1st Timer - kind of long

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Just did my first flush!!! (Took me over a year to work up the pain to try

it). My history: Mid 30's female (5 children) somewhat overweight,

otherwise good health, with an incapacitating attack a year ago requiring a

midnight trip to the ER (was breastfeeding at the time). The doctor

recommended surgery then, as the ultrasound showed many large stones...I

declined, saying there must be an all-natural way and I was going to find

it. He put me on actigall, which I only took that for a couple of months.

Two nights ago, I was experiencing major discomfort and quite a bit of pain

just below ribs on my right side (after a BBQ which included too many

hotdogs and greasy chips). The pain was still with me yesterday morning, so

I declined to eat anything and searched the net for a flush/cleanse. I

ended up drinking an entire container of Minute Maid apple juice (frozen

from concentrate and mixed with 3 cans of water), as I couldn't find any

fresh juice in our town. After 6:00 pm and several trips to the potty, I

quit drinking the juice. I then mixed 1 cup of all natural cold pressed

extra virgin olive oil (Filippo Berio, as it was the greenest I could find)

and the juice of 10 large lemons (strained, they equaled about 1 cup).

Beginning at 7:30 I started with 2 oz and lay down on my left side with

knees up toward my chest. Every 15 minutes I downed another 2 oz until the

entire 16-oz mixture was consumed. To keep from vomiting (I never could

stand the smell of olive oil or anything cooked in it), I took a very small

sip of V-8 juice after each dose. I slept most of all night (with the

exception of the thunderclaps, as we had a storm). When I woke up this

morning I didn't have the urge to eliminate, just nausea. So I was afraid it

was all for nothing. But around 8:30, it took. There were over 100 small

" stones " . I was expecting larger ones, like on the ultrasound. I made a

couple more trips over the course of the morning with the same results.

Finally just before noon, I passed the " big " blackish ones (1/2 inch to over

1 inch!) And some that were large, flat, and grayish. The nausea is now gone

and I was able to eat some soup for lunch. I feel better than I've felt in a

long, long time!!!!

Shona :0)