About gall stones

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• 1 Larry Gabriele // Aug 28, 2005 at 12:13 pm

  Then I started thinking, maybe the time in between cleanses allows our bile
  ducts to gain back some elasticity. Does this make sense to any of you GB
  cleansing people who’ve done this through the years? It does me. What if
  when we’re doing the cleansing too much, too often, that we stretch out our bile
  ducts too much. Dale, you might know about this.
  Susie;
  I was told that I too had enlarged bile ducts when they did an ultrasound of my
  liver and gallbladder back in October of ‘99′. I haven’t had another ultrasound
  since then but I’m sure that things have surely settled regarding the size of
  mine.
  However, I do still have to watch what I do eat but havent’ been as good about
  that as I know I should. But, I sure don’t go out to eat hydrogenated or
  saturated fats contained in the foods I order at resturants.
  Dale

• 2 Opal Lurline // Aug 28, 2005 at 11:03 pm

  Susie,
  My opinion for what it is worth now that I am gallbladderless is
  that if you did a cleanse in Feb and if you are having NO problems,
  and if your diet is good, and if you are taking some good
  supplements, then you would only NEED to do maintenance cleanses a
  couple of times a year to maybe quarterly like Dr. Shulze says.
  The surgeon seemed concerned about my enlarged duct because he
  thought there might be a stone stuck. He also seemed to think that
  the enlargement would be permanent. BUT, it may be genetic for me as
  those ducts were pictured enlarged BEFORE I ever did one cleanse.
  But, I hardly ever believe doctors and so I do think it is possible
  for them to go back down, but have nothing to back that thought up.
  Catching it early, which I thought I did, is the key but sometimes
  not enough I guess.
  Wasn’t Dawn losing weight? Shoot, in my
  
  I lost 35 pounds but had previously been unable to. I think the liver
  cleansing helped. I have thought, but cannot back up with tests that
  I am hypothyroid based on temperature, blood pressure, and pulse
  testing. I also have been diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and
  have adrenal weakness. But, all that I have done for my gb has helped
  improve much of that.
  BTW, I’m going to be tested for hypothyroidsim, which can prevent you
  I have wracked my brain about why I have had this problem. I have
  guessed that losing 30 pounds 4 times, eating a low fat diet all four
  of those times, and multiple pregnancies, did me in. Maybe genetics
  too, but noone in my family but one great grandmother ever had a
  problem. And she was a big lady as I was not. But no female in my
  family ever had six children either. It has been so hard to read
  about the successes and even hear of them in people I know. “So and
  so did one cleanse and never had another problem.” Ugh! Oh well, mine
  is over and this week, the post surgery test was eating anything and
  everything that I could not eat previously to total toleration. I
  have gained back seven pounds and now consider myself at my absolute
  best ideal weight. I have a follow up with the surgeon on Thurs. And
  to anyone worried, starting tomorrow I am back to my healthy changes
  pre-surgery. I will enjoy great health and when there is a social
  ocassion, I can eat without guilt knowing that on a daily basis I am
  healthy. Of a personal note, we went on vacation this week and I had
  a thermographic breast image since my family breast cancer stats are
  now so bad. I’ll get the results in 2 weeks. No smashing, no
  radiation, no embarassment. Dawn
  PS. So far, living without a gallbladder has not been traumatic. It
  has gone much better than I ever hoped though I wish I could have
  kept it. But hindsight, and having a good surgeon, I might have given
  in sooner if I had known it would not be so bad. But, I wanted to
  keep my gb so I did the best I could. I hope everyone success.

• 3 babette400 // Aug 29, 2005 at 6:52 am

  I lost 35 pounds but had previously been unable to. I think the liver
  cleansing helped. I have thought, but cannot back up with tests that
  I am hypothyroid based on temperature, blood pressure, and pulse
  testing. I also have been diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and
  have adrenal weakness. But, all that I have done for my gb has helped
  improve much of that.
  Dawn,
  Thanks for your response. You know, Dr. Cabot talks about Syndrome X, so
  maybe that’s what I have. I may have to find out more about it, but you
  can’t lose weight. About hypothyroidism, there can be subclinical and it can
  cause the same symptoms. Again, I’m trying to learn more about that. I’ve
  ordered an at-home test from eBioSafe labs. You send it back to them after
  giving a couple drops of blood and they get a doc to analyze the lab results
  and send you the results. It’s pretty neat!
  Well, I may try a cleanse soon anyway. I’m just feeling fine, which makes it
  
  hard to get in the mood.
  Also, you’re saying that your bile ducts were enlarged before? That’s
  interesting. Maybe yours are just that way.
  Thanks,
  Susie

• 4 Opal Lurline // Aug 31, 2005 at 10:13 am

  That’s right. Either it was abnormally large to begin with or I had
  just passed a stone since the first ultrasound was taken in the ER
  during an attack. Dawn

• 5 Rodolfo Lorenza // Sep 2, 2005 at 8:28 pm

  At or about 20:29, 07/08/02 (my clock), azdmarie made the following
  statement:
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  Didn’t you have previous ultrasound imaging with which to compare the
  size of your bile ducts? That way you would know if they had just
  suddenly become enlarged or that had been the static situation all along.

• 6 Opal Lurline // Sep 5, 2005 at 12:30 pm

  I had 2 ultrasounds, one at the beginning, after about the 4th
  attack. The other at the end, 6 months later, 3 days before surgery.
  Why would anyone have an ultrasound of their bile ducts, gallbladder,
  etc, if they weren’t having any problems? Dawn

• 7 Rodolfo Lorenza // Sep 8, 2005 at 2:32 pm

  At or about 20:45, 09/08/02 (my clock), azdmarie made the following
  statement:
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  My question related to your surprise at the dialed bile ducts. I asked
  if they had been so also in previous “ultrasounds”?
  If not, then you would have looked for the cause. But if they had, then
  you would know that the flushes probably did not cause the condition.
  As I stated in my question.
  So which was it?

• 8 Opal Lurline // Sep 8, 2005 at 11:20 pm

  Actually my bile duct was DI-LATED. And I was only slightly surprised
  that they started out that way ACCORDING TO THE FIRST ULTRASOUND IN
  THE ER!!! This because the Dr thought that the enlargement came from
  cleansing, which it did not. They started out that way according to
  that ultrasound. I think you are the only one still with questions
  about this. However, they may have been normal prior to Christmas
  before I had any ultrasounds. But, since I thought I was in good
  health at the time, I did not have an ultrasound then. Any more
  questions? Come on Ira I am sure you can come up with a dozen more.
  And no I did not notice what type of ultrasound machine it was,
  whether the technician had a high IQ or whether it had recently been
  inspected to see if it was working properly. :O Dawn

• 9 babette400 // Sep 9, 2005 at 7:09 am

  Actually my bile duct was DI-LATED. And I was only slightly surprised
  that they started out that way ACCORDING TO THE FIRST ULTRASOUND IN
  THE ER!!!
  That’s the way, girl, spell it out for him. That’s what it takes!
  Susie

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