food intake

Here’s what I’ve had to eat the last few days, for this gallstone cleanse experiment:

Monday

  • bowl of cereal with 2% milk
  • 8oz of Three Philosophers beer
  • 12oz apple juice
  • 12oz apple juice
  • 2 apple juice juice boxes from McDonald’s

Tuesday

  • peach
  • salad with fat-free dijon dressing
  • 1/4 cup steamed veggies and 1″ cube of steamed chicken
  • virgin strawberry margarita
  • 12oz coffee with hazelnut syrup
  • 1.5 cups apple juice mixed with 2 Tbsp epsom salts
  • 1/2 cup olive oil mixed with 1/4 cup fresh squeezed grapefruit juice

Wednesday

  • english muffin with jam
  • steamed swiss chard with salt
  • 1.5 cups apple juice mixed with 2 Tbsp epsom salts
  • 1/2 cup olive oil mixed with 1/4 cup fresh squeezed grapefruit juice

I’m predicting the last part of Wednesday, but since it’s after 2pm and I’m not supposed to eat after 2, it’s probably pretty accurate.

Incidentally, a mixture of olive oil and grapefruit juice has the same taste and acidic feel as vomit. Mmmm.

Of course, the only way to test the results of all this is to get another ultrasound and see if there are less or no stones. Which is probably something the doctors won’t let me do, since I just had an ultrasound a few weeks ago. Maybe Sarah can help me convince them to do it.

8 thoughts on “food intake”

      1. Yeah, but that still won’t tell me if they are stones, or pseudostones made of olive oil.

        The only way to know the actual state of my gallbladder, stonewise, is to do an ultrasound.

        I think this is why the cleanse is so popular, people do it and they see all these “stones” coming out. But they are most likely pseudostones, not gallstones.

        An ultrasound is the only accurate metric.

        But of course, in my experience, doctors don’t take suggestions from patients regarding their own care or tests. They like to play things close to their vest, and save money by only doing tests if they are convinced they need to.

        Since I’m just a civilian, there is very little likelihood they would agree to another ultrasound, since they don’t think the gallstone cleanse is legit.

        Now you would *think* that a doctor would be just as curious as me about if the gallstone cleanse has any effect, but from what I’ve found, they don’t have curiosity, they just want to get you in and out as fast as possible.

        1. Well, I still think you overgeneralize doctors. Not every doctor is so skeptical of cleanses….just a lot of them. For instance, my doctor is ordering a saliva test for me to see if I have adrenal insufficiency. And he’s testing my blood to see if I have antibodies against wheat or barley. I just had to ask around to find him. Of course, I have to pay for these tests because they aren’t “proven”. Before making RN pay, I wouldn’t have been able to afford them. This doctor was still pushing them then. I was upset because he wasn’t considering my circumstances when wanting to do all the testing. Now I can pay for it, but I’m still leery of doing all these tests to find out….what exactly? That I MIGHT have issues with cortisol? That I might have to go on some new supplement that has been minimally tested? Beh. I have the opposite problem you are having. Ah well….nothing’s perfect.

  2. Yeah, the other thing is that your insurance probably wouldn’t pay for it, even if you could find a doctor who shared your curiosity. (I’m sure there is one out there somewhere.) I have no idea how much it would cost for an ultrasound. I suppose you could pretend to be in pain again and go to the ER. But again….big bucks! Oh, well. The other thing is to wait and see if you have another attack.

    love J.

    1. In other words, there’s no way to avoid surgery, even on the off chance the flush *did* work. So all I’ve done is caused myself discomfort for no reason. Sigh, seems whatever choice I make, it’s the wrong one.

  3. I wasn’t saying that at all. I was saying that if you don’t have another attack, then you can assume it worked. (Or at least put you in the same state as most people…..they have gallstones that don’t bother them…that they live their whole lives with.) In which case you certainly wouldn’t need surgery.

  4. Trying something noninvasive is certainly the sane thing to do. It’s probably what I’d do.

    love J.

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