When my GB failed, they made me do the eject rate test. Drink half a gallon (seemed like) of barely liquified fat, hold down the retching, lay there for an hour, then run dye to see how much bile the gall bladder was ejecting. My eject rate was 5%. My gall bladder was gone the next week. Easy surgery (as such things go) IF they do it laparo. Up and walking 4 hours after. Home the next day, sitting in the sun on my porch, smoking a Padron '64.

Good luck bro!

And they found, nothing. WTF? More gas than a Sunoco station. I eat lunch and I'm passing it at dinner. Discomfort is gone, but I would love to take a solid **** sometime this month.

More test to come.

Crap.

^Ain’t no fun being plugged up like that!

delarob...if itis gallblader a simple diet change could be all that is needed

Rob , Go to any Drug store or Club and pick up a pack of the Probiotic called Align. It Works and within a week you'll be alot better, in a month you'll be amazed. Also tried to give up carbonated beverages and beans for a couple of weeks..

It's funny you mention that Jack. Over the holidays, my fizzy drink intake soared. I'm normally a green tea person, but I'd been slugging back the colas lately. Beans, meh.

I changed my diet big time. Took a solid poop for the first time in several weeks. Still feel something in my side, but it is subsiding. Maybe my body was telling me to knock it the f**k off.

The smartest thing you could have done was ' SEEKING ADVICE HERE IN A CIGAR FORUM '!!!!!

Bravo~~~~~~~~~~

Well done.........

Had mine removed in July of 2007. I was sick and some of the symptons I was experiencing well pointed to the gallbladder. I did the colonoscopy and endoscopy. I went through the ultrasound and the special tests on my liver and gallbladder. During the last test, where they inject you with the dye and you have to lay there for the longest hour of one's life, Tech said the gallbladder wasn't functioning properly. He had me sit up for a bit and redo the test. Gallbladder was fine. Doc wanted it out anyway saying there were cyst in it. I had the lapro done as well. Afterwards, worst pain of my life. I still refused the morphine.

Wish I never listened to them.

^ Ouch...

Goodmorning MrsSledn...