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For the last month I’ve had serious issues with my stomach , I’ve had ulcers since I was 14 and they give me fits now and then but the last few years I get a bout of severe stomach issues , the ulcers flare up , bleed I have a hard time keeping food down. I’ve got meds on hand that I’ll take when this starts (antibiotics , antiinflamitories , PPI) but this last time it didn’t help. Went in for EGD , found 4 of the 6 ulcers were bleeding , whole stomach is very inflamed and a small ulcer at the base of the pilloric sphincter is a lot bigger.
So my gastroenterologist thinks that the ulcer at the piloris is preventing the stomach from emptying causing an overly acidic environment in the stomach and orders a barium swallow.
I take the swallow test and it shows that I do indeed have a very very slow emptying of the stomach BUT. It also shows a massive diverticuli on the duodenum in the area where the gallbladder duct comes in. So now the GI dr think that this diverticulitis could be causing the swelling and inflammation of the piloric sphincter and that it could very well have been the issue all along considered the size (estimate 3cm) , she also thinks that the diverticuli could be caused by gallbladder issues.
So anyway , I have a couple test of the gallbladder (CT , Ultrasound and HIDA scan) to see if it is indeed the issue and needs to be removed which we’ll discuss the possible resection in the duodenum to remove the diverticuli.
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So my question is , what kinda of dietary changes ha e to be made when you don’t have a gallbladder?? I’ve heard that fatty foods cause major problem for most but they are taking about shit like fatty ground beef , pizza and garbage like that.
So my gastroenterologist thinks that the ulcer at the piloris is preventing the stomach from emptying causing an overly acidic environment in the stomach and orders a barium swallow.
I take the swallow test and it shows that I do indeed have a very very slow emptying of the stomach BUT. It also shows a massive diverticuli on the duodenum in the area where the gallbladder duct comes in. So now the GI dr think that this diverticulitis could be causing the swelling and inflammation of the piloric sphincter and that it could very well have been the issue all along considered the size (estimate 3cm) , she also thinks that the diverticuli could be caused by gallbladder issues.
So anyway , I have a couple test of the gallbladder (CT , Ultrasound and HIDA scan) to see if it is indeed the issue and needs to be removed which we’ll discuss the possible resection in the duodenum to remove the diverticuli.
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So my question is , what kinda of dietary changes ha e to be made when you don’t have a gallbladder?? I’ve heard that fatty foods cause major problem for most but they are taking about shit like fatty ground beef , pizza and garbage like that.