Gallstones

[chrizzy100]

I know a few people here have talk about having them...well my Limo driver was taken ill in FL with Gallstones and nearly died...when the stones went to the lab...they were made up of the colouring in diet cokes etc....and that he has now been told not to drink ANY kind of dark diet drink...I don't know if this is of any interest to anyone who has had stones or not...

[LiesaAnna]

thats interesting Chrizzy, i never drink coke!!! i used to about 5 years ago, but not alot, mind you i find i cant stand any type of coke cola or pepsi, ugh yuk!! makes me feel sick just the thought of it!!

back to the drawing board!![msnwink]
hope your driver is better now?

[Newhomebuyer]

I had gallstones a few years ago. They were very very small and went floating about. They got stuck in my pancreatic duct and caused pancreatitis (apparently the other way to get pancreatitis is to drink too much alchohol)I got too much amalayse into my system and had to send for an ambulance.
They never told me what they were made of but I had always assumed that if you ate too many fatty foods they helped to cause them. I was told to reduce my intake of eggs once I had my gallbaladder out to fewer then 2 per week.
I don't know why I am so big when I think of all the bits that have been removed from my insides over the years for one reason or another there shouldn't be all this left.
I hope your driver is better now. I recovered from that op really quickly.

[chrizzy100]

Its seems its only dark diet drinks....normal ones are OK.......something to do with the low cal sugar and colouring mix maybe..
He is fine now....he picked us up from the airport....it was great to see him...he is now a long time friend....so it was a bit of a shock to find out he was so ill....

[Chloe]

I've not heard of that before as a possible cause. I believe they can be excruciatingly painful, thankfully I don't drink fizzy drinks, they give me the MOST awful indigestion and I feel like I am about to have a heart attack with the pain, so not tempted. Chloe

[bjpointon]

My MIL who is 85 suffers with gallstones and has had to have morphine to quell the pain. I did a bit of research and I have now got her Obbekjaers Pappermint Tabs and Peppermint Oil and she has one or two drinks of peppermint tea per day and the symptoms have almost disappeared, she has the odd day when she gets a severe bout of pain. She said it is worst than childbirth when the pain starts.

[LiesaAnna]

when i had that turn as we landed in florida in sept, i wanted to die, i have had 6 children and there is nothing i can compare with the pain of gallstones i wouldnt wish it on my worst enemy

[LiesaAnna]

i was told fatty foods, and i dont consciously have it in my diet!!!

[Ray&Sarah]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by LiesaAnna
i was told fatty foods, and i dont consciously have it in my diet!!!
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My friend was told that too and it did seem to be certain fatty foods that set it off.[msnsmile]

[LiesaAnna]

i dont remember having any on the flight over, i even refused the cream with the afternoon tea, but the scone itself has butter so maybe it was that that set it off? i had roast chicken and picked at that, so that particular spell with gallstones couldnt tell what caused that!