Re: thinking about surgery

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I had the same problem around the 10th flush, I went to the doctor and he

told me it was probably an ulcer. I took some Ativan to ease my stress and

all my symptoms went away. I have done 33 flushes so far and I had troubles

several times but the Ativan allways works for me. I found that a flush can

eliminate a problem but create a new one until........the next flush. This

is my experience with the flush process, I don't think it will help you much

but you asked for any comments so here you go.

TG

>From : <gmrosario@...>

> I am on my 7th flush. I have not flushed for a month and a half

> now. I wanted to see what happened but I had disaster. Everytime I

> flushed, the week after I have pains on my gallbladder. Most of the

> time now, I feel pain on my upper left and middle section of my

> abdomen. I still have pain on my gallbladder section. There were a

> few days that I don't feel pain but they came back. I wanted to

> flush again but I don't know if it is helping me. Should I go for

> surgery or do more flushes? I'm scared that it infected my

> PANCREAS. The pains that I am getting is on that side. I have

> watched my diet but sometimes, eat junk foods and sometimes drink

> alcohol. Drinking MADE IT WORST. However, I still feel pain no matter

> what I eat. It is less when I only eat vegetable or non-fat/no

> cholesterol. I had my blood test done last month and pancreas is

> fine. I just had UPPER GI Series to check if I have ulcer, it came

> out normal. So I am guessing, it is caused by GALLSTONES. Don't know

> what is wrong or it is a part of the symptoms of having a

> gallstones. I have not done ultrasound since October where they have

> diagnosed me for possible CHOLILIETHIASIS.

>

> I have an appointment this Friday for another consultation. Any

> advice or comments will be appreciated.

[Guest guest]

What is ATIVAN?

> Hi,

>

> I had the same problem around the 10th flush, I went to the doctor

and he

> told me it was probably an ulcer. I took some Ativan to ease my

stress and

> all my symptoms went away. I have done 33 flushes so far and I had

troubles

> several times but the Ativan allways works for me. I found that a

flush can

> eliminate a problem but create a new one until........the next

flush. This

> is my experience with the flush process, I don't think it will help

you much

> but you asked for any comments so here you go.

>

> TG

>

> >From : <gmrosario@a...>

> > I am on my 7th flush. I have not flushed for a month and a half

> > now. I wanted to see what happened but I had disaster.

Everytime I

> > flushed, the week after I have pains on my gallbladder. Most of

the

> > time now, I feel pain on my upper left and middle section of my

> > abdomen. I still have pain on my gallbladder section. There were

a

> > few days that I don't feel pain but they came back. I wanted to

> > flush again but I don't know if it is helping me. Should I go for

> > surgery or do more flushes? I'm scared that it infected my

> > PANCREAS. The pains that I am getting is on that side. I have

> > watched my diet but sometimes, eat junk foods and sometimes drink

> > alcohol. Drinking MADE IT WORST. However, I still feel pain no

matter

> > what I eat. It is less when I only eat vegetable or non-fat/no

> > cholesterol. I had my blood test done last month and pancreas is

> > fine. I just had UPPER GI Series to check if I have ulcer, it

came

> > out normal. So I am guessing, it is caused by GALLSTONES. Don't

know

> > what is wrong or it is a part of the symptoms of having a

> > gallstones. I have not done ultrasound since October where they

have

> > diagnosed me for possible CHOLILIETHIASIS.

> >

> > I have an appointment this Friday for another consultation. Any

> > advice or comments will be appreciated.

[Guest guest]

I too have noticed that some flushes sem to create more pain in the

gb area for a week or two, BUT THEN I feel great for the next 3-4

months. I especially seem to have a " bad flush " when I do not do a

complete flush and reduce the number of days on apple juice and skip

some epsom salts (disodium phosphates for me!).

I believe that we can over-flush... and the gb needs time to heal

after we have removed the sludge.

ken a.