meat-suit related query

[the_siobhan]

Amybody on my f-list ever have gallstones?

What did it feel like?

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I have no gall anymore

[gwyrah.livejournal.com]

I have a particularly fresh perspective on them. I had a gall bladder attack about a month ago and emergency surgery. It started for me as tightness in the abdomen like I had done too many sit-ups, then the pain migrated to my back just below the right shoulder-blade. Then all hell broke loose, pain, god awful pain. The kind of pain that if I could stand on my head to make it go away I would have done it.

For 8 years I've had pain in my back just below the shoulder blade that I thought was just a thrown out back, turns out that was the gall bladder acting up. What caused the attack my doctors thought was that I lost 50 lbs. on a low fat diet. The gall bladder helps to break down fat and when there wasn't any fat, or very little compared to it's normal life, it started forming stones. The stones made the gall bladder infect hence the attack.

Call me if you want to diagnose further, like I said this is really fresh for me. (detroit area code) two-zero-five 1156.

Re: I have no gall anymore

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

I have read that sudden wieight loss can be a trigger.

It's interesting, most sources call for a low fat diet. But I've also read that a some fat in a meal will help the bile duct empty, which is good for flushing out the crystals.