Re: More Gut Pain!

 Then I suppose I'll need to find out what triggers gallbladders attacks???!!!

THEN figure out how to PREVENT it!

Contributing factors include estrogen, progesterone, lack of fiber and lack of lecithin and dietary fats.

Therefore I recommend getting the hormones in balance, increase your intake of fibers and lecithin granules, and small amounts of oil with each meal to help keep the bile from becoming stagnant. Sterol sources such as the jiaogulan, yucca root or maca will help prevent the reabsorption of the cholesterol released in the bile in to the intestines.

Ok, I read the symptoms of gallbladder 'attacks' and some could definitely apply to me. But the only specific pain I felt during these episodes was on the left side of my stomach area, not the right side at all.

The pain can occur in a number of areas.

Then again, I find it difficult to believe a stomach irritation could cause so much gnawing pain over such a wide area. And I would think an ulcer flareup could be relived somehow more quickly.

Yes, I would think the baking soda would again have masked the symptoms right away, not 30 minutes later.

And from the time it began until the time it was relieved was EIGHT HOURS! So it was VERY LONG in duration and I was quite miserable!

How do docs check for gallbladder problems? I've had them press in and around my gallbladder area before with no pain or problems. Do they do ultrasounds or what?

Ultrasound should be the first test. They may also order an x-ray or scan.