Re: can someone help me

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is there any good sites for candidiasis?

[Guest guest]

>>Is there anyother way to remove the stones

without doing the flush?<<

You can check with the better hospitals in your area to see if any of them

perform lithotripsy. This is not being done yet in a lot of places in the

U.S., but it is in a few places. They combine Actigall with a treatment

using sound waves (if I remember corectly, someone correct me if I am

wrong)to dissolve the stones. I think that this will probably be more

widely available a few years down the road.

Debra

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Yes, Lithotripsy is an ultrasonic method of crushing stones into

fragments in the manner of 1 or 2 hours. Then a good flushing cleanse

will eliminate the smaller fragments. Candidates for this method

would be people with under 3 stones in their gb and no stone larger

than 2 cm. Also, they must be cholesterol (hard but cholesterol

based) stones. Pigmented calcium stones will not be effected by the

shock wave treatment. Check with your doctor to see if there is a

machine in your area. Also, you will have to have ultrasound to

varify if you are a candidate for this procedure. Most doctors don't

want to do Lithotripsy for 2 reasons. They feel the stones will just

return in 50% of the patients over a 5 year period. Also, they feel

the fragments could get lodged in a duct if not flushed out. Since

they don't have authority to support a flush, they perscibe

medication to desolve the stone fragments over a period that could

last a few months to a year. I think if you combine Lithotripsy with

an alternate gb flush, you can get out the fragments without using a

years worth of slower medication like Actigall. Just a thought. It

would be great if these two methods were accepted by the medical

field to be used together.

The other option is to have a doctor cut into the gb and have them

just remove the stones. They don't normally do this because they feel

the stones will come back within 5 years and for this reason it is

not exceptable surgery. Insurance may not even cover it. Unless you

privately pay the doctor to perform this procedure, they will be

reluctant to do it. Ask your doctor about it.

Laser methods are currently being tested but have not yet been

approved.

If you only have one, or a couple of stones, in your gb, you should

look into alternate methods besides just removing the gb. If your gb

is diseased or causing you too much pain and grief, surgery can

remove the gb very easily in a one day operation. Pain is relieved

instantly, and you can live without your gb. Only 5% of people who

have surgery have complications with constipation, diarrihea or other

common duct problems. Supplements can also correct any digestive

problem after surgery.

Good luck with your options, choices, and health.

Barry.

> >>Is there anyother way to remove the stones

> without doing the flush?<<

>

> You can check with the better hospitals in your area to see if any

of them

> perform lithotripsy. This is not being done yet in a lot of places

in the

> U.S., but it is in a few places. They combine Actigall with a

treatment

> using sound waves (if I remember corectly, someone correct me if I

am

> wrong)to dissolve the stones. I think that this will probably be

more

> widely available a few years down the road.

>

> Debra

>

>

>

>

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