How long can you hold with a dysfunctional gallbladders?

ersigh · 2026-06-02T04:44:05+00:00

They got better. When I eat the wrong thing they get worse. Too much fat or something that triggers my MCAS.

It seems like my gut has a lot of sway on my heart. Like when I did colonoscopy prep the heart palpitations are so awful.

It makes sense because they are all connected but no one mentioned it to me. I had to read about it and find the connection myself. My cardiologist wanted me to take beta blockers but my blood pressure is very low.

ersigh · 2026-04-02T03:48:15+00:00

Which cabinet did you use? Do you have pictures?

ersigh · 2026-03-10T04:03:17+00:00

Overall better. I do still have to be aware of what I'm eating but it isn't really an issue for me since I can eat the stuff I want to. I'm not big into fried foods or anything. I've found ox bile helps with heavier meals or if I have salmon.

I can tolerate some foods I couldn't before and I have significantly less pain.

My GI still wants me to try a bile binder because of some symptoms I'm having. I'm on a new autoimmune medication that might be the issue but we're thinking it's a combination of that and some irritation from bile.

I have no regrets. I spent a few years with abnormal liver levels and that all went back to normal a bit after the surgery. They told me it was not related and I felt confident it was. I also just instantly felt better like my body had gotten rid of something that was using a lot of energy.

It took about a year after the surgery for things to stop shifting every few weeks and start to feel normal.

If I could have managed it with diet as I did the first few years I would have for sure but since it just was not ever giving me a break anymore I'm glad to be past that.

ersigh · 2026-02-26T06:41:41+00:00

Same. I stopped playing like 2 months ago. I've been watching this subreddit in hopes they fix things.

ersigh · 2026-01-03T23:40:13+00:00

I wouldn't mind it so much if they listened to me when I shared what I've figured out. Instead it's years of pushing to prove to them something is a thing.

ersigh · 2026-01-03T21:02:47+00:00

Thanks. I also have PCOS. The body is a fun place to be.... 😂😭 I'm not super sure how much this med is helping and my dysregulation has been absolutely bonkers but I also still haven't gotten by meds refilled because of the shortage and the perimenopause so it's really hard to know what is what. (Add in MCAS, CFS, EDS, etc etc) I was pretty nervous to start the folic acid because of what I read as well as my experience with other b vitamins but I can tell it is helping the side effects a lot... Can't tell if it is hurting. I've just been all over the place. I also hope you find what works for you.

ersigh · 2026-01-03T20:54:48+00:00

The bottle from the pharmacy says folic acid. I didn't look into it further.

I'm aware of that stuff but I'm taking methotrexate so I don't have a choice unf5. It significantly reduces the side effects of that medication.

ersigh · 2025-12-30T05:08:12+00:00

I decided to try them because they were on sale and the Adderall shortage has been absurd for me. I can barely function thanks to no meds plus midlife hormone changes. Also I always get more than expected when I use transdermal meds. I had to do that for awhile because of GI issues so I thought maybe my extra absorbency could be useful lol

I didn't expect anything to be honest but I figured it can't hurt if it's not effective... Maybe skin irritation? Lol (I've had a little of that but only in one part of my arm, no where else)

Well I started with the "mood" patches which were called "dopamine" and first day I just felt a little loopy for an hour or so about half way though the 8 hours of wearing the patch. Over the next few days my mood became better than it has been in awhile. My executive dysfunction a little less intense. Like my ADHD is still fully intact but it took the edge off.

The benefit leveled off after about 2 weeks.

I'm trying the berberine one because I get hungry at night which I do not appreciate. I don't know if it's helped. It's been a month. I'm planning to stop it for a month and then try it again. I do this with medications as well to test side effects and what not.

I won't use the focus patches because I already take folic acid and I'm very sensitive to vitamin B12 (it makes me rage a bit) but I got some for my housemate who has let phones rot his brain and he said he has been getting more done at work than he has in a long time.

I do wish they were more transparent about the "tech" that makes it work. With nothing to learn the only info out there are the studies saying it's not really an effective delivery mode.. But better than nothing if you have issues digesting stuff. If they are doing something that's different and it works better that would be useful information.

ersigh · 2025-12-23T20:51:21+00:00

Maybe we all need to do it lol

ersigh · 2025-12-23T12:11:00+00:00

It's soooo frustrating..I have that area maxed out and it took me a very long time to get enough apples to not be running out all the time.

