Yesterday my 21 yr. old son woke me up at 3 a.m complaining of severe abdominal pain.  He had tried Pepto Bismol, no help.  I gave him the baking soda and water antacid treatment.  No help.  The pain was intense (upper abdomen slightly to the right side) so we went to the Emergency Room.  We got there and pain was less, so we decided to wait till morning to go to the clinic.  That appointment led to a return trip to the hospital where they did an ultrasound and diagnosed it as a gall stone blocking the duct.  They explained the pain could come and go because the stone was still in the gall bladder, not in the duct and the stone was free to move around.

He was given two choices.  Surgery now or wait it out and see what happens (if it goes into the duct it will be very painful and then we are to go to the hospital immediately).

He wisely chose to wait and see what happens.  That gave me a chance to go online and learn about it.  My search yielded a home remedy for passing gall stones.  There is a book about it.  I mentioned this remedy to my Polish co-worker and she said she had heard about it in her family (that clinched it for me).  On the website you'll see testimonials as to its effectiveness. 

Remember when they used to yank out every kid's tonsils for a sore throat?  They said we didn't need them.  Turns out they are part of our immune system.  You can go without a gall bladder also.  But without one you will always have trouble digesting fatty foods and may continue having the same symptoms as before your surgery.  The gall bladder secretes extra bile to help digest fat.  The point is, every organ in your body has a purpose or it wouldn't be there.

So the treatment is simple and only involves a short fasting, drinking olive oil and lemon juice, and laying down.  Here is a link to the instructions.

http://www.relfe.com/gall_stone_cleanse.html

If you decide to do it, here is my "recipe".  It will be much more palatable and probably as effective as drinking olive oil and lemon juice straight.

16 oz. cold virgin olive oil (I used organic extra virgin)
8 oz. fresh squeezed lemons (I used ReaLemon lemon juice concentrate)
16 oz. Welch's grape juice
2 Tablespoons honey

Put everything in blender and blend well.


Dose is 1/2 cup of blend every twenty minutes until finished.  (Sip a little grape juice after dose if you feel nauseous.)

I ran the blender for a few seconds at each dose to remix.

Note:  Read the whole page at the link including the comments.  You will note a side effect of the olive oil and lemon juice is possible nausea.  My son had a couple episodes of vomiting during treatment.  (However his original symptoms included nausea and he had been sick several times earlier in the day.)  Also note in the comments at the site that one person's condition was aggravated by the treatment.  (Although I think she was a secretary for Big Pharma.)

Here is the "science" behind it.  The olive oil serves as a lubricant to pass the stones and it provides the body a lot of fat at one time and that triggers the gall bladder to open it's duct to secrete bile (and hopefully gall stones) into the intestine.  The lemon juice helps break the stones down for easier passage.

The grape juice and honey are for flavoring.


This treatment might sound kind of gross, but I tasted it and it wasn't that bad and if you can avoid surgery for less than $15 isn't it worth a try?  (No, we're not going to go digging through his fecal disharge tomorrow hunting for 'nuggets'...lol)  But if the symptoms go away I'll be satisfied.

My final comment is this:  Why didn't the doctor recommend this as an early option to surgery?

(.........crickets in the O.R.)