Unfortunately yesterday I had to go back to the ER for the unknown abdominal pain that I was experiencing a couple weeks back. Another round of I.V., tests, and ultrasound and the doc comes up with the news that I have "sludge" in my gallbladder.
Is that a technical term? Yup.
It's what happens when you have a gallstone and it brakes up in your gallbladder. Sound painful? Sure is. Two Vicodin on Saturday night weren't enough to keep me from doubling up in pain. Prior to this incident I thought fiber was restricted to whole grains and fiber supplements. Sure I knew that fiber was in a lot of things subconsciously but I wasn't aware how much some had. For instance did you know that fruits and veggies eaten with skins (cherries, cucumber, tomato, apples, etc.) have lots of fiber? Loads! Unfortunately peanut butter (one of my favorite breakfast foods) has too much fat for me to eat at the moment even if balanced out with apples or something similar. So why the whole low/no fat?
If I remember things correctly: the gallbladder puts bile into the stomach to help digestion. Gallstones can occur when cholesterol mixes with the bile in the gallbladder. Fat requires more bile to help digest it and so if you have a gallstone or "sludge", bile trying to get from the GB to the stomach causes pain. Lots of it. Eat less fat...no pain. This is what I'm following and like I said, it's rough.
More news to follow soon...
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