About gall stones

Hi
In 2003 I started having a lot of discomfort after eating. Pain,
indigestion, diareah. About 8/2003. It was so bad I finally made
appt to see my doctor, an O.D. I should mention that I have always
had irregular periods. I sometimes will only have a cycle 1 or 2x a
year. I saw my doc in Sept. 03. I have a HMO so after he referred
me for a pelvic and abdominal ultrasound I didn’t get an appt till
Oct. The first thing that was approved was the abdominal
ultrasound.
On the way to work after the abdominal ultrasound I felt
a “flutter”. I knew immediately (like only a mother can know) I was
not “sick” I was pregnant. I bought an at home test and did it in
the bathroom at work.
So now I know I’m pregnant. I call my O.D.’s office and tell them.
The nurse/receptionist sounds a little nervous and asks me to come

in today. I can’t so they see me on Monday. It was Thursday. The
reason I think they are nervous is because they know my doc had done
a pelvic on me back in Sept., and he did not catch that I was
pregnant. I am a big person (fat) so I did not know I was pregnant
either. This would not have been unusual but I had my daughter by c-
section 01/29/04 full term.
Fast forward to fall last year 2005. I go in to see my doc for a
bad cold. He talks to me about my symptoms and while flipping
through my chart casually asks me what are “we” going to do about
your gall stones. I am in shock and ask him what he is talking
about. He says my abdominal ultrasound showed numerous and large
gallstones.
I have always seemed to have some sort of stomach or indisgestion
problem, I have mostly just suffered through it and chalked it up to
bad diet. The worst I ever felt was right before I saw him in Sept.
2003. So he explains the symptoms I should be having that indicate
the gallstones are causing me problems and I should have surgery.
So now I have joined this site. I am starting to have pain again. I
am having trouble sleeping. I have indigestion. Pain in my back
below my rib cage. I have diareah. That is the most troubling,
sometimes within minutes after eating a meal I have to rush to the
bathroom.
I was just searching the net and found a site about a gall bladder
cleanse. I really do not want surgery. I don’t really trust any
doctors. So I hope this site can offer some safe alternatives to
surgery.
Thanks
Marlene