Evidently I am under attack by my own gall bladder and it's evil minion of stones!
I hope to be back to my regular Blog-O-Matic self here in a couple days.
If anyone knows of things I can eat that won't kill me I'd love to hear from you. Maybe leave suggestions in the comments section. Popsicles and cottage cheese has been about the size of it for a couple days, oh and some sports drink. Hot coffee eases the pain so I drink that too but if you guys have any suggestions please post them.
Much much thanks to RJ at Global Glass Onion and the Ozarker at Conflicted Doomer for all their help and well wishes. Do visit their excellent blogs along with Mr. Bill at the Downward Spiral. Check out the forums at the bottom too.
Oh, Kiwi messaged me about the Victorian Pharmacy documentary posted on Saturday and recommended this one. I'm going to go ahead and post it for us to watch because it's really good!
Sorry about the skimpy post today but I have to go explore the various realms of pain. LOL
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Hi Pam, drink 1 tablespoon of cider vinegar in a glass of water, apparently helps with pain and to dissolve the stones, cider vinegar is a good overall tonic so if it doesn't help with the stones it will still do you good.
ReplyDelete- Kiwi
La Curee
ReplyDeleteGallstones are fat based so not sure what vinegar will do for you or if it would get anywhere near the offending articles ;¬)
Diet is all you can reduce sources of animal fat, once you have them ANY fat will trigger acute problems as obstruction is the issue.
This link seems to have some fairly sane ideas about what to eat.
Generally the best resolution is surgery and if you have repeated attacks that is most likely the route you will take.
Getting truly lean 24.5% body fat and getting your cholesterol levels down is the only other option that MIGHT reduce acute problems.
http://www.hollandandbarrett.com/vf/healthnotes/HN_live_uk/Concern/Gallstones.htm
Get well or I will have to step up to the plate.