Gall Bladder Issues

Hello,
I had the same problem when I was pregnant with my second child. In my case it happened when I was about 5 months pregnant and it was a severe pain. I too wanted to wait until after my daughter was born to have my gallbladder removed. My doctor recommended a low-fat diet. I went on a strict diet of only 8-10 grams of fat a day. I would ask your doctor before you did something like that, because I was over weight to begin with. Needless to say 2 months after my daughter was born I had to have my gallbladder removed. I hope that helps. Good Luck!

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Hi A.,
I have had 3 extremely painful gall bladder attacks which lasted several hours. Peppermint water is helpful. I think what helped me most was the fresh apple juice. We have a Champion juicer and that was about all I could take in for a couple days. We didn't want to go the surgery route so my husband spent hours on the internet doing research. We found some supplements called "Stone Free" which my husband makes me take any time I get the sense that the gall bladder is going to act up again. You might try a castor oil pack: put the castor oil on your pain, cover with plastic wrap and a warm towel or heating pad. My last attack was in August last year a week before my first childrens conference. It was incredibly stressful. I hope this helps.

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Stay away from large meals, spicy meals, greasy foods, and most of all foods high in acid, like lemons and tomatoes. You will be surprised at how much this will help....oh and if you are a coffee/soda drinker stop. I had the same problem with my first pregnancy, and had my gall bladder removed and I haven't been the same since. I have never been able to go back to eating any of the above, if and when I do cheat and eat one of my no-no's I pay the price with alot of pain and discomfort.

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I have used Quantum Touch healing to dissolve calcium deposits in a shoulder and remove kidney stones from my father so that he didn't have to have surgery. He is in Kansas and I'm in Sacramento. I did it long distance, that's the power of love. You can also use affirmations. Some of the most powerful ones are "I Am Safe" and "Every cell of my body is love" You may not feel that these statements are true especially at first, but if you repeat them often enough it will reprogram the misfiring signals and eventually it will feel true as well. When the cells that are not in balance hear that often enough, they realize that they are no longer needed and return to balance as well.

EFT is also very effective for quick relief, get your free manual at www.emofree.com

Also, please test your ph levels. That's really simple, there are testing strips that you can get at the Sac Natural Foods Co-op, Elliott's or Whole Foods. You want to test your saliva after having nothing but water for 2 hours. This way you are testing only your saliva, not morning breath, or the foods and drinks. Likely you are acidic. Believe it or not the fastest way to get your ph levels back to 7 (normal) is to drink the juice of a lemon every day. Counter intuitive because of the acidity you think is in a lemon, but this chemistry actually is the MOST alkaline producing thing you can do for yourself. Google foods high in alkaline forming properties. This is beets, carrots, celery, cucumbers, that is what you need to bring yourself to 7 if you test low on the ph (acid). Raw is better. Stay away from processed foods, all meats, soy. (veggies have protein in them you will be ok, supplement with lentils and beans for protein)

I had been eating alkaline forming foods and kicked the sugar and chocolate. I thought I was doing so well when all of a sudden I had terrible chocolate cravings. I tested my ph and it was TOO alkaline, so my body automatically told me I needed some acid forming foods as well. Balance is the key and it is what the body strives for. It tells you what it needs based on how it talks which is pain and cravings or feeling good. Usually it is saying, "hey remember me? I need some love down here - focus on self already!" hee hee !-)
Love, L.

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Boy, do I sympathize with you. I had gall stones/gall bladder attacks for a very long time. I used to take a very hot shower and just let the water hit where it hurt. However, that only lasted for a while. Eventually for me, nothing took the pain away.

I didn't have insurance so I lived with gall stones for a couple years. I could pretty much keep the attacks under control by eating bland food. High fat, fried and spicy foods would trigger me...espcially pizza and Mexican food.

So, I would suggest eating smaller meals more frequently and keep it mild. Foods that seemed to not bother me were eggs, cheese and crackers.

Ask your doctor about the following:

Essential fatty acid complex- Important constituent of every living cell. Needed for repair and prevention of gallstones.

Lecithin granules or capsules- A fat emulsifier;aids in digestion of fats (Apples have lecithin)

I have now read in case of an attack, drink 1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar in a glass of apple juice. This should relieve the pain fairly quickly. eat applesause,yogurt,cottage cheese, apples and stay away from red meat as much as possible.

Hope this helps. Best wishes!

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Watch what you eat, spicey food makes it worse, fatty food makes it worse and for gods sakes dont eat a whole box of cholate on Valentines Day.
My gall bladder problem started with my 2nd pregancy and my ob said I had a hietal hernia (wrong) I suffered for 2 yrs after my son was born until V Day(ate to much cholate). i had tremendas pain all night long. Went to a new doctor the next day and had my gall bladder out 3 days later. Most gall stones look like sand, mine looked like I went out into the garden and ate rocks the biggest being almost 1/2 inch acrossed, my doctor said he had never seen them look like mine they were brown and beighe and looked like tigereye stones.
And heres something most doctors dont tell you, after you have your gall bladder out you never poop the same again.
You have more runny bowl movements because the gall bladders job is to take extra water out of the bio which breakes down the food in your bowls, so all that extra water has to go somewhere.

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Hi A., One thing that can help with the gallbladder pains (if it is related to having gallstones) is to follow a low fat diet. When you eat a diet with a lot of fat, it will cause you to experience pain. That is about the best thing for this until you are able to have surgery. I used to work for an ob/gyn office and we used to see gallbladder issues in pregnancy a lot. Hope this helps. :)

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I had my gallbladder removed around 8 yrs ago after my first child. Years later I had started to see a homeopathic doctor and she told me that she could have cleaned my gallbladder out naturally without surgery. Now because I don't have a gallbladder...everytime I eat a greasy burger or fried chicken or anything like that...I get a real bad upset stomach. I also have relatives that have gone through natural body cleansing and has worked miracles on them. I don't know if it is advisable to do while pregnant but before you have your gall bladder removed it wouldn't hurt to look into it. Most doctors will insist it doesn't work...I have had doctors who themselves believe and practice for themselves natural medicine.
R.

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Hi A., I have found a wonderful remedy for the gall bladder.....read it in a natural healing book.....one lemon and one tablespoon of apple cider vinegar and two tablespoon of olive oil in a tall glass of warm water first thing in morning....do this for at least a week....it works.....I noticed a change in the side pains in about two days.....and every time I start getting the feeling I do the drink mix and it makes it go away for about few months....I have bad gall bladders in my family....I am almost 60 yrs old and everyone else has had theirs removed....so I really believe the drink works.....good luck....G.

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Just be careful, one night nine weeks into my pregnancy with my twin boys, I has such an acute attack, I thought I was having a heartattack. Turned out I had gall stones. They had to take out my gall bladder. Immediately.

It all turned out for the best. The twins were fine. My doctor and surgeon were the best.

For diet...avoid high fat! As for pain, I don't think there is anything strong enough that you can self administer that is strong enough, cause there is nothing like that pain.

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