Part two of - Now.....after my son-in-laws trouble with his gallbladder last year and the wedding.......

[lilacben]

Had my blood test and ultrascan results last week and it turns out I do have some stones. But not sure if he said Gallbladder or Kidney. But he did warn me about the stones moving into my bile duct and what to do. Since I have had the last episode havnet had any since. So just hope it has all gone for a while. Brenda x

[askyourgran]

They are quite painful lilacben, how are they being treated.

[lilacben]

For now the doctor said to just leave them and see what happens.But after my SIL last year with the trouble he had with his I will know when they have moved.!! The doctor did say about fat free diet but we don;t really have any fatty food. My breakfast is a Greek 0/0% fat. lunch is seeded crackers and a slither of cheese. I don;t like milk so have just a dash of skimmed milk. And never eat any meat with fat on as I don't like it. Also never fry anything except sausages. Brenda x

[askyourgran]

I've heard of people having them blasted so that they pass through the bile duct painlessly. Looks as though you'll have to do what the doc suggests and watch your eating and hope for the best brenda. Take care x

[Sqad]

Thanks for the feedback......I agree with your doctor.

[anneasquith]

kidney stones can be blasted, but not stones in the gall bladder or common bile duct. as far as im aware .

[Eve]

I'd be worried if kidney stones could move into your bile duct ;)

Don't worry, you'll know if they start shifting about and causing problems. Hopefully the fatfree diet will help (I found smaller portions too), I had to cut fat out drastically and it did help though mine was all skanky and split, I imagine after it got infected, so I don't think anything would have helped much save having it out.

Definitely know what to look out for an act on it like very dark wee and pale poo (and of course the horrible pain). When my GP rang to confirm my scan showed gallstones (nice birthday present that was haha!) on the Thursday she told me to look out for those symptoms, I noted quite blase that I'd already been having them - queue hell letting loose Saturday night and Sunday ending up in hospital for a week with acute cholecystitis!

In hindsight I should have got help sooner rather than just lying pathetically on the sofa after a number of hours of a violent food poisoning like episode and by the time I got to hospital I had a temperature of over 100, very low blood pressure and heartrate of 124bmp and as I got a friend to get me in had to go via the out of hours docs then casualty then admission to emergency surgery. In hindsight, I'd recommend the getting help sooner and quicker route.

I know people who have had an attack then no problems since so hopefully it'll just go away :) How is your SIL doing now?