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I,ve been told I,ve got gallstones ..............any advice .....and OMG dont it hurt !!

Hi Kempinastrawhat - I shall be watching this thread with interest. Just been diagnosed with the same, and waiting for a date for removal. Also diagnosed with polyps on the Colon,(left hand side, also. Having that dealt with in a couple of weeks. And yes, it b*****well does hurt. Been rushed into local acute hospital and put on morphine twice since Easter.
Julia in Derbyshire

Yes the pain is unbelievable ............I came down with it on Sunday and the hospital told me straight up what it is ....really shocked ...

My mum suffers from them periodially.

She find it helps not to each pastry, fried/fatty/spicey food

The pain she is in when they play up is awful.

Hope your feeling better soon

Jan x

Thanks Piskie......

I,ve always had troubles with my tum when I eat Wheat ......

My cousin had them. She said the pain was really bad. She ended up going private to get it sorted out.
She also said if she hadnt had the money she would have got a bank loan...it was so sore.

Marion

Hello Kemp and Julia,

If you google gallstones it will tell you symptons and treatments etc, I had suffered for months with them in and out of hospital, pumped full of morphine and sent home in the middle of the night etc etc, The only way i could get the pain to go away was to rock on the floor like a mad woman til the pain went away, soometimes it would be over a hour before i felt ok again. Eventually on my fifth admittance - by ambulance again- they decided to keep me in after two weeks in hospital I eventually had open sugery to remove my gall bladder, when they opened me up i had a large tumor on my gall bladder which wasn't detected on ultra sound scans. I now have a very big scar which runs from just under my boobs to my tummy button. I think mine was an extreme case though so don't panic too much and you are right they are so painful. The only thing i can say is don't eat fatty foods, be careful with some kinds of dairy products, white wine was also a no-no for me for some reason.

I hope you get treatment soon, ( hopefully by key-hole ) good luck. xxxx

Thanks .....you are all saying just how it is .......

Dairy products are bad to...my kids laught at me when I eat ice cream ....coz we then need more than two loos!!

Thanks Joy ....
Its been a bit tormatic ......XX

Aw Kemp so sorry to hear that, my brother has them and my niece had her's operated on a few years ago. I know they're very painful and hope you get them sorted soon, have they said what they're gonna do?

love Barbara xx.

I've always followed a rather 'tight' diet, but even more so now. No dairy foods, not fats etc, can't now tolerate wine of any type, but have a drop of brandy in water last thing at night. It seems to be my only pleasure these days. However, it doesn't make me loose weight, and I've always had 'bad' digestive problems all me life.
Good Luck
Julia in Derbyshire

IBS is also a side effect. I have this now, very uncomfortable. Feeling very bloated one minute and running the next.

julia .....same here ..........

Thought I was mad for a few years but seems to be part of the patten...

Mine was Balieys but thats gone now to ...tea and water is the best now .......

Bread is another " bad thing". especially white.

Hi KEM,
Dont know anything about gallstones, or any other illnesses for that matter...just want to say hope your OK.

Davexx

Hi hun can Sympathise with you i had my gall bladder removed 2 yrs ago.....

Basically no fatty foods ...... defo no cheese, cream ect...

I got to the stage where is didnt actually matter what i ate ..

I was only waitin 6 months before i had my op Key hole...

I had a very good dr an surgeon...good luck hun.xxx

Ohh also nuts wernt good for me..

If you can remember ya breathin exercises from bein in labour i fount they helped an gettin on ya hands an knees an roockin sounds mad but it does help.xxxxx

Rachel ....Thanks hun ...it feels better to know I,m not "Quite" mad yet ....

Yes it has got to that point woth food not sure what to eat but its been like that for many years and the GP said its IBS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Its the on call doctor who found the problem and did the test ....

Yes and the "on the knees thing really helps !!!!!!!!!!!!!

you want too keep on at ya drs hun mine was fantastic ..

I was in an out of hos loads of times in the end i was that drugged up it was awful...xxx

Rachel - when I had mine, I'm afraid in my day we did not have breathing exercises, you just screamed till it was over. But I know what you mean by that. Can you just clarify for me, which way to rock,is it side to side, or back to front. Really thick at this you know.
Julia in Derbyshire

well back to front helped..but hay suppose wat ever helps..lol

By all means screamin may well help too