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Originally Posted by seaurchin
I have gallstones and have chosen a life style change as opposed to getting my gallbladder out. The first two years were very unpleasant as I learned how to eat (gave up a lot of my favorite foods). Moving forward, I haven't had an attack in I don't know how long.
I also had gallstones, and I was bound and determined not to have my gallbladder removed, and I did really well for 2 years after the diagnosis, but I ended up slipping up too much, and then my body kinda decided for me, since I ended up with Pancreatitis and hospitalized for 6 days, the doctors told me with the amount of gallstones I already had, it was likely for me to get Pancreatitis again, and if I got it a second time, considering how severe it was the first time, I could die, so I ended up having my gall bladder removed. I'm very glad that you have chosen to "heal" your gallbladder rather than having it removed... It definitely has more of a purpose than they make it out to seem.
As for the original poster, Tixie, I think that you should go get it checked out, because that's actually how I ended up so sick with my (already diagnosed) gallstones... I was starting to get healthier, and I had started a normal workout routine, and started running (and I actually liked it, which was crazy for me!) and felt good about myself (I lost like 20 lbs, but not super fast, just normal) But while I was in the hospital, when they were trying to figure out what and why it happened, they said it could have been the exercise... So best safe than sorry! Best of luck!