Mother knows best?

[Guest guest]

Hello all. Thursday evening my mother ended up in the emergency room

and following an ultrasound, she received a diagnosis of " thickening

of the gallbladder. " She is remaining in the hospital over the

weekend. Her only nutrition is dripping through an IV. Monday they

are planning to drop a tube down her esophagus to peek at

(something?). I learned about these flushes from you folks here and

have passed around 2000 stones and tons of sludge on so far eight

flushes. Despite relaying my first-hand experience to her, I think I

am failing to convince her to try the flushes. Her feeling is, " They

know what they're doing. If they say it has to come out, it has to

come out. " The docs are already making plans to cut her. The

procedure will not even be performed laproscopicly <sp?> due to scar

tissue from previous surgeries.

Please, has anyone been successful in convincing a loved one to avoid

surgery and at least attempt to flush first? Btw, NO stones appeared

on ultrasound. The reason they are giving her to remove it is

thickening of the walls of the gallbladder and a indication on

ultrasound of dirt (sludge?).

Any thoughts will be appreciated.

[Guest guest]

----- Original Message -----

From: ginakirk20

gallstones

Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2003 4:25 PM

Subject: Mother knows best?

Hi : You can only try. But oldsters accept authority without question. You

first have to deprogram that deep rooted mind set of thinking. Good luck it is

not easy.

Walt

Hello all. Thursday evening my mother ended up in the emergency room

and following an ultrasound, she received a diagnosis of " thickening

of the gallbladder. " She is remaining in the hospital over the

weekend. Her only nutrition is dripping through an IV. Monday they

are planning to drop a tube down her esophagus to peek at

(something?). I learned about these flushes from you folks here and

have passed around 2000 stones and tons of sludge on so far eight

flushes. Despite relaying my first-hand experience to her, I think I

am failing to convince her to try the flushes. Her feeling is, " They

know what they're doing. If they say it has to come out, it has to

come out. " The docs are already making plans to cut her. The

procedure will not even be performed laproscopicly <sp?> due to scar

tissue from previous surgeries.

Please, has anyone been successful in convincing a loved one to avoid

surgery and at least attempt to flush first? Btw, NO stones appeared

on ultrasound. The reason they are giving her to remove it is

thickening of the walls of the gallbladder and a indication on

ultrasound of dirt (sludge?).

Any thoughts will be appreciated.