Gallstones how and why

[BrightSparkles]

My Dr told me of the five F's for gallstones - fair, fat, fertile, forty, female - so european, overweight, with children, middle aged and well, female.

Not saying you are any of those things, just that the increase the risk.

I hope they aren't causing too much trouble. Mine just bubble in the background atm and give me a back ache if I eat too much fatty food. I have had a couple of acute attacks and it is far worse than childbirth!

To minimise the chance of attacks, you need to eat less saturated fats.

I had my gall bladder removed in March after being diagnosed with 2 gallstones. Upon removal they found 3 and my gall bladder was still inflammed from the attack 10 days prior when I went to emergency. They weren't happy that the emergency doctors sent me home without any treatment.

There is a hereditary factor. And hormones. I was in my early 20s when it started and i've never been overweight and a gf of mine was exactly the same. My dad is, well, male, and was in his 50s.
If you are having it removed then you will need to adjust your diet initially simply because with your gall bladder gone you can't tolerate fatty foods. But eventually you get used to eating everything again.

Thanks girls.
I have no idea yet what to expect or anything. I have only spoken to the dr so far on the phone when she called to tell me what I need to do. Basically she has said that i have to start AB's in the morning (i couldn't get the back to the dr for the script today), if I get any fevers or vomiting and intense pain again (only dull pain atm) to go to the hospital. Otherwise she would see me again next week and I'd get the referral for the specalist to get it taken out.
Now it all fits that I porbably had this when I was pg too but it was put down to how high up bubs both sat and it was pressure there, but now they think it's more likely that it was gallbladder.

[Astrolady]

my attacks didn't feel like how they should feel like. When we finally realised I was having gall bladder attacks it dawned on me that I had been having quite a few and just put it down to indigestion or something like that.