needed a moan tbh!

Bananas?
Rice cakes?
So sorry to hear you are in pain :( it's the pits.
Nefapam is pretty good.
Do take paracetamol with the tramadol - it increases it's efficacy.