Hey, Kristina.  Sorry you're feeling ill.  Unfortunately, I can  
relate.  I had to have my gallbladder out when I was 28.  Of the  
things on that list, the butter, while probably healthy, would've  
triggered an attack for me back in the day.  Any type of oil really.    
Sour cream was a guaranteed night with my head over the toilet.  In my  
case, I just had my general doc do an ultrasound.  That showed that  
the gallbladder was full of stones, and they scheduled me for surgery  
very soon after because in my case, I had a stone in the duct and so I  
was becoming jaundiced.   And that's not a good thing.

So my advice to you is to get an ultrasound done as soon as you can.   
That will tell you how much time you have to decide whether it has to  
come out at all and if so, how soon it needs to happen.   The attacks  
are much as you describe in terms of the pain radiating around to the  
back.   It just doubled me over.   I threw up a few times, but that  
doesn't give any relief, obviously.   I don't know anything about  
Nasville doctors, but you're talking about going into the hospital for  
surgery possibly, so think about your choice with an eye toward that  
perhaps.

The good news is that if it is your gallbladder and if you do have to  
have it out, then once it is out, you can eat pretty much anything you  
can stand.  But you should be aware that once it's gone, things like  
Sour Cream or Mayonnaise or evil things fried in bad grease will send  
you running to the bathroom.   Possibly even sprinting to the  
bathroom.  Taking a daily fiber supplement can help buffer that effect  
to some degree.  File that away for future reference...  At which  
point,  it won't make you hurt to eat butter anymore.   Or pemmican or  
anything that has good fats.

The modern surgery doesn't even require being cut open.  They put 5  
holes in you and disconnect the little bugger "remotely" and pull it  
out through a tube.  My surgeon used dissolvable stitches, so I never  
actually saw him again after that.  I was still sore, and I knew I'd  
had something done, but it wasn't like my mother's gallbladder surgery  
where they cut her open from stem to stern just to get at her  
gallbladder.  I can't imagine how impossibly painful that must've been  
for her.

So, please, do go get an ultrasound as soon as you can.  You'll at  
least know what your options are!

Cheers,
-Belinda

On Aug 30, 2009, at 7:48 AM, Kristina K. Carlton wrote:

> I had chicken, turkey, and butter.