Progressing
So far I have decided not to take any pain medication for this gallstone issue - since I’m not eating well, I feel it will only add to my troubles, as pain medications are known to cause stomach bleeds unless taken on a full stomach. That and I’ve been taking LOTS of pain medication steadily for the past 21 years for the endometriosis, so my g.i. tract is not exactly robust to begin with.
The pain from pancreatitis vs. gallstones is similar. It starts off feeling like a pulled muscle around the ribcage, and it hurts to breathe even tiny breaths, beause of the pressure.
With pancreatitis, the pain is centered above the bottom of the breast bone / solar plexus area. It feels like burning, like a torn muscle.
With gallstone inflammation, the pain is under the right ribcage. It too feels like burning, like a torn muscle. The pain then radiates to the lower back and to the shoulders, so you feel like you have two conditions going on - your back is going out AND you have this lovely torn muscle feeling under the ribcage.
As previously mentioned, the medical establishment LOVES to rip out gallbladders when this happens. It’s an expensive laparoscopic surgery.
Well, I’m not vomiting and I don’t have the chills and I’m not unconscious, so screw surgery.
Last night, I bought the following, all which are supposed to help, according to “Healing With Whole Foods”, by Paul Pitchford, which I got from my health counselor:
Green (granny smith) Apples
Raw Radishes
Horseradish
Pears
Lemons
Limes
Tumeric
Flax oil
Also recommended (and I already have it in the house) is chamomile tea - five cups per day.
Yesterday I drank fresh squeezed lemons and limes mixed into water with ice cubes. Mmmm, mmm good.
For dinner I had two apples, two mugs of chamomile tea, and a half a teaspoon of horseradish every ten minutes for an hour.
I woke up this morning and PRESTO! The pain was gone!
For a short while…then I got a different pain…lower…in the bladder region.
That’s good though! The stones are moving! And this pain, although it has me limping, is actually much more tolerable than the gallbladder pain under the ribcage. I have been highly functional today (although slow going), and I’ve cleaned the hell out of the house.
I’ve had two more apples today, a raw radish, and right now I’m eating mashed yams with garlic, tumeric, non-dairy-gluten-free butter and flax oil.
Joooyyyy….These are the best yams EVAR.
I’ve had two Ensure protein drinks in the last 24 hours as well - these are leftover from my endometriosis surgery back in February.
But other than that, I’m lacking in the protein and fatty food department, and so I’m quite light-headed at the moment. I eat fish and eggs and chicken every day, and sometimes red meat. So this lack of the meats has me feeling like I’m fasting.
Whooo boy fasting is a bit like tripping…
Wheeee…..
Tonight! I drink nasty 2/3 cup olive oil and 1/3 cup lemon juice concoction so I can poop out the stones tomorrow!
I knew you wanted to read that, really.
My life, ladies and gentlemen…. this is what happens when you live fast punk rock oi oi for too long.
Suddenly, you find yourself in your early to mid thirties with all the health problems of a geezer.
Not exactly the way I wanted to spend my three-day weekend, but there it is.