This flush thing isn't going so bad. I'm kind of surprised. In fact, everytime I drink another dose of the the oil and lemon I have less nausea with it. Now, if I could have less anxiety (totally self-inflicted) every time that would be great. The fear of gallbladder pain always haunts me, even though after seven doses of the flush I know it doesn't cause any.
Only side effect I'm noticing is that I feel mucousy. My throat feels like there is goop in it and my stomach feels pretty full. I was reading that mucous is usually flushed with it, so it makes sense. From all the yeasty overgrowth in my body from my sugar addiction (PS doing quite well on minimizing sugars!) I'm not surprised there is a bit of mucous working its way out. I'm adding back in a supplement I had stopped taking, called Mullzyme, that helps to clear out mucous. I use to take this back in the beginning days of my gallbladder treatment, but took it out when I started feeling better. I've also added back in my Mega Acid to help increase stomach acid for digestion after meals. Helps a lot, and is something I highly recommend anyone take who has acid reflux or gerd- it takes the burden off the stomach and cleans out the gunk in your gut that is causing the reflux. Don't believe me? Try it for two weeks and you will be amazed. I had a patient at my office who was complaining of GERD, and she took all the supplements I told her to take and within in three weeks the reflux was gone.
Anyway, I had taken a photo of the flush "juice" but haven't taken the pic off my camera yet, so I will post it next time. I'm giving myself at least one full week on the flush program, which puts me to Monday morning as my last dose before I decide what to do. I might do it for two weeks, just depends. I would have to imagine one week would be enough, but I'm not sure. It could be after one week I will take a few weeks off and then do a complete one-day flush sometime soon. Still can't imagine drinking a cup of olive oil in one sitting, but over the last three days I know I've already had that much, if not more, so it would just be drinking it all in one sitting instead of spreading it out!
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Putting on My Big Girl Panties
Well, last week wasn't so hot health wise. I had two gallbladder attacks in one week. The last time that happened was probably close to a year and a half ago. Seriously. A LONG time ago.
I'm jumping to action.
Diet is being refocused on, sugar is being severely limited. I am happy to say I'm doing surprisingly well on the limited sugar. Still craving things from time to time, but keeping it under control. And, I'm sucking it up, putting on my big girl panties, and have started to do a gallbladder flush.
Yikes!
Now, I'm not doing the full blown single night of downing an ungodly amount of olive oil and lemon juice in one sitting and hoping you don't yack it back up or die from discomfort as it goes through your system during the night. Nope, wasn't quite ready for that- nor does my schedule permit the necessary "Day of rest" afterwards. I found a variation of the flush that isn't quite as intense, and is much better suited to the lifestyle I live.
Here's how it works. Last thing at night and first thing in the morning everyday for a week (or so) you drink a mixture of 3tbsp olive oil and the juice of one lemon. That's it. According to my book I should start to pass stones after several days. Sounds easy enough!
I started last night and just did a half dose to ease myself in to it. First, I was surprised that the olive oil and lemon juice combination wasn't quite as wretched as I had imagined. It's kind of like drinking salad dressing- can't say that I mind it. To be on the safe side (especially after coming off of two attacks in one week) I did a serving of my Super Phos (phosphoric acid) immediately afterwards. In the traditional flush, you drink a large amount of Phos during the flush. I figured it sounded like a good idea and it seemed to work. Better yet, I actually felt some mild relief after the first serving of my "easy" flush. I didn't have any more gallbladder pain than I had experienced earlier in the day or the prior days and it seemed to relax a bit, if anything.
This morning I did the full serving of the "easy" flush. Went over just fine. I waited about thirty minutes before eating my breakfast to be safe and I didn't experience any gallbladder problems. Again, it felt as though my gallbladder thanked me for it and it relaxed even more than the night before. At about 10pm tonight I did another serving of the olive oil and lemon juice, and I'm experiencing that same sense of relief. It seems as though each time my gallbladder feels "softer" in a way. I can't really explain it, but in comparison to the sharp pain I feel when it is flaring up, this feels gentler, softer. Probably has something to do with all the lubrication I just threw at it!
Plan is to continue this for the next week or so and see what happens. I would ultimately like to work up to a full flush sometime later this summer, and I think this is a good way to ease myself in to it. Heck, if this does enough flush on it's own, I might not need to do the full flush! That would be awesome!
I'm jumping to action.
Diet is being refocused on, sugar is being severely limited. I am happy to say I'm doing surprisingly well on the limited sugar. Still craving things from time to time, but keeping it under control. And, I'm sucking it up, putting on my big girl panties, and have started to do a gallbladder flush.
Yikes!
Now, I'm not doing the full blown single night of downing an ungodly amount of olive oil and lemon juice in one sitting and hoping you don't yack it back up or die from discomfort as it goes through your system during the night. Nope, wasn't quite ready for that- nor does my schedule permit the necessary "Day of rest" afterwards. I found a variation of the flush that isn't quite as intense, and is much better suited to the lifestyle I live.
Here's how it works. Last thing at night and first thing in the morning everyday for a week (or so) you drink a mixture of 3tbsp olive oil and the juice of one lemon. That's it. According to my book I should start to pass stones after several days. Sounds easy enough!
I started last night and just did a half dose to ease myself in to it. First, I was surprised that the olive oil and lemon juice combination wasn't quite as wretched as I had imagined. It's kind of like drinking salad dressing- can't say that I mind it. To be on the safe side (especially after coming off of two attacks in one week) I did a serving of my Super Phos (phosphoric acid) immediately afterwards. In the traditional flush, you drink a large amount of Phos during the flush. I figured it sounded like a good idea and it seemed to work. Better yet, I actually felt some mild relief after the first serving of my "easy" flush. I didn't have any more gallbladder pain than I had experienced earlier in the day or the prior days and it seemed to relax a bit, if anything.
This morning I did the full serving of the "easy" flush. Went over just fine. I waited about thirty minutes before eating my breakfast to be safe and I didn't experience any gallbladder problems. Again, it felt as though my gallbladder thanked me for it and it relaxed even more than the night before. At about 10pm tonight I did another serving of the olive oil and lemon juice, and I'm experiencing that same sense of relief. It seems as though each time my gallbladder feels "softer" in a way. I can't really explain it, but in comparison to the sharp pain I feel when it is flaring up, this feels gentler, softer. Probably has something to do with all the lubrication I just threw at it!
Plan is to continue this for the next week or so and see what happens. I would ultimately like to work up to a full flush sometime later this summer, and I think this is a good way to ease myself in to it. Heck, if this does enough flush on it's own, I might not need to do the full flush! That would be awesome!
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