Anyone had their gall bladder removed? A friend had emergency surgery yesterday and is really worried because she has heard horror stories about "digestive" problems from her co-workers. Any help/advice here that I might pass along and help put her mind at ease? TIA
Gall Bladder removal...questions
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redkitty
Executive Chef
My sister and my mother both had theirs removed. Tell your friend to search the web about digestive enzymes and perhaps even speaking with a natropath. It has really changed my life knowing more about my digestive system and what the medical profession does not really tell us.
Hope she feels better soon!
Hope she feels better soon!
lyndalou
Head Chef
My husband had his gall bladder removed a few years ago. If anything, he eats more varieties of food now than he did before the surgery. Same thing with my mother years ago. I think it is an individual thing.
licia
Executive Chef
Mine was removed about 5 years ago and believe me, my life has been much better. I've had no problem with anything I eat.
Thanks for all the responses. Hopefully, her life will only get "better" as many of you have said. Some of my friend's co-workers have had their GB removed and had told her they had many problems, especially with fats. I'll try to present the other side of the story and maybe it will help! At least she'll be better off with a positive attitude rather than expecting problems!!
CharlieD
Chef Extraordinaire
My wife had emergency surgery few years back. Thank G-d no problem at all. NO special diet, no restrictions, nothing.
YT2095
Executive Chef
it`s not a Critical component, it`s job is almost redundant in western cultures anyway (not as redudant as the Appendix though).
it breaks down fats to make their assimilation easier (we don`t need too many fats now like out ancestors did for survival).
it also neutralises stomach acids because Bile (excreted by the gall bladder) is very Basic (Alkaline).
with todays food availability and variety, you can live quite happily without it
it breaks down fats to make their assimilation easier (we don`t need too many fats now like out ancestors did for survival).
it also neutralises stomach acids because Bile (excreted by the gall bladder) is very Basic (Alkaline).
with todays food availability and variety, you can live quite happily without it
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