Food Ideas

Hi Sara

I  can't  tolerate  much fat either.  I  can't  eat ham or chicken 

and I'm struggling to eat veg , only managing a spoonful of carrots  occasionally. 

Hope we both have our op's soon  and feel better. 

Maybe try soups? Also lentils and pulses like barley and split peas are fat free but contain a lot of protein. Hopefully not much longer to wait. X

Glad to hear from you are feeling better. Hope I do soon  !

Hi Louise 

Good luck with your op , let me know how you get on. 

Hopefully you will be able to eat normally again. 

Hi Matt.. I had a ultrasound scan.. but I've got to have a mri scan Wed. Before opp.. it all started last sun night.. it's been a terrible week.. the pain has been terrible.. They think I've got a stone stuck in the bile duck 😐

Hi Louise, Thanks for the reply. Good luck for Wednesday. In a way you have been fairly lucky (not with the pain though) that it's not been to long and the ultrasound picked the stones up.

Take care

Hi r you waiting for a opp? How long has it been going on

My story is a bit of a saga Louise. Luckily at 44 i found myself in a position to take a long break from working. In Oct 16 i started to feel unwell then felt ok until Jan had right flank pain which i've had until this day. In March i started with shoulder blade pain and nausea 24/7 which i've had ever since and they are all classic gallbladder symptoms. I first went to my gp in March and it took until the end of April for an ultrasound whuch was normal. It then took until the end of June to get a gastro appt and he ordered a ct scan whuch i waited 3 weeks for then a further 3 weeks fir the results which were normal and as far as the gastro thought that was the end of things. I wasnt happy so i phoned the hospital and told them i wanted a call back from the consultant. When he phoned he stated that as my bloods that i had taken in April and June were normal and my CT and ultrasound i wouldnt get a HIDA scan and he would see me in November. Ultrasounds are not 100% accurate nor are CT scans plus neither can tell if your gallbladder isnt functioning properly but the HIDA would. I've never felt so ill and my local hospital is crap and i've lost 8 stone since Christmas. If its not gallbladder then they need to find some sort of diagnosis.

Bet you wished you didnt ask! But plenty of people round here with similar stories.

So sorry to hear your health problems, Matt. I presume you’re UK based and NHS? I feel I’ve had an uphill struggle to get treatment too, so you’re not alone. Some people seem to get whisked in at the first sign of problems and get their surgery while some wait months or even years. I was even admitted with jaundice and told I’d have surgery then but didn’t have surgery until four months later. Seems like it’s the luck of the draw and a postcode lottery to boot!

How are you managing to cope?

Hi Sickofwaiting yes uk and NHS. We have posted to each other many times. It's a total nightmare and nobody seems to care. It's just draging on and on.

Sorry - wasn’t sure you were that Matt. I try to answer as many posts as I can. Sometimes I don’t feel I can help, then I see a post from someone who urgently needs advice. Didn’t see your posts for a while??  I’d assumed you’d had a diagnosis that ruled gallbladder out.

Losing 8 stones so fast must, on its own, be impacting on your health?? It has certainly been dragging on for you for some time now. Are your symptoms still the same? 

Hi Matt.. so sorry to here that.. you must be going crazy!!! It's bad enough having an idea whats wrong with you, but when you can't get an answer it must be so frustrating 😲I've never been ill before so this is all new to me, and after reading some story's it's dredfull to read what people are going though think I've been pretty lucky up to now.. ( touch wood) that the hospital are on it.. hope you get it sorted soon x

Yes the same Matt. Yes still feel the same with all the classic gallbladder symptoms.

You may remember i was carted off to a&e nearly 9 weeks ago and an urgent vascular appt was requested well guess what, i've had to chase and push for that it's a joke! I finally had that appt come through last week for next wed which will be a total of 10 weeks! It's a joke!

Thanks for replying to me on many occassions x

I feel that’s what this forum is good at- giving support to each other through difficult times. 

I lost four and a half stones and have had to buy new clothes, underwear and even shoes!! Gone down a whole shoe size! Don’t know about you losing 8 stones- presumably nothing fits!!

Nope nothing fits. Luckily i still had clothes from many moons ago that i started to wear but even they are getting to big. 

It's a great place for support and when i get sorted i will stick around to help others.

Thanks again

Hi Matt

I was diagnosed by ultrasound  when looking for something else. 

I  should have had my op 10 days ago  but  I  was taken  ill  the day before 

so I'm having to wait for another appointment.