About gall stones

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• 1 Young Scott // Oct 31, 2005 at 6:27 am

  It’s not mentioned in your letter if the polyps are remaining the
  same size as in 2000. If they are, then the pain that you are
  feeling may be due to the growing uterus pressing on the polyps which
  in turn press on something else.
  On the other hand, if they are growing, it may be necessary to get
  them removed.
  Perhaps you could ask your doctor why nothing was done re: polyps
  when they were first discovered and what has changed that warrents
  them to now be removed.

• 2 Neva Marjory // Oct 31, 2005 at 10:22 am

  — thank you for your help…actually the reason nothing was done
  before is the day the found them was the same day i was being
  airlifted to another hospital for fear of preterm labor…
  as it turned out i was in the other hospital for 2mths!!..the babies
  did a great job of staying in until 33wks!!….so i guess with all
  that was going on at that time it just sort of took a “back seat” to
  the other bigger issue at hand..
  i have talked with the surgeon more and he says that the reason they
  want to remove the gallbladder is because i have just so many
  symptoms that he thinks it is just not working properly anyway…
  i have had to go in for IV fluids from the constant nausia/throwing
  up and the episodes of pain that i have are so severe that my
  husband has to help me out of bed at times because i can not move…
  i was so hoping that i could do something that would help to remove
  or reduce them naturally…but so far all that i have read says that
  
  really is not the case with polyps..
  i did have a really bad episode in May..so i know it is not just
  from being pg again..i mean i know that the pgncy makes it worse but
  even without being pg the pain is bad..
  thank you all so much for your help … i am just so scared but i
  guess this is the right thing to do…

• 3 Larry Gabriele // Oct 31, 2005 at 2:33 pm

  I have loads of messages since I joined the site but I would like to state
  my position. I used to have really bad attacks. I started cutting out fats
  in my diet, drinking loads of water and taking berberis. Meanwhile I had an
  ultrasound and they have confirmed that I have gallstones and I have been
  referred to and am waiting to see a surgeon. I do not want my gallblader
  out. I do not have the extreme pain (it was so bad I passed out and now
  have a scarred chin). but I do have referred persistent pain on the left
  upper side of my back. It is bearable but I think I have a high pain
  threshold and it’s a bit like carrying around a heavy bag on your back. I
  asked a cranial osteopath about the flushes and she said she thought they
  are too stringent for me. I am 53 and have previously had cancer. I also
  do not want weeks out of my life and continuing focus on the flushes. Any
  advice, that I can understand (seems quite confusing from messages) would be
  gratefully received.
  Gillie;
  
  I wish I could tell you that you would be able to take a special drink, just
  once, and be over all your problems with your gallbladder but that just
  isn’t the case. It takes time to heal all wounds including those on the
  inside and that’s pretty much what we have with a gallbladder problem, an
  internal wound.
  The process for getting the gallbladder in condition requires an
  understanding that the liver is involved too, and really is the most
  important organ with which to deal. The liver is where bile is produced and
  it is because of the grade of bile produced that gallbladder problems often
  occur. If there is too much cholesterol in the bile salts there is a high
  probability that it will precipitate from the bile salts and form bile
  stones, much the same as too much fat in dishwater will cause fats to
  deposit on the sides of the sink and especially if there was a poor grade of
  detergent used to start the cleansing of the dishes.
  Bile is much like the various grades of detergents available for washing
  dishes. You can get quality brands that will require smaller amounts to do
  more work, and holds the fats in an emulsified suspension better than a
  cheaper brand. The problem with bile is that you have to have it produced
  from your own liver and that is why it’s the most important organ in the
  equation. This is why we need to understand how to get bile made that is
  going to do us the best good and that just isn’t going to happen in just one
  or two weeks, not to mention it needs to be done on a continued basis even
  if there is no gallbladder to super concentrate the bile salt for use as a
  concentrated fats emulsifier.
  One thing to note here too is that if your pain is on the left side it’s not
  as likely to be related to the gallbladder, as is the case with most of us
  having this problem it’s on the right side and up to the shoulder. I picture
  your situation as being potentially a vertebra out of alignment more than
  having anything to do with a gallbladder or liver problem. I too have this
  happen if my fourth or fifth vertebra is out and it makes the muscles of the
  connection to the scapula start trying to realign my back. My chiropractor
  of twenty plus years seems to have a knack of being able to get me back in
  alignment without too much ado and that takes care of the problem until I
  screw it up again from my work.
  As to the stringency of flushing there is of coarse the possibility of
  simply changing the diet to do much the same but just a lot slower. I would
  suggest you consider purchasing Dr. Cabot’s book “The Liver Cleansing Diet”
  as that book has a very good diet plan and will certainly help you to
  understand the liver and the gallbladder much better. It’s not an advanced
  study so it’s pretty educational for us laypeople. Dr. Cabot seems to have a
  great understanding of the confusion people face with gallbladder and liver
  problems and deals with the basics more than getting too deep into all the
  other processes regarding the bile’s production and use. I attribute her
  information as the reason I’m now three years without a gallbladder attack
  and I’m also back to being able to eat more foods than I thought I would
  ever be able to eat again.
  Dale

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