Well, where do I start?, I have been 3 weeks without a gall attack and its been lovely, that is until Thursday. So, since Thursday I have experienced 3 attacks and they are most definitely not pleasant. One thing that helps me get through them is that this time next week I will mentally be preparing myself for the operation to remove the gallbladder, a cholecystectomy, if you will.
For those who are unaware of what causes gall stones and gall attacks, I shall explain...
Gall stones are caused or should I say created because of either having too much cholesterol in your gallbladder or because there is too much bilirubin inside the gallbladder.
Gall attacks happen because the stones are moving or you have eaten too much fat.
The gall stone diet is boring, expensive and time consuming. This diet is basically no fat, this is now to the point that I cannot eat tomatoes because of the seeds. You also have to prepare your dinner fresh every night. However, I have lost 3 stone since Christmas.
Now losing 3 stone is brilliant, and giving birth to my beautiful daughter just before Christmas meant that losing baby weight wasn't a problem. Although, I can't help thinking how much weight will I put back on after my operation.
The thought of this operation is absolutely terrifying me, I have never been under general anaesthetic or been for an operation, the unknown scares me so much. The upsides are, its keyhole surgery and I will be a day case (so not much hospital food to consume).
The biggest and best thing about it is that I will be able to start living my life as normal again and can go out and not be scared that any second now I could be in unbearable pain, equal to, if not more painful than being in full blown ready to push labour.
Laura
For those who are unaware of what causes gall stones and gall attacks, I shall explain...
Gall stones are caused or should I say created because of either having too much cholesterol in your gallbladder or because there is too much bilirubin inside the gallbladder.
Gall attacks happen because the stones are moving or you have eaten too much fat.
The gall stone diet is boring, expensive and time consuming. This diet is basically no fat, this is now to the point that I cannot eat tomatoes because of the seeds. You also have to prepare your dinner fresh every night. However, I have lost 3 stone since Christmas.
Now losing 3 stone is brilliant, and giving birth to my beautiful daughter just before Christmas meant that losing baby weight wasn't a problem. Although, I can't help thinking how much weight will I put back on after my operation.
The thought of this operation is absolutely terrifying me, I have never been under general anaesthetic or been for an operation, the unknown scares me so much. The upsides are, its keyhole surgery and I will be a day case (so not much hospital food to consume).
The biggest and best thing about it is that I will be able to start living my life as normal again and can go out and not be scared that any second now I could be in unbearable pain, equal to, if not more painful than being in full blown ready to push labour.
Laura
Well it's like this Laura- the op is a piece of piss and your gorgeous body will not be scared by that minute keyhole. As for a weight gain -well just eat good(ish) stuff because it was probably some of the crap food you ate that caused some of the problem :-)
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