I was advised by the consultant not to eat anything 2.5mg fat, which means reading labels. I think I googled lists of foods, like safe biscuits to eat for treats. When cooking, use methods that don't require fat. Lean meat only and carefully drain off excess fat. Don't use butter or margarine on bread. All great if you want to lose weight, but I didn't. I can't eat wheat and have to limit dairy and sugar anyway. I began to wonder what to eat, but I did muddle through.
I did have a few ambulance trips to A&E as my gall stone attacks could be severe, but like you my bloods were OK. I was told I 'didn't fit the profile' for emergency treatment and that I would have to cope with the 'discomfort'! At which my normally calm, kind DH hit the roof! Calling this level of pain discomfort? I think the young doctor had a lesson in how not to talk to patients! My GP prescribed 100g voltarol pessaries which when I eventually managed to find a chemist that stocked them, took the edge of the severity of the pain, averting further trips to A&E. There was never any question of avoiding an op, but because my bloods were OK initially, I had to wait. It was living on a knife edge and I became scared of going out or being on my own. I'm retired and have wondered how I could have worked.
The actual op was almost an anticlimax. Day surgery, 3 small scars that are fading and I can't fault the treatment. As with most ops it takes time to recover and heal. Because it was day surgery, it was easy to underestimate the need to rest. The worst thing was the long wait to see the consultant, 3 months. My GP had said much less time. If we had known we would have resorted to private medicine, which we could ill afford.
