Re: More ?'s!!...

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,

This is very easy to answer. Everyone's body is different. Why would

my one 1cm gb stone cause me to loose hours of sleep and your many

stones do not?

Why do some people live all their lives with a gb full of calcified

stones and never feel any pain? Bile consistancy? Some bile can flow

easier than others. You could have a 3cm calcified stone and never

feel pain as long as the bile can flow past it. Duct size at the

mouth, shape of the stone (oval, round). There can be many factors

for the difference. Just be glad yours haven't caused you severe

pain....yet. Getting them out is the only way to insure they will not

one day bother you more.

Good luck with your health.

Barry.

> barry91162@y...

> writes:

> > IMO, this type of stone is what most of us get colic

> > pain from. Sludge and such is discomforting but the pain of a

hard gb

> > stone blocking the mouth and stopping up the bile is terrible.

>

>

> Okay, I'll throw this into the mix. On the one hand, I've

seen my

> ultrasound films and it appears that there are several white spots

which we

> think would indicate calcified stones because the cholesterol ones

wouldn't

> show up, right? (correct me if I've misunderstood this.) On the

other

> hand, you think it's the calcified stones that cause the pain,

right?

>

> Then why do you suppose, if my ultrasound appears to be showing

calcium

> stones, am I not getting the colic pain that some of you describe?

I've had

> something similar, but much shorter in duration and definitely not

the

> frequency that others have written about. And trust me - I haven't

refined

> my dietary habits that well! In the past few months since the

attacks first

> happened, I've had some days of pretty unhealthy eating. (nothing

I'm proud

> of, but am just admitting it to give the whole picture)

>

> Any speculation? I'm not complaining - let me clarify! I'm

VERY grateful

> that I haven't had the experiences that some of you have written

about. I'm

> just puzzled by why mine ARE less severe when it would seem by the

ultrasound

> that I have calcified stones in there.

>

> I think I'm going to take those films to work with me on Monday and

just keep

> asking until I find someone in the health care departments who

might be able

> to tell me what they see.

>

> in health,

> rachel~