Joined: 02 Oct 2005 Posts: 1 Location: St.Louis, Missouri
My Gallstones Are Gone!! Posted: 10-02-05 15:25pm
I have just been told that my gallstones
are gone. I had multiple large clusters
of gallstones and to disolve them I took
acti-gall for 3 months and had a very
restricted low fat diet. I suffered from
attacks several times per month,sometimes
several per week. I refused surgery
because I knew it could be treated and I
wanted my organ (to disagree with
surgeons...It is not an unnecessary
organ!! No organ should be removed unless
completely 100% necessary). With the low
fat diet alone I didnt see much results
other than preventing the attacks because
excess fat in your diet is a major cause
of attacks for those who have gallstones.
After long consideration of the drug
actigall or surgery, I chose to give
actigall a chance. The only symptom I had
while on the drug was a slight increased
need for food due to the main cause of the
drug produces extra bile to disolve the
stones. It left that hungry grumbly
feeling after I took it during the first
month but then my body got use to it. So
I am attack free and I have a completely
healthy gallbladder inside my body and
fuctioning. I decided the flush everyone
talks about was too risky because it is
basically enducing an attack with all the
fat from the oil they tell you to consume.
It can potentally cause serious
complications if preformed on the wrong
type of gallstones. After 3 month of
actigall and a restrictive low fat diet I
can now snack on a cookie with no worries
about an attack. Though it only took 3
months to disolve them I suffered with
them for almost 3 years. Fat in your diet
causes you to have more attacks when you
have gallstones...So I reduced my fat to 6
grams and under per meal until I recieved
results from my ultrasound that they were
gone. It is hard but well worth the wait.
It is important too to not go crazy with
the fat after they are gone because you
dont want to start the process all over
again. During the begining of my problems
I searched all over sites like this one
for advice from someone other than a
surgeon and all my searching lead me in
the right direction so I hope this can
help someone too.
