Has anyone out there managed gallbladder without resorting to surgery?? Determined to find another way, but am not keen on the olive oil cocktail idea ... :-)

[Jackaroo]

About a year ago I had what was v. likely a gallstone-passing pain, pain under right ribs, & in shoulder, and feeling sick etc etc.. walking home from work (pram ended up in the road, but that's another story...)..

So, one u/sound later, and they think there was something but that it's passed. I haven't really thought any more about it, but have been feeling rough due to Gland.Fever this year, and the gp had a good old search around yesterday to make sure it's nothing else. He lunged at my liver (!) and I yelped, he suspects an unhappy Gbladder again... with a booking form to take for another u/sound "if it continues to be a problem". Well it wasn't til he poked it!

Have been feeling sick all day, and not really eaten much.

So, sorry about all that pre amble... the bottom line is that I've no intention of having my gallbladder out, when it's actually got a function (yes, it has )if there's anything else that I can do.

Has anyone had any success with change of diet etc?

Cheers

J

There is something you can do with olive oil and cider vinegar. This really works, my DP has used it more than once. will see if i can find anything on the i/net about it as he is not around atm to ask...

There is something you can do with olive oil and cider vinegar. This really works, my DP has used it more than once. will see if i can find anything on the i/net about it as he is not around atm to ask...

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Try this curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=973745

Yep, that was the olive oil cocktail I was worried about! It sounds really violent - can you give me any details? Was he confined to the bathroom for a whole weekend??!! Thanks for the link too..

J

After I read it i was a bit revolted myself. But I think anyone would prefer it to rolling round on a hospital floor screaming in agony (him).

He eats lots of olive oil on his food. I think if the stones are not very big, you don't really have to do the whole fast business, but the apple cider vinegar is fantastic, for other things too.

Sorry not many details right now. Will ask him as soon as he gets home. Keep bumping the thread.

thanks fireflytoo, that would be great - I've just read that it can be dangerous if you don't know the size of the stones as they can get stuck - I guess it depends how fast they get to woosh out!

Any other ideas?

Hmmm... I think this looks a lot more reassuring... www.haleclinic.com/ailments/gall/

... am on a quest now!! grin

I had surgery, it was fine and now I am marvelous!

i was yellow before and in extreme pain every time I ate fat. Quite frankly if I had drunk olive oil I would have been in agony.

i mean

Rosemary COnley started her empire on the basis of a low-fat diet to avoid gallbladder surgery/to help with gallstones.

She's had surgery since though.

The gall bladder stores and releaces the bile that is needed to emulsify the fats and oils in our diet.

The less fat and oils you have in the diet, the better for your gall bladder.

If you are overwieght, then losing the weight can help a little too

To be perfectly honest with you the attacks I had were so bad that if they went on any longer I would have performed surgery on myself to get rid of the pain. Worse than childbirth, hideous, hideous pain.

If you think that you can manage the pain, do so, but don't rule out surgery, you don't get prizes for suffering and if a stone blocks your bile duct you can get seriously ill.

Ooh, I like this being in a different time zone malarkey - by the time I get back there are lots of answers - thank you.....

I'm not planning on getting a prize for avoiding surgery, but I've been very run down this year, and I know that having this done can affect fat metabolism which in turn affects hormone levels, which I've had a real problem with too... not to mention I now know that you can get all the symptoms even without the gall bladder (just in the liver though)...

Anyway, I thought I was immune, and have eaten butter and olive oil with relish for my whole adult life - but see the merits of slowing that down then. Cannot imagine a fat free life though (also not recommended for various reasons I've been told - confused? I am...) ...

I too found the pain last time completely beyond anything (except double recommended dose of syntocinin (sp?) without an epidural.. which made me a ranting mad woman.. gallstone didn't do that..), hence letting go of the pram and it ending up in the road...

glitterfairy, I have to say yellow doesn't sound a sensible colour...

so, I guess I need to call my gp tomorrow, tell him that I've been suffering all weekend since he prodded my liver, and can I please use my u/sound referral... then I'll know if I need to get it out, or whether olive oil, shaken not stirred, is the answer.

Thanks all, human and helpful as ever