http://www.boredomistan.com/2009/march/self_harm_for_fun_and_profitI vent my spleen, or some other ventable organ.60Hi, you with the gallstones. Your problem is deadly. If you get e stone stuck in the common bile duct the bile can back up into your pancreas and kill you in about 3 days. I know this because my mother-in-law had been having gallbladder attacks for years. With the last one she ended up in the hospital and died from the bile backing up into her panaceas. She was so ill that her blood pressure dropped too low for them to operate and remove the gallbladder that why she died from the infection in the pancreas. Having said that if you didn’t ‘need’ your gallbladder it wouldn't be there. The gallbladder performs a very necessary function. It concentrates and stored bile to be added, at the right time, to the digestive process to break down the fats and oil you eat into essential fatty acids. That’s why you’re craving fats, your body is telling you that your fatty acid pool is low or close to empty and there are thousands of chemicals produced by the body that need fatty acids. Plus, bile lowers the pH of the stomach acids as the food leaves the stomach to facilitate the rest of the digestion process. Everything in the body has a function. Some of the organs we can live without but there will always be some repercussion. If you remove your gallbladder the watery bile that the liver produces will be constantly spilling into your duodenum and can cause one or more duodenal ulcers over time. You think you got pain now, wait until you have a duodenal ulcer. You’re going to feel like you have a fire in your abdomen that you can’t put out. You will be living on Malox and Tums and it will only get worse because you cannot shut off the flow of the bile from the liver. And, to be able to digest your food properly you will have to take bile tables with each meal which most people get tired of and stop taking them. Then you get the fatty acid deficiency problem happening. The solution is to expel the stones from the gallbladder. It’s a pretty easy thing to do and doesn’t cost much. You can do it with products you probably have around you house. If you want to know more e-mail me sindi@bonvida.biz. Life is no good without a good bacon cheese burger once in a while and with a clean gallbladder you can enjoy them in peace. Sindihttp://www.boredomistan.com/2009/march/self_harm_for_fun_and_profithttp://www.boredomistan.com/2009/march/self_harm_for_fun_and_profit/#c20090410035553Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:55:53 GMTThis is not a joke, although they think they are being funny.http://www.boredomistan.com/2009/march/self_harm_for_fun_and_profithttp://www.boredomistan.com/2009/march/self_harm_for_fun_and_profit/#c20090327002756Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:27:56 GMTHumph, sorry. I couldn't be arsed fixing it, but you get the idea. I honestly think that some people make the most horrendous food to one-up each other on the Internet.http://www.boredomistan.com/2009/march/self_harm_for_fun_and_profithttp://www.boredomistan.com/2009/march/self_harm_for_fun_and_profit/#c20090311092910Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:29:10 GMTPssst your deep fried bacon burger link just links back to this post. I've been stuck in this loop for hours. Please save me.http://www.boredomistan.com/2009/march/self_harm_for_fun_and_profithttp://www.boredomistan.com/2009/march/self_harm_for_fun_and_profit/#c20090310165859Tue, 10 Mar 2009 05:58:59 GMTI had kidney stones last year. Sucked balls. Worst pain I've ever had ever. Though when you piss them out? That's the most satisfying thing in the world ;Dhttp://www.boredomistan.com/2009/march/self_harm_for_fun_and_profithttp://www.boredomistan.com/2009/march/self_harm_for_fun_and_profit/#c20090310164647Tue, 10 Mar 2009 05:46:47 GMTYeah, if you're getting attacks that's probably because the cystic duct is blocked, which can lead to infection and more pain, etc. You can also get numerous complications which i suppose you could deal with if they arise, but personally i'd be interested in not only keeping my gallbladder, but dissolving the stones, and just manning up and eating properly because it makes you feel better, look better and able to do and enjoy more (not to mention you'll be adding years to your longevity, as visceral fat and high cholesterol are pretty big risk factors for all kinds of age-related diseases). So maybe ask about oral or contact dissolution of the stones. Failing that, i would recommend removal, too. Too many nasty complications that can occur that i'd rather not deal with, even if they are somewhat unlikely (although more likely as you age, i especially if you're talking the soft would think). Fatty meals are usually pretty gross anyway, do you really need pain to deter you from sucking down some shitty, overpriced Macdonalds? I know cheese truly is a wonderful substance, especially if you're talking the soft varieties, but once you cut something out it doesn't take long until you're pretty used to it. Plus, you feel all manly for living lean and mean and having some self-discipline. You should also get checked out for diabetes and cholesterol probs. Knowing what type of stones and if they've calcified would be good. Have you had any type of scan? Oh yeah - apparently dramatic weight loss can cause stones to form, lol.http://www.boredomistan.com/2009/march/self_harm_for_fun_and_profithttp://www.boredomistan.com/2009/march/self_harm_for_fun_and_profit/#c20090310044644Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:46:44 GMTI'll keep your cautionary tale in mind when I become dr *C. If I find myself an endocrinologist or the like and faced with an overweight "non compliant" diabetic, the handy cattle prod will be my treatment of choice.http://www.boredomistan.com/2009/march/self_harm_for_fun_and_profithttp://www.boredomistan.com/2009/march/self_harm_for_fun_and_profit/#c20090307203226Sat, 07 Mar 2009 09:32:26 GMTIf you got them removed though you could give your significant other a necklace you "made yourself". Romance...http://www.boredomistan.com/2009/march/self_harm_for_fun_and_profithttp://www.boredomistan.com/2009/march/self_harm_for_fun_and_profit/#c20090303082749Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:27:49 GMT