UPDATE....MY ULTRASOUND

[Guest guest]

Well, nothing will be " official " till I call and start bugging my

doctor for the " results " in a few days (as my appointment with him

isn't till later in May)

However, the ultrasound tech, understood that I knew my stuff and

kind of " encouraged " what I said I was seeing during the scan.

I asked " What will my gallbladder look like? " She said " A dark blob "

I asked " What would gallstones look like. " She said " They'd most

likely show up white, although some cannot be seen "

When we got to that area I asked her if she saw any gallstones and

she said she couldn't say. So I asked if she'd point out my

gallbladder on the screen.

She did.....and I saw this dark blob...with a BIG cluster of various

sized white areas. I said " That doesn't look ALL black....there's

alot of white in there. " She looked at me winked and said " I wish I

could tell you more, but you'll have to wait for your doctor to call

you about our report " ...another wink. All the way back to the

waiting area, we talked gallbladder surgery, stone size. etc. She

was saying it was a good idea I didn't flush right away since it

looked like some were very sizeable....then she gasped, covered her

nouth and said " You didn't hear anything, did you? "

Thank God for medical professionsal with guts to bend the rules a

tad. Now.....I have that darn endoscopy to deal with May 6th....oh

joy......I'm still scared to death. But I know that most, if not all

of my pain has been from these stones. Now, where do I go from

here.....something to ponder till the go and ram that camera down my

throat.

Nothing against the natural therapies and treatments expressed

here.....but looking at the size of those stones and that there was

little gallbladder showing at all.....I'm afraid having the darn

thing removed might be best. Any thought?

Thanks again, my gallbladder buddies....you have all been such a

tremendous help!

Edie