Welcome to CureZone. I can't answer questions about surgery, as I have (so far) ignored dr's advice to have my gallbladder removed. I had a pretty severe gallbladder attack in late June, but have managed with dietary changes since then. I started off with an extremely low fat diet, but have added fats back since then. I don't go crazy with fatty foods, but I eat pretty much what I want otherwise.

I've been all over the internet looking for natural remedies, and this is a brief rundown of what I've found:

There seems to be correlation between magnesium deficiency and gallstones. You may find that Epsom Salt baths ( Epsom Salt = magnesium sulfate) help relieve symptoms (works like a charm for me) - 1 or 2 cups of Epsom Salts in a hot bath. You can take Epsom Salt orally, but it tastes really nasty (mixing with lemon juice helps a little), and some people say it can mess up your electrolyte balance if you do it too often (I did that, and the symptoms were similar to gallbladder attack, only Gatorade relieved them). Milk of Magnesia is another possibility (I hear the cherry flavor isn't bad, but mint is nasty).

Magnesium is central to the chlorophyll molecule, as iron is to hemoglobin, so green vegetables are also sources. Magnesium has a laxative effect, so you may want to sneak up on the correct level of supplementation.

The other thing that may help prevent Gallstones is lecithin. Egg yolks contain lecithin, but for serious supplementation, I use soy lecithin granules.

There are forums here devoted to gallbladder remedies and liver flushing. It took me awhile to work up courage to try flushing after my gallbladder attack, but I had no pain from it. I'm sure I need to repeat it several more times.

I sympathize with what you're going through. I hope these suggestions help you relieve your discomfort. It's a miserable thing to go through.

jessikat,

I went through the same thing a few weeks ago. Yes, Epsom Salt is very helpful. It will also help you if you take it orally as dmom mentioned.

I strongly suggest that you go to Liver/GB Flush forum and try a flush. The protocol is simple and it has other benefits besides ridding your GB of gall stones. If you had scans some stones will show up in it, most of the stones don't.

I was asked to remove my GB too. I did a flush two weeks ago and hundred of green stone came out in my BM after two day fast and the flush.

Also Iodine (Lugol's) helped me a lot. I also take Sot Lecithin, raw garlic twice a day (like a capsule I take it with water), Take magnesium. You need your GB to digest fats which in turn is needed for your brain.

Please give your body a chance. I know after the flush your GB will work far better than 18%.

This is my opinion, but you need to do what is best for you. If Epsom Salt has helped you only by external use, other things like Liver-Flush and eating right foods will help a lot.

Archus

Hi, i found this discussion while googling gallbladder. Just curious. How is everything now? Do you still have the gb? Are you still doing epsom bath?