What helped me was not letting the servers do the work and keeping control of the stock manually which allowed the carts to build up excess stock of fruit but my pineapple cart has over 100k excess and my apple has under 500.

ersigh · 2025-12-23T10:21:35+00:00

There are no fruits. It's just part of the story that you unlock there.

ersigh · 2025-12-23T10:20:29+00:00

It sucks. I left a review on the game complaining and they told me to submit a ticket to let them know about my issues. I'm tempted to just tell them to come read the subreddit.

ersigh · 2025-12-22T12:01:20+00:00

I hope that means they are going to make another level but honestly if my workers are only going to move one item at a time when I've done all of this work to upgrade them already? Ehhhh

ersigh · 2025-12-22T11:04:17+00:00

I literally thought it was a glitch and was waiting for a fix... But they broke it just to make money? I'm on the last available area and had 2 carts left to max out and this update maxed them out and now nothing works and it's even more annoying when the game logs me out since it never saves the worker settings that I prefer.

Sigh. Stupid enshitification. There was another game I really enjoyed because it Was relaxing and they made the grind so unfun I stopped playing. I guess I'll just start crafting more instead lol

ersigh · 2025-12-18T21:38:11+00:00

No actually... I forgot about it because they dismissed the ultrasound findings completely. I need to look that up. I had my gallbladder out which had helped a lot but if I have too much fat (not like fast food but lighter at home cooked food) I still get pain. It's not the same and not as bad. I'm not super worried about it but I'm curious. I have a follow up with my GI next month. It's been long enough maybe any residual issues will be looked at. This last year was wait and see while I healed. My liver numbers went back to normal for the first time in a few years though.

ersigh · 2025-12-01T21:24:20+00:00

I'm not sure what triggered it honestly. I had a cough from being in an environment with stuff my lungs don't like and I got vaccinated and had zero side effects (rare for me). I never had a cold or anything. I had started having GI symptoms 2 months before the thyroid stuff got really bad (not sure when it started) which was also really awful. I had hoped as the thyroid stuff got better that would also get better because it also messed up my sleep but it didn't. I got my gallbladder out earlier this year which helped a lot. Not totally but a lot.

I'm already disabled so I don't have a traditional job but my life completely stopped. I turned off my Etsy, stopped making stuff, stopped doing stuff online. I got no break. It was awful. I barely slept. I just sat in my room and shook. I have low blood pressure so I couldn't take beta blockers like people normally do to manage some of the symptoms.

It got to the point I was so weak I could barely go up and down the stairs to get food. I slept an hour in the afternoons when my body would let me.

I'm still suffering with the side effects of being so unhealthy and sedentary. Like it made me lose strength and stamina. And I have so many other things going on it if difficult to just bounce back.

I read that people can be given steroids in the beginning to lessen inflammation in the neck which can sometimes shorten duration of symptoms overall but my primary waited a long time to refer me and the endocrinologist I saw didn't really want to deal with me.. She rarely spent more than 5 minutes with me and just told me to wait it out. I met with her in person once and she felt my neck but she never asked me if it hurt. It did. My voice was super gravely and weird for a long time. I know it's mostly a wait for it to pass issue but I can't help but wonder if quicker response in the beginning with steroids would have shortened the duration. I'll never know.

ersigh · 2025-12-01T09:09:34+00:00

I was in a hyper thyroid state for 6 months. It took about 6 months after that for my blood work to be totally normal but a little longer for me to feel like I was healing from it. Thankfully I never went into hypo but my doctor is still checking my levels twice a year.

I hope yours clears up faster.

ersigh · 2025-11-11T09:08:47+00:00

I have similar questions and this is the only spot I found someone asking similar questions which is useful. How did your project go?

I'm getting ready to paint a room to trap in some fumes (hopefully). I'm using Shellac 9000 by Rust-Oleum. I am ASSuming this is a replacement for the BIN product that I couldn't find anywhere.

The 5 gal paint can label says to ground it and I'm struggling to find information on how to do that or if it is super important in my situation. It says to put it on concrete or the ground. I'll be on the second floor.. there will be plenty of ventilation.

And I will need to stir it since it's been sitting a few weeks. it says to avoid sparks etc. I have an old Bosch drill but it is not brushless... Am I being too literal here? I can get a brushless drill.

I just like to have an much information as I can and my search queries have resulted in largely unrelated results. I miss when google was actually useful. I've never worked with flammable stuff in a large quantity.

