#gallstones

[shiftythrifting]

Submission from Vesper

[simplymarge1974]

[smolsammichowo]

I dont think Ive explained my gallbladder situation on here but yea, long story short my pear shaped organ turned evil on me and its FULL of stones and Im getting it removed soon.

I made the doctor laugh today though saying I was a maraca though lmao . ( feel free to use that joke of being a maraca if y'all ever go through evil-pear-syndrome aka Gallstones as it made a bummer situation funny )

[virapocalypse]

Hello all, Im Erika... and 3 days before my birthday, I was diagnosed with Gallstones.

I have Gallstones. I went to the hospital after feeling excruciating pain in my right side near my ribcage after a birthday dinner.

Listing the symptoms to the doctor, he stopped me halfway through listing the symptoms and poked his head out to ask the nurses if the ultrasound nurse left yet and let me continue speaking. Already a bad start, I finished and they did some blood tests, used an ultrasound near my lower ribs, and did a urine sample to absolutely make sure I had what they thought I had.

They found several small stones in my Gallbladder and told me I needed to remove my entire gallbladder soon, giving me a deadline of as soon as possible to couple months being the best possible options for me.

I dont have insurance and I cant afford it on my current paycheck. If you would like to help me out, I've started a GoFundMe. Anything is appreciated.

https://gofund.me/83b812c6f

[vuutarros]

...stupid gallstones...

Probably going to be a while before I can get to sleep. It's been a while since they last acted up, I was hoping they would be quiet until the gallbladder surgery, but should have known that was too much to wish for.

[jujubeanie]

just had my gallbladder removed a few hours ago; everything went well and I’m already home and working towards recovery <3

[the-withering-system]

Oh your surgery should be in January 2025

Oh it should be July!

Sorry it should be October now we know you've been waiting 2 years already but oh well

Oh no no you don't get a timeframe we've actually pushed you down to a category 3! We're only booking Category 1s! Good luck not needing to go back on TPN fucking cripple

Oh you've provided NUMEROUS PAPERS FROM DOCTORS SAYING YOU NEED THIS SURGERY SOONER WELL FUCK YOU AND DIE

We wish we could do something to help our partner but hospitals are CUNTS (our partner deserves the world not this runaround just so he doesn't have his organs shutdown)

His surgeon and gastroenterologist are amazing but systems fucked

[fishyandclintbarton]

Lil' health update for anyone interested.

If you've been following me for any length of time, you'll remember that i was diagnosed with NAFLD (non-alcoholic fatty liver disease) and gallstones around last year after some worrying blood tests and an ultrasound. Well, i got my bloods done again last month because i've completely changed my lifestyle to try and help, and I wanted to see if it was working. Whilst all my liver values were back within normal limits, my gamma GT was up again. Like, REALLY up. The GP was like "Yeah, it's because you're fat" and didn't offer me any kind of help other than "stop being fat" (as per). I replied with "Well everyone on my Dad's side, including my Dad, as died of liver or bile duct cancer, so y'all are gonna scan me again muthafucker."

Anyway, had my another ultrasound on Thursday last week and i've almost completely reversed the NAFLD!!! The nurse/scan lady even showed my a side-by-side with last years scans and yeah, there's little to mo fatty liver! There are a couple of teeny, tiny specks, which she said is totally normal for someone my size, and she actually said that she would expect more.

And how did i do it? Nothing fancy at all. Just a change in diet and losing some weight at a sustianable, safe rate (roughly 1-2lbs a week) which i've done purely through diet alone. All i've done is completely cut out bad fat, processed sugar and processed food other than my once a week sweet treat and cheese panini, and switched to alot of leafy green veg, fruit instead of 'naughty' sweet treats every day, eating wholegrains instead of white bread, white pasta etc, and sticking to 'good' fats but even then in moderation. And upwards of 2 litres of water a day. That's it. Nothing fancy. None of those ridiculous detoxes or cleanses you see all over social media (that's what your fucking liver and renal system is for btw), no silly supplements. Just a very simple diet change to prioritise lots of fruit and veggies, wholegrains and 'good' fats.

My only concern was that if my NAFLD is virtually now non-existent, why the hell has my gamma gt level increased? Having read up about it, it's likely to be one of two things: my little stoney friends in my gallbladder, or because of my hypothyroidism. So probably both tbh. And as my thyrioid issues are being monitored by the endocrinology consultant, its prob my gallstones that are the likely culprit. Concerningly, they're sitting right over the top of the bile duct opening, so i suspect its only a matter of time before they start giving me gip. At the moment (touch wood), they're symptom free.

So yeah, Actually hella proud of myself tbh. It's a health win for me, something that literally never happens. Usually my health gets worse with every doctor visit, not better. WIINNING!