LOL…forgive me; if you truly knew what it was like to suffer a gall bladder attack, you would know. It’s actually quite a common disease (a modern one at that). For others whom may be reading and don’t know what the gall bladder is or does-it’s a small pear-shaped organ located underneath the liver. This organ stores bile which is a fluid composed of cholesterol and other digestive liquids. The function of bile is to digest fat in the small intestine. When too much cholesterol is concentrated within the bile, the particles of cholesterol bond together to form one or more gallstones.
This build-up of cholesterol and fat in the bile can be caused by several factors. In some cases, the gallbladder fails to empty properly, holding cholesterol and fat deposits there until they harden and form stones. Other factors can be obesity, excessive alcohol use and heredity, as in the case of Native Americans, who have a high incidence of gallstones. People who have a family history of gallstones, those with heart disease or cirrhosis of the liver have a likelihood of suffering from this ailment. Gallstones are most often found in women although they can occur in both sexes…me for instance!
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The reason I had mine removed was the severity of my attacks and the doctor’s orders, not to mention that we are lucky enough to have FREE HEALTH CARE in our country. It was not cosmetic surgery…I can assure you of that! I also suffer from anxiety which triggered a lot of my gall bladder attacks. I suffered for 2 years before having it removed. Having a sick gall bladder brought on a host of other complications for me as well…Typically you start by having what you think is heart burn and attempt to alleviate the problem with things like Gavascon or Mylanta. Eventually when you start waking up in the late of night or early hours in the morning and find the attacks lasting from 3 to 5 hours of “extreme burning-stabbing pains you’ll find your way to a hospital weather it’s free or not. I went to my local hospital several times. With the waiting times being many hours, and the hospital being very busy, many of the times I went, by the time they got to seeing me, the pain would of subside, and I would contemplate that my gall bladder was not going to “BURST”…therefore hating hospitals I would thanks them for letting me wait it out and go home. A few times I was admitted in the short stay section, where I was put on morphine and under observation…eventually, after it became obvious that my gall bladder did not have much chop left, & most likely, it was going to be cheaper if they simply ripped them out. I was told not to worry as they had operated on over half the people in town with regard to “Gall Bladder operations…LOL!”
After the Opp, I was told that I had many large stones & also that the gall bladder was nacrotic (like infected/rotting) A burst Gall Bladder is known to kill in 20 minutes!!! Thank God we have free health care…
So…although the gall bladder is one body part you can live without, it does place an additional load on the liver as it attempts to break down what fats it can. Some people are unfortunately struck down with the runs, which over time for most is not such a major problem. Thankfully for me it’s not so much the case…I can pass wind without freaking out too much ... LMAO … sorry … for me, instead of becoming an instant bad food detector, I’ll stir in my bed or chair with an itchy bum after eating the wrong food. Like millions of others out there, I have the thrush thing that reacts to yeast; however what the liver does not break down seems to add to my other conditions. Despite having free health care, many of us are stuck to eating the bad foods that seemingly only adding to many many health problems…we do what we can…I grow a lot of stuff, when I can…when I do grow my own food or can afford to eat healthy, a lot of my problems go away. It’s great to have Google to help identify a lot of the problem we have- it’s helped me to sort out a lot of issues that is for sure.
Anyways…if your still with me…those people whom seem to struggle with weight control after having their gall bladders removed…well…the truth is, some think the trade off with the constant bathroom visits is well worth the take away feeds…for others…because they can now eat crap without a bucket load of bile eating through their insides, they simply do! For others that are serious about weight loss like me, who exercise and try to watch what they eat, but just aren’t losing it like they use to…..WELL…the more I read, the more I think it’s the new chemical changes that are now taking place. Losing weight too fast is one of the factors that adds to gall bladder disease…although the gall balder is now gone, perhaps there is still some correlation to the weight loss thing. The best thing I can do is look after my liver, research how to do that…watch my diet in regards to the no gall bladder thingy and above all EXERCISE as that is a big one for Health…as one can tell,. I prefer running & it’s really starting to work in so many ways for me…things like taking something on a full stomach does not really apply to me anymore as doing so is actually counterproductive…I take my omega 3 oils on an empty stomach…there is so much to do by trial and error…it’s all good now…Having my gall bladder out was the best thing that happened to me…I am so much better off for it…every comments on how much better I look…et…I am nowhere near as tired as I used to be & now able to do something about my health. There are worse things we can do to ourselves, such as simply eating the wrong foods. I was just a little down on myself for letting go over the weekend…had a good 10km run today…best time yet…under 1 hour and 5km sub 30…time for me to find some balance and perhaps, tap into my spiritual side…I might even start smelling the roses yet…hehe…It’s good to be ALIVE!!!!!!!!!
So…you take it easy Billy, I’m off to do some soul searching, and or go for a walk. By the way…thanks for asking & good luck with your goals!
Cheers
Dave
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