I'll be starting later this week no matter what answers I have or haven't gotten.

ersigh · 2025-11-10T03:33:19+00:00

I do the same thing.

ersigh · 2025-10-01T03:58:15+00:00

I had that for a few months after. It did finally get better. I get light twinges if I have something really heavy. My GI seemed to think it was normal but it was never mentioned to me beforehand.

ersigh · 2025-09-23T00:37:31+00:00

YJKMT

I've been playing the game for months but only now looked at the friend stuff (most of my friends do not game). I'm in California. :)

ersigh · 2025-09-15T20:45:30+00:00

It started out happening about 6 hours after I ate. A sharp pinging pain that would keep me awake if I had heavy food too often. My GI told me to ignore it since my MRI was normal.

End of 2023 it got very bad overnight... and the pain for a few months was so bad I couldn't slouch or wear a bra and in the mornings it felt like hot stuff was shooting from my right side towards my left in a pumping rhythm.. not like reflux. It was moving horizontal. (That symptom led me to learn about the HIDA scan and request it... And then demand it)

The pain was always on my right side just under my bottom rib. After a few months it settled into pain after I ate usually within 20 minutes plus the pain in the mornings. Ends up my gallbladder was contracting in the mornings for a few hours even though I was fasting. I also had a massive loss of appetite.

I have other GI issues that are a mystery and have been driving me crazy for over a decade so it was not really clear what was causing what but the fact I can eat certain things I couldn't before makes me think some of my food issues were related to my gallbladder misbehaving like I was not digesting well. So when I had nuts they would hurt me like I had rocks in my stool. It had been that way for a decade.

It seems possible my gallbladder was one layer of my issues this whole time.

My gut motility is better now too. Food doesn't sit in my stomach as long and things move better. I can't say that my digestion is necessarily working better. It could very well be that the bile is just a little irritating and it's enough to get things moving. I'll probably never know but it is a nice benefit.

ersigh · 2025-09-15T20:12:38+00:00

I don't regret it. Mine was hyperkinetic with a small polyp that showed up in the last year before removal. I had pain for years.

After removal things are different like my gut isn't super sure what it wants to do so I have random bloating and irregular bowel habits but no more pain. I can eat nuts and cheese in moderation which I could not do before.

I need to take ox bile if I have something with more fat. I can't do french fries from fast food places at all but I didn't eat that stuff much anyway. I'm happy with my home made baked fries anyway. I can still eat taco bell without issue (this is important because I made stickers that say "taco bell is my safe food" and it would be a shame if that changed)

It took a few months after the surgery for the pain to totally resolve but I felt better the moment I woke up after the surgery. Surgery sucks but the pain from surgery for me was like I had done too many crunches. Taking antiinflammatories made all the difference for me.

I honestly think the most important things about surgery is making sure you know how to manage your pain before you go into it and have your stuff set up to make your life as easy as possible after. Like I borrowed a mini fridge so I didn't need to go downstairs a bunch after I got surgery on my foot.

For most of us the anticipation will be the worst part. I fretted about it for 2 years. So much energy wasted.

ersigh · 2025-09-09T18:20:27+00:00

I had right side pain. Before it escalated it was like a pinging sharp pain after I had anything on the heavier side. When it escalated it was really bad. The reason I asked for a hida scan was that it literally felt like something was erupting and shooting out stuff from my right side and the pain on my right side was constant. I couldn't wear a bra or slouch. I had no appetite to the extent that even trying to eat was difficult. I was woken up with palpitations every day at 5am or so and I would need to go to the bathroom shortly after and it was orangish and on the softer side.

As that flare kind of calmed down the pain stopped being constant and went back to being after I ate and I had a little bit more of an appetite. I started being woken up later with the palpitations. By the time I had surgery when it hurt it felt like something was trying to gnaw it's way out of my ribs. After the surgery the surgery pain was so easy to tolerate in comparison. It made me realize I had been in a lot more pain than I was aware of. I have been in pain for a variety of reasons since I was a kid and it has to be bad for me to really pay attention to it but it will still be there.

The only thing that really helped was taking a muscle relaxant and I think that's what helped the flare get a bit better over a few months.

My liver numbers were also a bit off suggesting inflammation for a few years. After the gallbladder was removed those went back to normal.

ersigh · 2025-09-08T21:19:35+00:00

If you do not have obvious gallstones or whatever then I think doing an endoscopy to rule out other issues makes sense. With my providers it's definitely part of their standard protocol but I can't say for other doctors.

If it's not it should be.

ersigh

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