Hi, i've had acute pancreatitis and was
hospitalized for maybe 25 days
i had surgery and had my gallbladder
removed as well as gallstones
i believe. Now, i'm 24 years old and its
been about a
year and im thinking that I might have it
again, is that
possible to have gallstones even if I
don't have a gallbladder?
I've been having abdomenal pains and back
pains and
feels like my tummy might be a bit
swollen, im scared.
I have also been drinking
beet/carrot/tumeric juice freshly
made from a juicer which helps heal my
pancreas. I was
wondering can I still get gallstones and
is there a way that
those gallstones can go away by taking
something? Please help.
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purple333
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Dec 2003 Posts: 1420 Location: Sydney
Posted: 07-25-04 04:18am
Could be kidney stones- or several other
things (appendix, intestinal blockages
etc). You need to see a dr
now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Stop being
scared & act, also the juice may
(depending on what is wrong) actually be
the wrong thing for the current problem) -
oh & if you could be pregnant then it
could be an ectopic pregnancy or ovarian
problems etc.
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ReeAnn
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 15 Location: Virginia
Posted: 01-03-05 05:32am
Yes you can still have stones without a
gall bladder. The pancreas is also known
to produce stones. Additionally 3% of
people who have their gall bladder
removed, will still form gall type stones.
I honestly don't know if there is
something you can take to make them go
away. Best first to find out what kind
of stones they are and if it is really
stones causing the problems.
After years of telling docs I had gall
bladder problems, finally a surgeon who I
was seeing for another reason listened to
me, and he ordered an ultasound. Several
stones were found in my gall bladder, but
none there when it removed. An ercp
revealed that I had been passing them as
my common bile duct was block sand/sludge.
Every since the ercp I have pain every
single day and symptoms indicates I have
advance chronic pancreatitis. This is no
fun!! Please, if you haven't already,
find out if you are really passing stones,
or what else it is (could be
pancreatitis). And if there are stones,
where are they coming from.
In my humble opinion I do not think the
juicing is doing any harm, though I am not
familar with the properties of tumeric.
I juice almost all my vegetables as I have
lost the ability to digest them in their
natural form from the chronic
pancreatitis.
