https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 06 May 2026 21:56:05 +0000 Sun, 20 May 2007 22:38:58 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.05 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=7588 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7588&PID=148177&title=gall-stones-club#148177 Author: AndysMummy
Subject: 7588
Posted: 20 May 2007 at 10:38pm

I agree that Gall Stones are worse than labour. I ended up in A&E about 4 times. ahhhhh morphine... mmmmm
Ended up having my gall blader out 4 days after coming home from our Honeymoon. Sucky!!]]> Sun, 20 May 2007 22:38:58 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7588&PID=148177&title=gall-stones-club#148177 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7588&PID=148063&title=gall-stones-club#148063 Author: Rackhell
Subject: 7588
Posted: 20 May 2007 at 6:38pm

Gotta love pethidine...

10 years ago, i had (what i now know to be) gall stones. I biked (poor student!) to my local A & E and they diagnosed me as having hepititis C! hmm.

Two days later I was in hospital, having turned bright yellow after having an attack, a couple of days later I was in southern cross hospital (mum and dad admitting that i did indeed have private health insurance and that they were going to 'surprise' me with it at my birthday - odd people) where they performed keyhole surgery to remove my gallbladder. A nick under my boobs, a nick to the right of my belly button and the last nick in my belly button.

One gallstone was still going down the tract, and well it was more painful than all the rest because i thought they had 'got' all of them and they gave me pethidine. I bring that particular memory to the fore when I most need cheering up - it made me seriously happy and drowsy...bliss.
]]> Sun, 20 May 2007 18:38:22 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7588&PID=148063&title=gall-stones-club#148063 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7588&PID=147473&title=gall-stones-club#147473 Author: emeldee
Subject: 7588
Posted: 18 May 2007 at 9:16pm

I have one of those too I ended up passing one while I was pregnant with Andrew....so kidney stones on panadol....not nice. Darn pregnancy]]> Fri, 18 May 2007 21:16:53 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7588&PID=147473&title=gall-stones-club#147473 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7588&PID=147406&title=gall-stones-club#147406 Author: Bizzy
Subject: 7588
Posted: 18 May 2007 at 7:31pm

pepsi wrote: Oh kidney stones Is that the kind that you pee out?

sure is.... ]]> Fri, 18 May 2007 19:31:16 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7588&PID=147406&title=gall-stones-club#147406 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7588&PID=147404&title=gall-stones-club#147404 Author: pepsi
Subject: 7588
Posted: 18 May 2007 at 7:30pm

Oh kidney stones Is that the kind that you pee out?

When I think back, it was extremely painful and I was rushed to A & E cause I turned yellow and was in so much pain so they gave me sweet sweet drugs (can't remember the name now)... The next day I felt 100% better and had an ultrasound which is where they told me what they thought it was, but in fact I never went back to the doctor to discuss further.... I was just glad to not have to pee out a rock!]]> Fri, 18 May 2007 19:30:06 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7588&PID=147404&title=gall-stones-club#147404 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7588&PID=147396&title=gall-stones-club#147396 Author: Bizzy
Subject: 7588
Posted: 18 May 2007 at 7:20pm

pepsi it may have been kidney stones, as far as i know gall stones dont disappear and if they move you are in real trouble... ]]> Fri, 18 May 2007 19:20:55 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7588&PID=147396&title=gall-stones-club#147396 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7588&PID=147385&title=gall-stones-club#147385 Author: pepsi
Subject: 7588
Posted: 18 May 2007 at 7:08pm

I apparently had an attack years ago, before I was preggers and yeah it sucked... Apparently they dissolved or something before I got to see them though so lucky for me no surgery.. They just left a bit of a scar trail through my kidneys and other organs which picked up in the ultrasound at the time.

Edited by pepsi]]> Fri, 18 May 2007 19:08:57 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7588&PID=147385&title=gall-stones-club#147385 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7588&PID=147383&title=gall-stones-club#147383 Author: fattartsrock
Subject: 7588
Posted: 18 May 2007 at 7:05pm

Aaaaaaand I had another attack at 4am this morning (incidently, when Jake decided to get up for the day..) It was sooo bad that Ihad to get mum to take me to he hospital at 6am I was in such agony. So three shots of morphine later I had some relief came home round 11am (thank god it's creche day for Jake today) And charlie slept all day thanks to morphine milk...]]> Fri, 18 May 2007 19:05:41 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7588&PID=147383&title=gall-stones-club#147383 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7588&PID=147182&title=gall-stones-club#147182 Author: lottieandharry
Subject: 7588
Posted: 18 May 2007 at 1:20pm

Thanks heaps fattartsrock! Will talk to the doctor when I go back. Anything that will help reduce the pain a wee bit is worth finding out about! Appreciate the advice, thanks.]]> Fri, 18 May 2007 13:20:40 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7588&PID=147182&title=gall-stones-club#147182 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7588&PID=146979&title=gall-stones-club#146979 Author: fattartsrock
Subject: 7588
Posted: 17 May 2007 at 9:15pm

lottiesmum wrote: Hi there. I am new to this site. I think there is a possibility that I have gall stones too. I started having 'attacks' about 3 months after my daughter was born ( she is 14 months now). I have been putting up with it but the last attack scared the beejeezes out of me. My husband was away, daughter in bed and here i am lying on the bathroom floor wondering if I should call an ambulance beacause if I died there was no one else home!!!! Anyway I went to the doctor the next day and have a scan booked for next week, only problem now is I have just found out I am pregnant!! My question is for those of you who had it while pregnant, how did you cope obviously now they can't operate. I have been sticking to a low fat diet (which for me is quite difficuilt!!!) I am scared that an attack like that may harm the baby or bring on labour or something?? Any advice would be much appreciated.( sorry for the long post!!)

