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[Guest guest]

Wonderful news Doug and it serves as great encouragement for the rest of

us!!! I have been on xolair since Feb. and am now on 5 mg. every other day.

This summer I was able to go outside and not be in air conditioning all the

time. I even was able to leave my windows open. I have had 1 er visit in a yr.

totally amazing for me. Sharon hoping our company doesn't switch insurances in

Dec,

[Guest guest]

How wonderful! I absolutely love what you wrote. I, too, have saved my GB and

my only attack also happened to have been in March 2006. I've been very

concerned about all this fasting I've been reading about. I do not think that's

a good way to go. Eat small amounts but frequently so a person doesn't get

hungry.

Amber

Fran:

I've been following up your posting and could feel your pains. Your pains were

the same thing I've experienced before I was hospitalized for 14 days because I

could no longer withstand it the gallstone attack. That was last March 2006.

After I was released from hospital, I went back to the hospital after a week

because of another GB attack . The doctor decided to remove my gall bladder last

May 23, 2006. But on May 22, 2006, I backed out, making my doctor upset and mad

on me. Today, more than a year already, I never had a serious GB attack by

simply following simple rules of eating and drinking.

You don't need a gall bladder removal, and you will never have a gall stone

attack again if you analyse back and trace what food and drinks were causing you

pains.

In my case, for example, I've been eating foods with beef twice a day, even

three times a day. I never drink water, only soda. These was how my gallstones

developed. Extreme saturated fats from beef that I ate twice a day, soda on my

sytem instead of water. These are all enemies of gallstone, which I discovered

from reading. When I discovered these from readings, I totally stopped eating

beef meat, and replaced it with chicken meat. I stopped drinking any brand of

soda, but lots of pure apple juice and water in a day. I stopped drinking coffee

or any drink that has caffein - not even those drinks that claim caffein-free (I

tried drinking caffein-free green tea for two weeks, but after two weeks the

signs of gallstone attack came back last January. When I stopped it, the pains

below my back stopped also. So, from there, I concluded even drinks that claim

caffein-free can cause gallstone attack on me.)

The readings you may get from postings will be confusing sometimes. You don't

really know which one is effective. And be careful, some of the advise leads you

to a web site owned (or a member) of the product they are recommending to you.

So, they might not be helping you, but pitching sales to you actually.

So, to shorten: again... list down foods and drinks that caused you pains in

your gall bladder. Then stop eating them or drinking them. Drink a lot of water

and at least 3 glasses of pure apple juice in a day. That's the only secret.

Do not overeat, and never be hungry. Both will irritate your gall bladder.

Finally, have a positive outlook in your daily life. It relaxes your system,

including your gall bladder.

If you believe in your own Almighty God, pray and ask Him to heal you. It

works on me.

God Bless.

Jess

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[Guest guest]

Fran,

I'm glad things are getting better. Watch carefully what you eat and what

sets it off, and you will be fine! I wanted to second (or third?) the thing

about fasting. When I haven't eaten in a while, my gall bladder tells me.

The best way to go about it is small, frequent meals of food that are

healthy, and only (for now) fats that are good for the gall bladder (olive

oil, flax oil, etc.)

I also wanted to say that even though your symptoms might seem typical for

gall bladder or the surgeries you have had, do not write them off

completely. My friend's dad was being treated for congestive heart failure,

and had been having pains and some other symptoms. They wrote his symptoms

off without making sure it wasn't something else, and when he finally got a

scan done, he was eaten up with cancer. He was dead within 6 weeks. It

sounds like you have had pretty good " coverage " as far as doctors, but if

you haven't had a complete check up in a while, it might be time! We want to

believe it's " nothing " but it's better to KNOW it's nothing than hope it.

I hope you are able to rest well and that tomorrow is an even better day. If

it is, don't eat the junk! LOL

Have a blessed day!

Evie Maddox

From: gallstones [mailto:gallstones ] On

Behalf Of franniboy@...

Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 9:16 PM

gallstones

Subject: Reporting In

Hello Everyone,

This morning seemed dire... the day, mediocre. Drank water most of the day.

Had a saltless, soft petzel around noon. A banana later in the day. MIld,

short

duration attacks occurred periodically, but I made it through my work day

without any sever agony.

I'm in the in between realm of surgery consideration and continuance of the

measures to tame my ailing GB. Can I really turn this around?

Spoke to my neighbor, who is a nurse and has had extensive bowel and GB

surgies, this morning about my symptoms. She says they are all typical and

vary

from person to person. The arm ache that accompanies and subsides with

attacks is

also typical she says (people sometimes thnk they're having a heart attack).

The tenderness below the upper quadrant seems to be an irritated bowel and,

perhaps, some liver tenderness. Tenderness seems to be in different areas

and

where my appendix used to be too.

Tonite we had dinner out and I feel pretty good. Ate small portions of

veggies and brown rich. Attacks tried to happen but did not. Ceased eating

at 8:00

PM. Had lemon in my water and have my fingers crossed that tonite will go

relatively painless, although I do expect some discomfort.

I will dovetail my efforts to get and maintain control of my GB with the

surgery option and make a decision after further consultations with a couple

of

MD's... one I believe to be an alternative medicine MD... that is, if I can

last

a duration of time to accomplish this, and have an ultrasound and blood work

done ASAP.

Good news is, I don't feel too bad right now, 10 PM EST USA. It's been a

roller coaster ride and I appreciate everyone's support and advice.

Will continue with my updates as much as I can. Stress, I found, also can

bring on the discomfort... that is, when I'm fighting the clock to get

things

done... otherwise my job is a labor of love for the most part.

All for now.

Regards,

Fran

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