I have gallstones, what can i do to help the pain?

Keep it really low fat with the foods. Lots of veggies and lean meat, stay away  from red meat, crisps, sweets and caffeine. I used to find a hot water bottle helped anand lying on my left side. Unfortunately my pain was only relieved with prescription pain killers so keep bugging your doctors for stronger stuff as they won't give it easily and it's not fair to leave you with that terrible pain! I've had my gallbladder removed now but just before surgery I was in pain constantly keep on at the docs to rush things alobg and then bug the surgeon and u should be able to et in quicker! No fun these gallstones worst pain I've ever experienced in my life! 

Good luck KD. I think it varies from person to person, but I found that if I ate anything with a high acid content, it was very painful. Such as tomatoes and citrus. Also, eggs hurt if they were fried (boiled seemed to be ok). Red wine was the worst thing - 2 sips and I was almost screaming. Anything fried or fatty bad. Cheese & full fat dairy all bad.

Broth type soups seemed to be good to me and plain crackers/bread (no butter). Sometimes it didn't seem to matter what I ate!

I finally (after nearly 2 years) had my op last week - in the end I had to go private because the NHS consultant in my area just wanted to quote stats about how 70+% of people with stones didn't need surgery, rather than listening to me as an individual and hearing me say how much pain I was in. Already after only a few days, I am feeling like a normal person again and the pains (which had become a daily torture) are away so far!

So, the sooner you get the op the better.

Hi Kd

2cm is big try to avoid anything with a hi fat content when does it seem to cause Pain after a meal? Try drinking glass of hot water with you meal it may help the gut and peristalsis (movement of the bowel and for it to work more efficiently) as the gallbladder is part of the allimentary tract. Any gut pain is horrible.. It might help to take codeine Effervescent analgesia tabs 500mg these help as they are put in water and fizz up and work instantly... Worth a try. Take them as described on th packet no more than 8 in 24 hours...you can buy these in Boots over the counter.

When u are having an attack buscopan can stop them or ease them. As it is anti spasmodic and stops the gallbladder squeezing more bile out. 

I agree with everyone's posts on food . Your food needs to be so bland and not require a lot of bile to digest . So your stomach doesn't request extra bile from your gallbladder to digest fats and red meat etc. when it requests bile your gallbladder contracts and your stones get squeezed into the ducts or just rub against each other and inflame your gallbladder. I have said this before but Rosemary Conley had gallstones and invented her low fat diet to avoid surgery. She had surgery in the end .. Def no caffeine causes gallbladder to contract .. Hope you don't wait long ..

I just had my gallblader removed, because of gallstones and had to endure the pain for about 1 year. I started to eat fresh fruits and vegs everyday to help with the pain. Stop eating fast food, fried foods, fatting foods. It healthy and workout. I think you should go to another doctor and just get your gallblader removed that is the best solution. Not trying to scare you, but I know a friend that waited to get her gallblader removed and is no longer with us, because a doctor told her to wait. When I foumd out what it was within two weeks I had my surgery and now feel great, a little of pain, but from healing. GO GET IT REMOVED!!!!