Ugh!! Gall Stones
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Topic: Ugh!! Gall Stones
Posted By: fattartsrock
Subject: Ugh!! Gall Stones
Date Posted: 19 March 2007 at 2:33pm
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Spent the night in hospital last night with Gall stones. That would have to be the most painful thing I have ever experienced, even worse than child birth. I actually thought I was going to die, I couldn't breathe, even.
I have never had them before, so I thought I was having a heart attack. Just did some research on the net, and found that is one of the symptoms. They descibe it as a colicy pain, so all I have to say is POOR POOR COLIC BABIES. Ugh! Doing the low fat thing now to avoid ever having that again!  ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
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Posted By: Kazzle
Date Posted: 19 March 2007 at 2:37pm
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I had that while i was pregnant with rhiannon....and the only way i got through the pain was to walk....some nights i was walking for 5-6hours...
i also found that if i could throw up sometimes i felt better...there isnt anything they can do while you aer pregnant...but once rhiannon was 8 wks i had a op to get my gallbladder removed...was in hospital overnight and home the next day. I hope you dont get another attack..but if you do...go straight to the docs and they can give you a shot of something to help it ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: SMoody
Date Posted: 19 March 2007 at 2:43pm
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I had my first attack about 2 weeks after the birth of my daughter. I thought it was just normal for all mothers. (didnt realise it was due to gallstones at that stage.).
When she was 3 months old I got about an attack every week. I thought it was a tummy bug ect. Then when she was 4 and a half months old I got like 5 attacks in one week and went to the dr that said he thinks it is gallstones. Got a scan done and yip it was there. Only wanted me to see a surgeon the next week. 2 Days later I landed up in hospital and they gave me and the scans one look and said it is coming out like now if we can. (did it first thing the next morning.). I am telling you this if that is how sore childbirth was I would only be having one kid. (those last ones I was hitting my head against the wall and screaming.) ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: SMoody
Date Posted: 19 March 2007 at 2:46pm
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I hope you feel super better really soon. Dont eat too much pastry stuff either. they can cause a lot of problems. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: AlyAyde
Date Posted: 19 March 2007 at 2:47pm
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owww sounds horrible. Hope you dont get it again. ------------- Jayde 25/12/04 Alyssa 08/04/03 http://Alyayde.bebo.com |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 19 March 2007 at 2:50pm
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I don't eat alot of pastry stuff. Am gutted about missing out on roast pork, though!!!!
Am having a scan as soon as they can get me in, so hopefully something can be done soon. I did read today that pregnancy can "cause" it and it is common to have after childbirth. Something to do with extra oestrogen. YUK YUK YUK. ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 19 March 2007 at 3:03pm
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Ouch that is a nasty thing to have after having a baby. So hoping I never have one. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: mum2emj
Date Posted: 19 March 2007 at 3:21pm
HUGE HUGE HUGS!!! i sooo fell your pain i am going through it at the mo too. i first got gallstones when i was very healthy/fit 18 year old and have ahd them recurring since then. I havent had as nasty attack as my first though (where i though i was dying!) yeah the pain of those attacks is horrid. and i say worse than what went through in labour too. at the mo i have the stabbing in the shoulder and the stab under the ribs off and on- yesterday i was in a bit of pain but i feel for you!!! 
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Posted By: mum2emj
Date Posted: 19 March 2007 at 3:25pm
| i never had a scan. i went to an emergency doctor surgery and he said i had gall stones and sent me home. should i of had a scan?!!! that was 6 and a half years ago!! wonder if thats why i am still getting pain?!!! i never even was told anything or had a followup. core blimey! |
Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 19 March 2007 at 3:45pm
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OUCH!!!! sounds nasty....
I had a blocked intestine a couple of years back and I will swear that was worse than anything i have ever experienced in my life....so can imagine gallstones are up there with that!!!! |
Posted By: SMoody
Date Posted: 19 March 2007 at 4:34pm
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They did a scan on me to confirm the dr's suspicion. I was told as well that it was due to the pregnancy and the extra burdon on my body.
My father (dear old man) said he never heard that much rubbish and it is due to me not being at an ideal weight. The more I tell him I hear of more cases the more he shakes his head. 
Dont get me wrong I love my dad but hell.... ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mum2emj
Date Posted: 19 March 2007 at 5:09pm
| the doc told me about the 4 f's fat, fertile, forty and female. i was 2 of them (female and fertile!) when i got them. i was totally ideal weight at the time and had a good diet. my grandmother got them at a young age too... |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 19 March 2007 at 8:04pm
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Ouch Annie - hope you are feeling better now! Reading this thread I'm feeling a little lucky I haven't had any gall bladder issues given that I am 3 out of 4 of those F's Rachel mentioned! -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: mum2emj
Date Posted: 19 March 2007 at 8:31pm
im 3 of those now too 
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 19 March 2007 at 8:54pm
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me too!! it makews me feel like a slovnly pig, r=that does! ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 19 March 2007 at 9:01pm
Are they genetic?  Mum has them... and all 4 f's (I think), but she got them when she was fat and thirties  ------------- |
mum2emj wrote:Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 20 March 2007 at 8:53am
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Ow Annie! How are you feeling now?? ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 20 March 2007 at 9:11am
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i had them years before i had kids...got them removed privately. and pizza was the one that set mine off. they gave them to me in a jar after the op and i thought they might have made a nice necklace... ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 20 March 2007 at 9:20am
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lol - would you have worn it? Hey Annie sorry to hear you are in pain.. and missing the roasts..
I used to get a really full feeling around my liver before ihad paris, at first i thought it was just her bum pushing up under my ribs, but boy it hurt like mad, imagine my suirprise when it came back after i had had her.. then with it i got horrible pains there referring up to my shoulder, which then turned into stomach cramps and stuff too. I went to the docs a few times, to be told i didn't really fit the picture of someone who would get them.. even though i was 2 of the F's, They sent me for some scans after trying to put me on restricted pain killers - (i was breastfeeding.. so wouldn't take anything that strong!) After two scans they said to me "oh, you've just got a few polyps growing in your gall bladder, there's nothing we can do about those" and sent me home. eventually the pain went away but still get horrible fullness feeling under my ribs every now and then and feel sick if i eat fatty stuff.. fish and chips makes me really nauseous. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: mum2emj
Date Posted: 20 March 2007 at 9:21am
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Posted By: mum2emj
Date Posted: 20 March 2007 at 9:23am
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 20 March 2007 at 2:13pm
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No worries! You should definately get a scan, that way you will at least know what is going on. ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 20 March 2007 at 2:13pm
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P.S I am the worst threadjacker ever.. ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 20 March 2007 at 2:16pm
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Am feeling ok now, my stomach in general feels like I ave been doing millions of sit ups (I have been compaining to my m/w about that for weeks) I'm not worried about missing out on roasts (only roast pork) as I hate roasts, we just have them oince a week as rod loves them and we have mum over for tea once a week for the sunday roast. Will miss fish and chips, though... ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |