Dissolving Gallstones?

[calex_surf]

I have had on again off again pain in my upper right quaderant. I'v had an ultra sound to check if there was any gallstones and the results came back negative. The pain kicks up whenever I eat high fat foods for a couple of days. The pain will last all day and even if I dont eat anything the next day I am still suffering from pain in that area. I'm convinced something is wrone with my gallbladder since my fathers side of the family has all had their gallbladders removed. Trying to find an alternate route to subsiding the pain I came across a cleasing site noting that these herbal supplements will dissolve the gallstones and clease the gallbladder and liver.

My question is can gallstones really be dissolved? My mother is a ER Nurse and say's that she has never heard of Gallstones being dissolved. That they either pass or you have to have surgery. So can gallstones dissolve? And if not what is an alternate safe route to ease the pain and clease the gallbladder? Thanks

[Matthew007]

hey calex,

yeah my mother had an ultrasound which came back negative back in the day so they did remove it and they found "sand like" gallstones..like millions of them (or sludge) so even though imaging is negative there still *could be problems*

One way to check is a HIDA scan checking for the ejection rate.  Mine was like 12% and I had zero stones so I had mine removed (and still am having problems..)

One home remedy which I haven't done myself (scared me) was if you google 'liver cleanse recipe" you'll come across a few sites that list something like ...olive oil or...vinegar with lemon juice or something mix that you drink.  They swear by it but..yeah proceed at your own risk there.  Basically it's like a power flush for the liver..but something you can try.  

Your gallbladder basically squeezes out bile to help digest oily, fatty foods...SOoooo another way is to avoid fats/oils for a few days up to a week to give your gallbladder a break..try drinking some applejuice and light exercise or that liver cleanse and try that.. or try the liver cleanse.  I've never heard of gallstones dissolve but many people do a liver cleanse.. *shrugs* might be worth a shot just be close to a bathroom when you do it.