farewell flushers--surgery tomorrow--very long

[Guest guest]

I wanted to thank everyone for all of their help and support, as you

get little support with the kinds of things I have been doing to save

my gb from people who are not like-minded. I had my ultrasound on

Tues and to my utter dismay, it has not improved one bit. My Dr. (I

switched to a new one yeah!) was very sympathetic, understanding, and

compassionate to all I have been doing. He is very concerned about

going on this way, as am I.

I have had 12 attacks in 14 days. Yesterday's attack was brought on

by eating an Ezekial bread tortilla (no fat), with apricot jam (no

sugar)! I am extremely disappointed as I have always had a vision in

mind that I would conquer this problem. I have done everything I can.

My diet hardly resembles my former even though I ate pretty healthy

before. I haven't cheated for three months and in the last six weeks

have not even touched meat. Three of the attacks this week felt like

they happened in my stomach (concern for pancreatitis). Two days ago,

the attack felt like it was in my liver. Yesterday it was a " normal "

mild attack that responded to lobelia again. The other three had not.

And I now need to warn about the stimulant effects of

lobelia/cayenne. Two of my attacks last week I took two to three

doses of lobelia. (these were the stomach ones) It did not work, but

I was awake all night long (percoset finally stopped the attacks)

with a no-doze type awakeness. I could not sleep. So make sure if you

take the lobelia that you can afford to be awake. The one dose last

night did not keep me awake and stopped the attack.

I feel like I have done all I can that I knew to do--total dietary

turn around with loss of 35 pounds. I am THIN!!!!!!!!!! 16 flushes

(I am now feeling like there MAY be something to Barry's bile ball

theory, but won't go there) I do feel the flush is beneficial and

that it obviously does flush some people's gallstones out, but it

hasn't done it for me. I do think it has made my liver much

healthier. I have done 3 and 5 day fasts. Consumed healthy fats,

taken herbs, Chinese and other, supplements, been as perfect as I

could be. And yet, the attacks keep coming, more and more frequently.

I have a sneaky suspicion that MAYBE I could keep going and it would

resolve, but at this point it becomes a huge gamble for me. There was

no improvement after 6 months of trying, and evidence of significant

endangerment to myself if I go on. I have 6 children and a husband

who has been more than supportive and has never once suggested I do

other than I have been doing. I spent a lot of the day yesterday

crying over this and was actually supposed to be in surgery today,

but am on the docket first thing tomorrow morning.

I would like to know if any of you have suggestions for a successful

recovery? I was thinking since the Dr said my intestines will go to

sleep, that they should be as empty as possible. So, I am drinking

organice apple juice with Barleygreen and JustCarrots today and will

do an enema tonight. I am trying to look at the success rates of

being 95% successful and not worry about the 5%. I am really praying

that God will bless me to be in that 95% as I have done everything I

possibly could to preserve my health. It is a relief to me that not

only is the surgeon a relative to my husband, but that my Dr said in

the six years he has been here, he has never heard of a single

complication from this surgeon. I know my Dr personally as well and

believe him to be an honest man. Also I have talked with probably ten

people who have had gb surgery by this surgeon and everyone of them

report that they have had a completely succcessful recovery with no

problems at all. One more question and I will close. On Dr. Mercola's

site he says you have to take bile salts the rest of your life. None

of the people I know who have had the surgery do and the Dr says I

will not need to. Anyone know more about this?

I feel like a failure in a way, but know I have done all I can. I do

look forward to pain free living and I will let you all know how it

turns out. I am planning on keeping the changes I have made in my

diet permanently to avoid other problems, but will allow myself

pleasures at social functions. I do look forward to that. Dawn