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From: pdbk92255@...

Date: Thu Mar 23, 2000 4:50 am

Subject: Stones being analyzed

I have gotten my skeptical doctor to agree to analyze my " stones "

from my first flush. I should have the results tomorrow. I'm

expecting to hear that they are little balls of cholesterol and bile,

right? But, exactly, what is the composition of a true gallstone.

Anyone know?

In my continued attempts to try to save my gallbladder (I have to

wait another week to do my second flush) I think I will try the

parasite purge. I'm only familiar with Dr. H 's suggestions for

this...the " zapper " and the Black Walnut Hull/Wormwood/Clove recipe.

Does anyone know of another avenue for this parasite cleansing?

I have been taking the oil/lemon drink in the AM and PM and I

feel/see no significant changes....and I'm as constipated as I ever

was! I would think this would have helped, but Nooooooo.

I still fight off nightly gallbladder attacks with light diet (no

fried foods, no fats)...but it is touch and go, to be sure. Sometimes

I think I should throw in the towel and head on down to " cut it out "

department.

When I think about it, exactly WHY am I trying to hang on to my

diseased gall bladder? Lower incidence of Colon Cancer, I hear.

Is that true? I've had a couple older members of my family have

their gall bladders removed and they say it is no big deal! That I'm

making it a big deal...

Okay, it's late and I'm not real " up " , better go to bed and stave off

another attack, hopefully! ;-) Pat in Houston

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From: pdbk92255@...

Date: Wed Mar 29, 2000 12:39 pm

Subject: Analyzing Stones

Also..just to update those interested. I really DID turn over my

" stones " on March 20 to my skeptical doctor to have analyzed..Wgat

was first, " it will take a couple days " turned into " it takes 7-10

days " and yesterday when I called for lab results, I was told they

were sent to a lab...which sent them to another lab....which sent

them to ANOTHER lab! Can you believe this. I asked if she could

place a call to find out how much longer. She called me back within

5 minutes and said it will take another 2 weeks to get these results!

UNBELIEVABLE. If I knew where to send them, (SHE couldn't give me

the name of the lab company that has them now) I would bypass

insurance coverage and just sent them off myself....will keep all

posted for further details. On this timetable and handling

alone,...what are the chances of composition change in the stones?????

Thanks. Pat

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From: pdbk92255@...

Date: Mon Apr 3, 2000 4:23 pm

Subject: Reba..

Reba,,,Congratulations on your first flush...I was quite pleased with my

first one also....and felt great the week following it! Let us know how you

feel this week.

I waited two weeks and did my second flush this past weekend. I got nothing

the second time....I will wait another 2 weeks and try it again. At that

time, I am going to ask for a second ultrasound to see if any changes are

visible from the ultrasound (I got about 70 stones out the first time)

I know you can buy pickled garlic cloves...if you have World Market's, (a

Pier One type store with more food items) they have them. It is a chain

store in Texas....you can always crush it and put it on crackers/bread.

Other wise, I believe you could find them in the NOVEL food section of

grocery stores....

I still have not gotten word on the analysis on my " stones " from the

lab...have been told it will be another week....I'm expecting to hear they

are cholesterol and bile.....which is a type of gallstone...a cholesterol

stone...the other type of stone is a pigment stone, but 70% of stones are

cholesterol stones. MY questions is .... is the cholesterol from these

stones " old " stuff OR " new " stuff we just put into us after drinking all

that OIL?!! and Where does the green come from? I know one my second flush

I had nothing Green At ALL....only diarrehea (how DO you spell that word?)

Good luck and keep posting! Pat

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From: pdbk92255@...

Date: Wed Apr 12, 2000 4:23 am

Subject: ...

--I had recurring pains that ultrasound verified was gallstones. I,

too, was turned over to a surgeon immy and also found myself at the website

along with MANY other websites. That all one month ago......

In the last month, I have done 2 gall bladder flushes and I cut WAY back on

fat. I now eat much more healthy...(My favorite is a spinach salad with

artichokes, tuna and cottage cheese in it and a no fat Honey Mustard dressing

that I make) I now take Lecithin, Milk Thistle and Flax Seed oil and get

lots of lemon juice in my diet, too. I can say the pain is now very

manageable and I am eating again without pain. If I do fall off the wagon

with a high fat meal....well, now, the pain is more just a mild discomfort

for 20-30 minutes.....Not the kind of pain that was keeping me tossing and

turning and wrenching at night, as it used to.

I have not take the prescribed Prevasid (originally thought my problem was

Heartburn), which did help sometimes, for over a week now.

I can only state, for me, sticking with this web site and exploring many

other sites out there on gallstones, liver, etc, not only am I much more

educated, I do still have my gall bladder (knowing that could change at any

time, though) and I eat more for health now instead of emotional

satisfaction...

Hope this helps you. Pat

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From: pdbk92255@...

Date: Tue Apr 25, 2000 6:29 pm

Subject: FINALLY got analysis back!

After being handled by a very skeptic doctor and my " stone " being passed to 3

labs, I finally got the lab results back...Are you ready for this....I waited

1 1/2 months for THIS!

" Stone compostion consists of waxy substance " .

When I offered that I had not eaten anything " waxy " , and to my knowledge our

bodies do not manufacture wax, the lab technician in my doctors office,

suggested this item may not have come from my body!

Maybe the only sure fire way to find out if " stones " are actually being

flushed out is with ultrasound.....Pat