1st week with Gallbladder Disease

I have no idea where to begin, but I have learned a few tips that I figure I should write about.

I learned to pay attention to my body and what it's telling me. I'll explain. I did some research online about gallbladder disease/gallbladder problems. I found that side effects can include: Fatigue, Hair loss and Weight loss. I've experienced all of that! Well, not exactly the weight loss, but I haven't gained anything since I lost 10lbs about 2 months ago and when I went in for my OBGYN appt today I was down a pound from last time... But it makes sense. I have always had thick hair, but so far this pregnancy it's really thin which doesn't make sense because I take prenatals everyday which should make your hair grow like nuts, right? Fatigue, I chalk that up to being prego, but what do I know. Mostly it was the hair loss and the weight loss that tipped me off that something wasn't exactly quite right.

Eggs are bad for your gallbladder!! Who knew! They have a lot of fat and cholesterol. I figured they were so healthy. Hmm, interesting. You can find good diet ideas here.

Listen to your surgeon where this is obvious it's important to remember. Mine doesn't want me to go through surgery right now because they wouldn't be able to go in laroscopically (sp?) basically 4 small incisions. Given the size of my uterus right now they would have to do it the other way which is 2 8inch long incisions and it would be longer to heal with risk of pre-term labor.

Listen to your body and to what irritates you. So far I'm on an egg/sausage mcmuffin. I have ruled out that cheese is not a factor in my gallbladder pain, but I have yet to eat sausage or eggs because of my fear of the pain and I really don't want to take pain meds right now. Different things irritate different people so if spinach irritates someone else, it might not irritate me. It's trial and error, but also you need to be smart about it. Don't go eating a huge hamburger.

Most people have gall stones. Gallbladder disease means that you have an infection or "sludge" in your gallbladder and thickening lining. So far I'm not as severe as some, I have some sludge, but not enough to thicken the lining of my gallbladder.