Not the cheese! I would miss the cheese.
That sounds like a really sensible approach. Hooray for Super Nice Surgeon.
I went back to Urgent Care and got two shots, and man, the Toradol one hurts like a mofo. It burned almost immediately, and now I'm getting little zaps of pain occasionally. I don't remember this from previous Toradol injections, but it's been a while.
Also, they have to take my blood pressure manually because my heartbeat is quiet. Every time, they are weirdly emphatic about this. Like, "WOW, your heartbeat is SO quiet." I finally asked this time if I should be concerned, but apparently not.
Toradol totally hurts. I hope it helps!
Not the cheese! I would miss the cheese.
It's only a week. I have to keep telling myself this. (Actually, earlier this year I was wondering if I was lactose intolerant, so I stopped eating dairy for almost a week, and it was annoying -- apparently I eat A LOT of cheese -- but not horrible.) (I am not lactose intolerant.)
He could be right, too, Steph -- even now, with mine gone, fatty foods can sometimes be a problem. I wonder why no shrimp, though?
I'm glad he seemed as awesome as Awesome Doctor suggested.
I wonder why no shrimp, though?
It's high in cholesterol.
Well, the cholesterol in food is generally not a big contributor to cholesterol levels, despite what we used to think about eggs. The human body makes cholesterol, and people with hypercholesterolemia are just really, REALLY good at making cholesterol (see also: the entire Lang family). So you can safely keep eating shrimp.
The surgeon just wants me to eat low-fat for a week to see how my gall bladder reacts. It's less about "OH GOD CHOLESTEROL NO" and more about "HACK UR BODY WOO!"
That sounds like a smart approach, Tep. I'm glad you gave such thoughtful doctors.
I hope this approach works Steph.
A surgeon that suggests gathering more data before cutting is my kinda surgeon!
It's interesting -- he said that not all patients with gall bladder disease have the stereotypical pain, but instead they have really horrible nausea, and it happens between 30 minutes and 6 hours after eating a fatty meal.
The day I had unbelievably bad nausea was 2 days after my endoscopy. I had plain bland food the day of the endoscopy, but the next day I had a giant cheeseburger for dinner. And then I woke up the following morning with that horrible nausea. When I told the surgeon that, he said that sounds like a clear sign that it's my gall bladder. But he still thinks I should do the 2-week guinea pig test.
