Re: New -- help!!! PS (gentlemen, some delicate info)

[Guest guest]

Lori,

All of us are on our own health journey and I want you to understand that I

am NOT giving you any health advice. Just throwing out a thought for you to

consider on your journey. If you've been doing everything you know that

normally works for gallbladder and it isn't working, perhaps you have

another problem. ? I read somewhere, though, that candida overgrowth

can cause gallstones.....it causes a lot of problems including hormonal and

excess menstrual bleeding. ..... yogurt isn't the answer..... I like to

use Bio-K.......a milk pro-biotic product (health-food-store). We use it to

make guacamole (in place of sour-cream) and gobble it down with veggies.

Just something to think about.

good luck,

Nina

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>From: " Lori " <skydanse@...>

>Reply-gallstones

>gallstones

>Subject: New -- help!!! PS (gentlemen, some delicate info)

>Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 12:24:00 -0600

>

>I also need to mention that I'm almost 50 years old, am pre-menopausal and

>I've been in my bleeding cycle for almost three weeks now with no letup. I

>generally have to eat some red meat to keep from becoming anemic but

>haven't been able to do that because I was advised to stay vegetarian to

>try to slow down my gallbladder attacks. I eat lots of raw food and no

>grains and recently no dairy although I consumed raw goat dairy in the past

>year.

>

>I finally found some good archived stuff just with the key word

> " dissolving " if that helps anyone. I read one post that said I probably

>need to get rid of even the good fats while I'm trying to heal my

>gallbladder. Yikes!!! I feel like I'm down to nothing. Howzabout just

>coconut oil for a few months? So I don't go out of my mind? Please pretty

>please?

>

>But back to my pre-menopausal problem -- unfortunately, my body simply

>isn't absorbing all the greens I eat (I'm talking *a lot of greens* with

>fruits loaded with vitamin C) and the resulting anemia is probably

>contributing to my body doing the opposite of what it's needing to do --

>stop bleeding which it won't).

>

>Lori

>

>

[Guest guest]

Lori,

R. Lee, M.D. has written two books: 'What Your Doctor May Not Tell

You About Menopause' and 'What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About

Premenopause' . I would read them as soon a possible and please watch your

anemia as it

can get quite serious, you might have take some iron and work with a doctor

until you get things under control.

Jeanne

[Guest guest]

I appreciate the responses. I'm back on progesterone cream which has finally

stopped the bleeding. Unfortunately it gives me severe mood swings so I guess

I'll just have to crawl in a hole for awhile. :-)

I've just been reading that removal of gallstones can poisitively affect the

pancreas, hormonal imbalances, irregular periods, and a host of other menopausal

symptoms (I've had the mood swings, but no hot flashes). Unfortunately, I'm

without health insurance and have been self-treating for years because I simply

don't trust doctors anymore, unless they're fixing a broken bone or a

dislocation.

I'm calling to order the gold coin grass at sensiblehealth.com -- it seems I've

had these attacks for so long. I am feeling much better after my first flush.

I must have gotten rid of four pounds of bile even though I didn't pass any

stones.

Lori

[Guest guest]

Thanks -- I've been making my own probiotic kefir from raw goat's milk for

awhile but stopped doing dairy because I'm trying to avoid foods that may

aggravate my gallbladder or liver. I can feel the pressure of my liver pushing

against my ribcage when I eat something suboptimal. Lately it's been almost

everything.

For what it's worth, I did go to an iridologist and my pancreas came up as an

issue as well. I've never had diabetes so I wonder about that. I do have a

naturopath that I can go see again. My experience with doctors is generally

don't spend enough time and jump to too many conclusions and won't do the proper

tests and I do realize that insurance companies do tie their hands in so many

ways. Unfortunately, we are the losers in this scenario.

In case anyone's wondering, the book I read was by s Moritz and other

readings have been on the internet. I suppose I need to order this other book

that is mentioned by Cabot. I can easily get the " What the doctors don't

tell you " books at my local health food store. Also, has anyone read the book

by Tom Cowan " The Fourfold Path of Health? "

Oh, just to let you know, I'm a pretty fit and active 50 year old and generally

am in pretty decente shape, except for this aggravating condition that nobody's

ever been able to pinpoint except my accupressure instructor several years ago

being able to stop the pain by pressing my liver points. She got me going in the

general right direction.

I do have a history of candida but I wonder if this was a " what came first the

chicken or the egg? " scenario. Did the candida cause the gallstones or can

candida be the result of gallstones. I had my first gallstone attack years

before I started having symptoms of candida.

Sorry to ask so many questions. This is an amazing group and I'm glad I joined

up.

Lori