Cholecystits

[patient888]

Hi. I am a 26 year old female. About a month ago, I had acute alithiasic cholecystitis. It was diagnosed in time and had an appropriate treatment for ten days. I followed a fat free diet for 14 days and my doctor told me I was good enough to eat as usual. I ate a little bit of fat that weekend, but not even half of what I am used to (which is not that much). On monday, I drank a sip of green tea and an hour later I had a terrible headache, a huge belly and dizziness. I called my doctor and he recommended to keep away from fatty food a week more, which ended last friday. On saturday I went to a restaurant and had a non-fatty fish for dinner, but as everyone else on the table kept eating, I asked for a scallops tartare too. I was drinking red wine (because according to my doctor I could drink that) and the scallops were served with white wine. The thing is, I cannot remember anything after dinner until I was at my home again, vomiting the scallops (about two or three hours after I ate them). I felt terrible yesterday, with chills, nausea, headache, stomachache and without apetite (with gross memories of the scallops) and today I do not feel that much better (chills, no apetite, nausea and headache). What happened to me? was it the scallops? the wine? both?

[patient915]

It can be hard to give up foods that you really like.  However, if it helps you, then it is always worth it.  I miss food a lot (I've been 100% tube fed for a year now) so I know that it is very hard to eliminate foods from your diet.

[patient888]

Thank you. I will schedule an appointment this week. I love wine though, I am really worried about what happened.

[patient915]

Welcome to the gastroenterology community!  This could be a chronic problem and I would recommend seeing a gastroenterologist about this to be evaluated.