I'm glad that you found this helpful.

I hope that you feel better soon.

Yes. Medications can offer temporary relief.

I hope that all goes well.

Try to watch dr.eric berg...before to decide removal...

Surgery is not always needed. Only if you get symptoms.

I've never heard of it before

You should see a surgeon and talk about an operation.

Work with a naturopathic dr and dissolve them! Avoid GB removal unless you are in a life-threatening situation!!! Gall stones don't happen overnight, and they don't disappear overnight. If you have a gall bladder full of stones, your liver is almost surely full of stones, too, and GB removal will NOT solve the problem. It MUST be mediated by shifts in diet and lifestyle. What the young MD here neglected to inform you of is that our bodies absolutely need fats--the cellular membrane of every cell in your body is comprised of cholesterol (a fat molecule produced in the liver) and protein molecules, and cholesterol is also the starting block for all the hormones in the body and is used to repair vascular damage (oft caused by excess blood glucose, btw), your brain is comprised of fats and water (which allow for the electrical signals, but also requires proper mineral salts since we're dealing with a battery and conduction), the nerve axons are wrapped in a fat layer called a myelin sheath which aids speedy signal conduction, and your brain cells function better & the mitochondria are more efficient on ketone bodies than glucose (elevated blood sugar from dietary carbohydrates, frequent eating without 4-6 hr breaks between meals, and a "high stress" lifestyle with elevated epinephrine & cortisol levels all lead to insulin resistance and chronic glucose elevation, which leads to systemic dysfunction from endocrine disregulation to low energy from toxic and fatigued cells, brain fog, neuropathy & neuron damage, poor nutrient assimilation, premature onset of conditions deemed "age-related," and dementia, which is type III diabetes and chronic high blood glucose is a major causative and exacerbating factor). Eliminating the ability to properly break them down with concentrated bile secretion from the GB creates massive havoc for as long as you live, and the diseases and disorders the you develop as a result will likely shorten your lifespan, and the vibrancy in your years. The lack of concentrated bile secretion also dramatically disrupts GI function, breakdown and absorption of nutrients in food, and the gut biome, as bile and pancreatic secretions in the duodenum (1st section of small intestine immediately after the stomach) neutralize extremely acidic gastric juices when stomach empties into SI. The low pH is necessary for breaking down the proteins and fats into small enough pieces that the enzymes in the SI can fully break them apart and the components can be absorbed and used by the body. Without enough bile (the liver will release bile directly when GB is removed, but it's less quantity and unconcentrated) the pH will remain low and can cause damage in the upper intestine. Yes, it's true that cholecystectomy is a very easy procedure for the surgeon. It's also true that it is annually in the top 3 surgeries performed and a top income producer for hospitals. MDs are not trained in nutrition or restoring function. If you have an emergency and you need something stuffed back inside and something sewn up, they are generally pretty good with that. But chronic conditions--which come from diet & lifestyle choices and environmental factors--will not be resolved by petropharmaceutical chemicals, radiation, and rarely resolved by removing body parts. Surgery _can_ be beneficial, but removing organs is never a first option, it is a LAST option. If you'd like to heal and truly resolve the problem, work with a holistic dr who will work WITH your body, not against it, and be willing to alter your choices with food & lifestyle so you can alter your physical experience. Stones can be softened and broken down naturally, or even with medical machines that target to break them into smaller pieces that can be more easily passed. But if your behaviors remain the same, they will continue to recur, and if they are in your GB your liver is full of them, too! MDs don't explain this. Hell, maybe the majority don't even understand it. 🤷‍♀So go to someone who really does. ND or NMD, LAc/TCM/OMD, classical homeopath, herbalist--all are great options for acute or chronic conditions. Leave the MDs to emergency care, and avoid creating situations that get to emergency level. Or go the standard allopathic route of poison it out, burn it out, cut it out knowing that has a lifetime of compounding consequences, mostly undesired. It's your body, your choice. But you do have other choices, and better choices, than cutting out body parts. They are NOT there by mistake! 😉

It is not pleasant. I hope that you get better soon. 👍🏻

Depends on whether it has been causing her problems or not. She should have a discussion with her doctor regarding the risks and benefits of surgery.

@@DrFanFRACS thanks Doc I truly do not want her to have surgery

@@eddyfrancis8572 It's not essential to have surgery

Do austin goh gall stone exercise

Work with a holistic practitioner who actually knows how to work WITH the body and its restorative/healing capacities, such as a naturopath or a TCM/OMD (traditional Chinese/Oriental Medicine Dr), or even an herbalist, and help her to dissolve & pass the stones and then clean up her L/GB (liver/gall bladder). This requires shifts in diet and lifestyle, but the payoff is more vibrancy and greater health and well-being, and often resolving other chronic conditions as well! (Working with a classical homeopath for an acute remedy for attacks, or chronic remedy for resolving deep-seated and underlying problems related to this, or a constitutional remedy to harmonize the person throughout life is also a great recommendation. And working with a chiropractic dr to restore nerve and blood flow throughout the body, and a well skilled massage therapist to aid in lymphatic flow to remove the toxic buildup are also great practical considerations.) You can take a pause to examine the non-allopathic choices before making any rash, unreversable surgical decisions, because you have many, many options. Allopathy has only 3--poison it, burn it, cut it out. The body is infinitely wise. If you seek out those who know how to work WITH the body and honor that innate wisdom, you'll have much better results, especially long-term. Best to you & your mom! 😊

Gallstones can be horrible