Hello everyone,

I just wanted to first say Hi, I have been Lurking here for a month now gaining a little knowledge here and there. I was turned on to affordable wls by a miracle. I have been to some seminars and battled both blue cross blue sheild and cigna. Both businesses I have worked for put wls exempt. So I am paying out of pocket. Being so, I am willing to put my life on the line in the care of GOD.

I am a USCG captain. I run a big Crewboat in the gulf of Mexico. I weigh an average of 315 year round. I get hounded everytime I turn in a piece of paperwork on sleep apnea and my weight countering my physical ability to do my job. In the past 2 years I have spent over 3500 bucks on just sleep apnea tests not to account for all the travel time to get sign offs on agility tests. I do have thyroid issues which is controlled and has been for 4 years now. It was discovered by a dietician so I now on 175mcg of T4 synthroid ED.

Just reading about the gallbladder on here. I had mine removed a little over a year ago. I was having terrible pain even if I didn't eat anything. Went to er and was given morphine and set up ro have surgery . Never made it ro the scheduled appointment because went back ro emergency room and was scheduled for. Regency gallbladder removal. I have never been happier.

New me, new you... blessings

If I have more than 10 stones in my poop I'm not counting them.

Lmao. Me either

I went purchase the stuff just awhile ago. I will give it a shot and see what happens sunday. If this works somewhat I will try 4 more times then I will get another ultrasound done. I just hope I can pass most of them. If not I will go under the knife.

Captain, I asked my doctor about this "cleanse" today, because I'm really chicken about having any more surgery. He claimed it's hogwash. Please let me know your results so I know whether I want to try it or not.

Thats what many others said also. Theres also some sort of machine that breaks up the stones in order to help pass them and my doc didnt even want to hear that. All I can do is give it a shot.

I'll have an ultrasound in the next couple of days to see how bad my gallbladder is compromised. I'll post what the results are if I can. If it's too bad, I'll be going straight to the OR. :/

What was the first test that diagnosed your gallbladder as being bad?

Is it bloodwork?

My diagnosis was my pre-op ultrasound. Because of my wonky immune system sirgeon

My diagnosis was my pre-op ultrasound. Because of my wonky immune system sirgeon

Opps.....hit sent too early.

....wonky immune system surgeon didnt feel comfortable removing it during my Sleeve & hiatal hernia repair. I'm on Ursidol but I still need to have my gallbladder out because if it turns toxic on me i'm pretty much out of luck. Body would be in deep trouble recovering from that.

Schedule set for Nov 9 or earlier if i even have one mild attack.

Doxie, hope all goes well for you!

Thanks Lessofme! Me too! I have to admit i was shocked when my gallbladder ultrasound came back! I was so cocky thinking that it was going to come back clean! Lol. Expect the unexpected, for sure!!

Just a thought about flushing out the stones... When I had my gallbladder removed last year I had a pretty cool surgeon who brought me a picture of it and he put a quarter next to one of the stones for size comparison and they were the same size. Not real sure I'd want to "flush" 10 of those out of my body

Just wanted to add my experience with this to the conversation. About eight years ago I started having gallbladder attacks and it was confirmed that my gallbladder was full of stones. I really didn't want to have to have it removed, so I discovered an apple cider fast followed by lemon juice and olive oil flush and gave it my best shot. The flush didn't alleviate the gallbladder attacks and so I had to have surgery anyway (best decision I could have made, as I made a great recovery with no ill effects).

As an icky side note, I subsequently read that the "stones" that appear to be "flushed" after the fast and flush regimen are actually globules of olive oil which are coagulated (like soap) through the action of all that stomach acid on the oil in your otherwise-empty stomach. Then the olive oil "stones" make their way right on through your system and, if you're looking, that's what you see.

Capt Derel - you're looking great, congrats! Wishing you all the best with the gallbladder issue

The funny thing about me is that I am my own doctor it seems. I diagnose myself before my doctor. Thank god for the internet and my deciphering capabilities. The very first time I felt the pain I was done for a whole day. Had to lay down and suffer. I thought I had strained my abdomen 3 months after surgery. I let that one slide because I didnt have a clue what happened. The next one was months later offshore where I ate a centrim Vitamin and an Iron pill. That triggered it 15 minutes afterwards. That put me out for 15hrs. Then that week I had 2 more attacks but mild ones. Gas x seems to help oddly along with an advil. Those 3 attacks made me schedule an appt to see my doc so he could schedule me an ultrasound. I just had an attack again monday. That was from a sausage out of a sausage biscuit. I felt the onset 10 minutes afterwards.

I try and be very thorough with my symptoms and duplicate it just to verify. Even though it causes me pain lol

Woooohooo almost to Onederland. I just took this 5 minutes ago. 9-22-12. 129lbs down. Met my 200lb goal on the day I set it. Go me!!!!