I got some stuff called buscopan from the Dr, is you feel you are going ot have an attack, take some, and some panadol, and it "lessens it" a bit. You just have to be careful what you eat, although today I ate LETTUCE, yes, friken LETTUCE and had a godawful attatck at 5.30pm (after skiting that Ihadn't had an attack for 2 weeks)
I started gettign mine while I was pregnant and no one knew what the problem was, so I just had to suffer, till I had the attack shortly after C was born that put me in hospital.
Good luck!]]> Thu, 17 May 2007 21:15:20 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7588&PID=146979&title=gall-stones-club#146979 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7588&PID=146776&title=gall-stones-club#146776 Author: emeldee
Subject: 7588
Posted: 17 May 2007 at 2:18pm

I'm a fourth generation member except Mum didn't bother mentioning it until I was in hospital doped up to the eyeballs after my first attack (age 17). It was the night after I'd had a full-on nachos and beer night with some friends and had tried my first cigarette... I thought it was the smoking and that somehow I'd been struck down for it. In any case, gallbladder and offending stones were removed 6 months later, 4 days before my 18th birthday. ]]> Thu, 17 May 2007 14:18:49 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7588&PID=146776&title=gall-stones-club#146776 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7588&PID=146749&title=gall-stones-club#146749 Author: Bizzy
Subject: 7588
Posted: 17 May 2007 at 1:17pm

i eat a lot of fatty food (as evidenced by my size) and never have any problems. i can even eat pizza which was the food that set my attacks off most. ]]> Thu, 17 May 2007 13:17:38 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7588&PID=146749&title=gall-stones-club#146749 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7588&PID=146740&title=gall-stones-club#146740 Author: SMoody
Subject: 7588
Posted: 17 May 2007 at 12:41pm

I was told that certain stuff will cause me to have more bile in my tummy and therefore get heartburn ect. Definately get it if I eat anything too fatty. ]]> Thu, 17 May 2007 12:41:33 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7588&PID=146740&title=gall-stones-club#146740 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7588&PID=146719&title=gall-stones-club#146719 Author: Bizzy
Subject: 7588
Posted: 17 May 2007 at 11:27am

Lisha wrote: Yes, I had some really bad attacks about 5 years ago, then had my gall bladder removed, I was 25 then, there are alot of foods that I can't eat as I get bad bile!

thats funny that - i was told by my doc that i could eat anything now...]]> Thu, 17 May 2007 11:27:36 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7588&PID=146719&title=gall-stones-club#146719 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7588&PID=146715&title=gall-stones-club#146715 Author: lottieandharry
Subject: 7588
Posted: 17 May 2007 at 11:17am

Hi there. I am new to this site. I think there is a possibility that I have gall stones too. I started having 'attacks' about 3 months after my daughter was born ( she is 14 months now). I have been putting up with it but the last attack scared the beejeezes out of me. My husband was away, daughter in bed and here i am lying on the bathroom floor wondering if I should call an ambulance beacause if I died there was no one else home!!!! Anyway I went to the doctor the next day and have a scan booked for next week, only problem now is I have just found out I am pregnant!! My question is for those of you who had it while pregnant, how did you cope obviously now they can't operate. I have been sticking to a low fat diet (which for me is quite difficuilt!!!) I am scared that an attack like that may harm the baby or bring on labour or something?? Any advice would be much appreciated.( sorry for the long post!!)]]> Thu, 17 May 2007 11:17:28 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7588&PID=146715&title=gall-stones-club#146715 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7588&PID=146713&title=gall-stones-club#146713 Author: Lisha
Subject: 7588
Posted: 17 May 2007 at 11:14am

