OT: Cheryl, how's your daughter?

[DLA]

Saw that she went to the dr about the inflammation and passing out and was wondering what you found out.  Am praying it is nothing.  Poor thing has been through quite enough already.

Dac

[Venora Moonwind]

when you get your gall bladder out you have to stay away from fried food sand naything with a high fat content. It will set your gut into overdrive  and if you are have a wonky gallbladder the same goes for it. I got mine out in 94. reall aggravated the IBS but since I got my thyroid out I have been in IBS remission LOL   somet imes I still get the big D but nothing a little immodium cant take care of.
cheryl I am glad your daughter is doing ok so youg to have had to go through gall bladder surgery.
Hey you know what my husband said to me after my surgery? you are the four fs. fair fat female and forty. LOL thanks alot honey. How that  for making you feel better after surgery? but he did take really good care of me afterwards so hes not so bad.I think I will keep himaround for another 33 years.
Love Venora

[ChitChatNine]

I have chugged Mylanta extra strength to the point that I probably created my own kidney stones bcz back then it contained calcium carbonate!!!!!!  I still will chug it by the gallon it seems along with Tums or thos other ones ... Gaviscon it is!!!!  Nothing helps once it does it thing.

With my first attack it showed gravel, sludge, grit in the tubes w/symptoms ........

I guess I could have a HIDA Scan done at some point but the pain is so in the exact GB area I am 99.9% certain it is GB.  Although kidney stones can mimic things, too but you get pings/pangs in the kidney first ::: hee hee heee:::

Love your tater comments ... tater chips .... :)

C~

[DLA]

Have you tried strong antacids for the GB?  They work if you take them when it first starts.  Even better is nitro.  Stops the spasm almost immediately.  Doesn't Mrs. Potato Head have those laying around for one of her many detachable parts?  LOL  They're actually pretty easy to get b/c they can't do any damage.

Also have you had your GB tested to make sure that's what it is?  After having GB removed I now have esophageal spasms.  They're actually called something like cardio sphincter . . .spasms that I have, but they have the same symptoms and I take nitro to stop them, too.

Your poor little tater tots.  =(  Regular chips off the ol' potato, huh?  LOL

[ChitChatNine]

LOL on the Mrs. PHead ... hee hee hee!  I have Tater Tots for sure~

My attacks curl me into walking fetal position as I go around telling older teens to call "911" if I pass out and to tell them, "mom thinks GB but has kidneystones, too" ...  it is the type of pain you cannot take in a breath as it hurts and you feel like you have to have gas but nothing will move it and it continues to get worse and then gets better .. this go-around I did a really hot bath and it worked!     .....   Sometimes get dry heaves with it, too, esp. in the AM.  Then feel like Mack Truck has run you over next day ..... yeah, pretty classic, eh?

My DD has opposite problem as you discuss ... then she'll eat a fatty food to get it moving ROTFLOL~

No more Prevacid for her . she was taking it on/off for 3yrs now ... and not one day needing it .. ah doy .. it was BILE REFLUX fella's and not acid!!!!

C~

[DLA]

Gall bladder problems can really mess with the GI tract.  Now that she doesn't have one, just wait and see how fun it gets.  I'm sure they explained all of that and you know that she can take a daily med for it.

Am glad she's doing so well.  Am sorry you're having gall bladder attacks.  Are they mild so you can still walk or are they the crawl through the house kind?  Fun, fun.

Mrs. Potato Head sure did have little Potato Heads, didn't she?  LOL  =(

[ChitChatNine]

Thanks for asking!  The appt went VERY well ... unless their pediatric radiologist disagrees with prior findings on the CT Scan and Ultrasound we are going to leave things alone as she has no symptoms at this time and is doing very well since the GB surgery!  The Pedi GI said that many kids come thru with this inflammation and it is transient (viral) in nature and just goes away when the "other" problem resolves (in her case so sick with the GB, etc.).  We totally agree and he said, too, that "if" anything ever changes then she is a patient and he could easily change his gameplan and scope her, etc. etc. but for now no need to do so ... I agree!!!

The passing out thing he suggests (along with others) is a Vaso Vego (?sp) thing .... I kind of think stress to her body with back to school, home tutors, not 100% back to normal when eating foods still, etc., etc. and am going to insist she eat well balanced, small meals and drink alot .... he suggested a great Pedi Neuro who specializes and is great in these fainting type of episodes but I don't want to do that unless really necessary.  They are off all next week ..... so let's see if an episode happens while on vacation is my thinking for now.

Thanks again for asking .... I, on the other hand, recently had a gallbladder atatck that I believe was prompted by a nasty urinary infection that sparked or began by the movement of a small kidney stone .. all from stress of last month .. tends to "catch up" with us older folks 2+ weeks later LOL .. but doing really ok now and off the Levaquin which was awful for me that week as I felt so tired from it the whole week long.

C~

[stella5349]

C -

I feel the brain fog is a big deal this week for me - post what is happening with her here.

We are all concerned - she just a kid :(