Anyone changed their diet drastically after Gall Bladder Removal? Need some advice

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I had my gall bladder removed just under 2 years ago. Since then I haven;t had HUGE problems, but I have been aware that I cannot eat heavy cream foods or fry ups otherwise I feel sick and have to continuallt go to the toilet which can be very annoying if out for a meal, or at this time of year with big meals etc.

So, I have come to the decision that I need to drastically change my diet, I know it is not good generally but, searching on the net, I can see that I need to cut out coffee and processed foods and dairy and certain types of fat but i don't have a clue how or where to start as I have never had to watch what I eat or follow any specific diets.

Does anyone know of any books or websites that would assist me in my quest?

Sorry, dont know any as I didnt really research... but do find cream/fat does not agree with me so I just tend to avoid it. Cheese is my downfall tho, cant resist it and it causes havoc with my digestive system.

Me too re the cheese. I LOVE it and yet, if I eat too much I end up actually physically throwing up Mind you it was probably cheese that caused the gall stones in ths first place

i have been trying so hard to be careful, but i need educated as to which fats to avoid etc. i thought cheese was ok for me until this holiay, i really enjoyed the cheeseboatd, but paid for it the next day. usually, though, i pay almost immideiately after eating something i shouldn't have

anyone else?

If I eat a heavy fat diet now, my gall stones play havoc and I get very painful attacks (can't have it removed until DC2 is born)......does this mean that after removal, it doesn't improve and I still won't be able to eat cream / curries / cheese?

When I first got gall bladder problems, I was advised to read Rosemary Conely's Hip & Thigh diet as she devised this after suffering herslf...I got a copy from e-bay for 99p....may be worth a read....

thanks littlemiss, I'll take a look for that on ebay just now. I, like you, suffered through my 2nd pregnancy with gallstones. The surgeons actually offered to operate on me while pregnant
I think that everyone is different and I know that there is medication that can be prescribed. I no longer suffer the pain, just quick dashes to the toilet when I eat fatty foods . I'd rather have that than the gallstone attacks!

The advice used to be (when I was a slip of a Student Nurse) that after a gall bladder removal you needed to be on a low fat diet for life,because the "bag" which held the bile,had been removed,so the bile is trickling slowly all the time,instead of alot being released when "activated" by a large fatty meal.

Having said that,my Dad had one,and although he ate a "healthy" diet afterwards,he is able to eat cream etc.in moderation.

My mum had hers removed a few years ago, and swears it was a dreadful op - took ages to recover. And she still feels bad if she eats cream etc.
I find stress exacerbates mine, but I seem to be down to an annual (around Christmas!) attack, so I'd rather put up with that.
I don't eat any processed foods or much dairy anyway, so it's not too difficult.