Yes, I had some really bad attacks about 5 years ago, then had my gall bladder removed, I was 25 then, there are alot of foods that I can't eat as I get bad bile!]]> Thu, 17 May 2007 11:14:50 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7588&PID=146713&title=gall-stones-club#146713 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7588&PID=146677&title=gall-stones-club#146677 Author: fattartsrock
Subject: 7588
Posted: 17 May 2007 at 9:54am

yep I have to agree, pushing a bubba out your va jay jay is WAAAAAAAAAAAY less painful than gallstones. I also have the small sand like stones, so am getting my gall bladder taken out. I see the specialist in 2 weeks, and haven't had an attack for - touch wood - two weeks now. The second bad attack I had was when Char was 2 weeks old and I honestly thought I was having a heart attack, and I couldn't breathe. I was in the bedroom, kicking the wall so Rod could come down, I was in so much pain, I couldn't walk or yell, and I whispered ring an ambulance, I'm having a heart attack (I didn't know I had gallstones at that stage. We just live 5 mins from hospital, so it was faster for him to take me than ring an amby. It was horrific, and hooked up to ecg's etc. I felt reeeeeaaaalll dumb when the DR asked me what I had eated and I said "roast pork"... worst thing, apparently...
The first attack I had was when I was 22 wks preg and went to southland hospital (I was in invercargill on hols) and they just said it was the baby, no scan, nothing. Made me feel like a dick PLUS the assumed I was a solo mum, and were rude about it... they didn't clock the huge dia I wear on my engagement finger!!! (they actaully said is the father still onthe scene!!!!!!!)

Edited by fattartsrock]]> Thu, 17 May 2007 09:54:26 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7588&PID=146677&title=gall-stones-club#146677 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7588&PID=146669&title=gall-stones-club#146669 Author: ginger
Subject: 7588
Posted: 17 May 2007 at 9:37am

My mum reckons that having babies is a walk in the park compared to gall stones gandt. I remember when she first had an attack when I was a lot younger, and she was rocking on the floor dishing out instructions to my dad on how to look after us because she thought she was dying Scared the jeebers out of us kids!! I've never seen anyone in so much pain since!

Kidney stones are apparently quite interesting too ... ]]> Thu, 17 May 2007 09:37:06 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7588&PID=146669&title=gall-stones-club#146669 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7588&PID=146659&title=gall-stones-club#146659 Author: SMoody
Subject: 7588
Posted: 17 May 2007 at 9:19am

Had gallstone attacks 2 weeks after birth. I first thought it was normal uterus contractions and it will get better. Did for a bit until I hit 3 months after birth. Started get ting worse and worse until one night that I was hitting my head against the wall to feel a different pain.

Hubby took me to the dr right there and then and they immediatly expected gallstones. Scan done and they told me I can speak to a surgeon next week. But 2 days later I landed up in emergency and this dr gave the scans one look and told me he is calling a surgeon right now. They wanted to take my gallbladder out that night but as I was vomiting and they didnt know when last I ate they did me first thing in the morning. That dr in emergency literally saved my life. As much as I love my daughter I dont think I would have had another child if that is what labour felt like and I had to give birth naturally.

Call me a wuzz. ]]> Thu, 17 May 2007 09:19:38 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7588&PID=146659&title=gall-stones-club#146659 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7588&PID=146624&title=gall-stones-club#146624 Author: Kazzle
Subject: 7588
Posted: 17 May 2007 at 7:11am

i developed gallstones while i was pregnant....and apparently i had the worst type...sandlike grains...and apparently they are the worst cos they are so small they get everywhere and rub and scratch.

i had a couple of major attacks will pregnant and i will take labour any day believe you me.

although i have to say the pain of the attacks helped with me with my labour pains.

i had my gallbladder out when rhiannon was 6wks old...in hospital on the friday arvo...up and about that night...home saturday morning and back to normal by the monday.]]> Thu, 17 May 2007 07:11:45 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7588&PID=146624&title=gall-stones-club#146624 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7588&PID=146609&title=gall-stones-club#146609 Author: kezplanet
Subject: 7588
Posted: 16 May 2007 at 11:57pm

I found out I had a gall stone just as I found out I was pregnant with Anastasia. When I was 8 weeks preg the stone & her were the same size (checked it on the ultrasound) havn't had any problems since then so havn't done anything about it, dr said to wait to see if it bothers me again.]]> Wed, 16 May 2007 23:57:30 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7588&PID=146609&title=gall-stones-club#146609 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7588&PID=146603&title=gall-stones-club#146603 Author: Bizzy
Subject: 7588
Posted: 16 May 2007 at 11:17pm

being in labour was easier. ]]> Wed, 16 May 2007 23:17:54 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7588&PID=146603&title=gall-stones-club#146603 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7588&PID=146602&title=gall-stones-club#146602 Author: Kels
Subject: 7588
Posted: 16 May 2007 at 11:16pm

LOL oh that cracks me up!!! Nah I can say Im a member of that club (touch wood) I have seen the pain it causes thou from working and I have to say it looks horrific!!!!!]]> Wed, 16 May 2007 23:16:17 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7588&PID=146602&title=gall-stones-club#146602 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7588&PID=146587&title=gall-stones-club#146587 Author: Bizzy
Subject: 7588
Posted: 16 May 2007 at 10:52pm

So who else on here is a member of the gall stones club?   i think there is quite a few of us on here as i hear it mentioned quite often.

I had gall stones when i was younger, wayyyy before kids. was lucky that i had medical insurance at the time so got it done at southern cross hospital. so quick and easy. they gave me my stones to take home in a jar and i was so zonked and i thought i had dreamt it... until i opened the drawer in the bedside table at the hospital... ]]> Wed, 16 May 2007 22:52:55 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7588&PID=146587&title=gall-stones-club#146587