My slow deterioration and rapid recovery
These are gallstones from my gallbladder. My gallbladder is still where it should be. I counted over 1500 gallstones 1/8 inch and larger from the photos I took. Thousands more gallstones that I did not take photos of were sand size and smaller (my guess is about 8,000 to 10,000 stones). The large number of stones is clear evidence that both my gallbladder and liver were severely clogged.
The results of my second gallbladder/liver flush astounded me. There was no turning back. I committed myself to do as many gallbladder/liver flushes as necessary to flush all the gallstones out.
I had been dealing with chronic health issues for over 40 years. I followed the recommendations of many different kinds of doctors, yet my health still continued to steadily and inexorably decline. I had become extremely skeptical of all medical and healing practices.
After doing 49 gallbladder/liver flushes over four years, my health has improved dramatically. In fact, right now I feel pretty darn good. I am not out in the clear yet. How well my liver, gallbladder, and pancreas recover depends upon the extent of the damage caused by so many gallstones and whether or not all the gallstones can be expelled.
I attribute the myriad of symptoms that I experienced over 40 years primarily to the presence of "silent stones" that I did not know I had. I experienced chronic fatigue, continuously throbbing headaches, hives (massive), hand and foot swelling, muscle twitching and cramps, irregular heart rhythm, food allergies, varicose veins, chronically stuffy nose, night sweating, twitching eyes, numerous light reflecting eye floaters, perpetual farmer's tan, "glossy" eyes after a meal, mild hypoglycemia, short and long term memory deficit, "mind sensations," brain fog, mentally slow, black outs, anxiety attacks, fear, anger, depression, crying spells, and so on. There was a constant daily reminder of my poor health by a litany of symptoms.
Here is a very brief chronological summary of the slow deterioration that I experienced over 40 years:
The websites by a number of well-known medical institutions basically state that the best option is to have the gallbladder removed. In fact, the U.S. National Institutes for Health (http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/gallstones/) states that (1) the gallbladder is a nonessential organ because the liver produces enough bile to digest a normal diet, (2) the most commonly performed surgery on adults in the United States is a cholecystectomy (surgical removal of the gallbladder), (3) nonsurgical approaches are used only in special situations, and (4) when patients are treated non-surgically, the stones commonly recur within 5 years. Few of these websites mentioned the risks associated with the operation itself, the possible post operation complications, or the possible increase in propensity for unforeseen health issues related to not having a gallbladder. The position of the U.S. NIH and well-known medical institutions left me cold and unwilling to accept their dismissive verdict about the importance of the gallbladder.
I wanted to save my gallbladder because there was no assurance that I would be better off without my gallbladder. I feared that I would end up like those whose health worsened after their gallbladders were removed. Once the gallbladder is removed there is no going back.
I came across the gallbladder/liver flush while surfing the internet. There were numerous websites and YouTube videos showing that the flush did work, yet I was skeptical mainly because of the opinions of "experts" who claimed that the process did not work. Also, I was afraid to try it because of concern that I would end up worse off.
At 55 years old, I was, fortunately, introduced to a natural health practitioner who helped me through the gallbladder/liver flush process. I went full speed ahead and did not look back. I realized that if the flush process really did work and gallstones did become wedged in the cystic or hepatic ducts, I could do the process again. If the process did not work and I felt excruciating pain, I then had the option of having my gallbladder removed. As I saw it at the time, the worst case scenario was the removal of my gallbladder. It occurred to me later that the flush process could have resulted in my gallbladder or a duct tearing. If my gallbladder or a duct had torn, there would have been a big mess to clean up in my abdominal cavity. This did not happen. The fear of something bad happening during the flush process diminished with each flush that I did.
So far, I have done 49 gallbladder/liver flushes spread over 60 months (from November 2010 to October 2015).
The daily appearance of the various symptoms has diminished significantly. I still have to be careful on what I eat, and there have been days where it felt like I had been hit in the head. But there have also been days where I woke up happy and stayed happy all day long.
Happy without effort, calm without trying.
I have read that according to traditional eastern medicine anger is "stored" in the liver. I now know that this is true.
The results of my second gallbladder/liver flush astounded me. There was no turning back. I committed myself to do as many gallbladder/liver flushes as necessary to flush all the gallstones out.
I had been dealing with chronic health issues for over 40 years. I followed the recommendations of many different kinds of doctors, yet my health still continued to steadily and inexorably decline. I had become extremely skeptical of all medical and healing practices.
After doing 49 gallbladder/liver flushes over four years, my health has improved dramatically. In fact, right now I feel pretty darn good. I am not out in the clear yet. How well my liver, gallbladder, and pancreas recover depends upon the extent of the damage caused by so many gallstones and whether or not all the gallstones can be expelled.
I attribute the myriad of symptoms that I experienced over 40 years primarily to the presence of "silent stones" that I did not know I had. I experienced chronic fatigue, continuously throbbing headaches, hives (massive), hand and foot swelling, muscle twitching and cramps, irregular heart rhythm, food allergies, varicose veins, chronically stuffy nose, night sweating, twitching eyes, numerous light reflecting eye floaters, perpetual farmer's tan, "glossy" eyes after a meal, mild hypoglycemia, short and long term memory deficit, "mind sensations," brain fog, mentally slow, black outs, anxiety attacks, fear, anger, depression, crying spells, and so on. There was a constant daily reminder of my poor health by a litany of symptoms.
Here is a very brief chronological summary of the slow deterioration that I experienced over 40 years:
- At 22 year old: I received a call from a college roommate a few weeks after we vacated an apartment. He said the landlord had to throw the wood bed frame my bed pad was on because it was completely wet. I was completely taken aback and puzzled. This was the first time that I became aware that I was profusely sweating while I slept. This became an intermittent problem over the years.
- At 25 years old: While attending graduate school it seemed as if the sharpness and quickness of thought had become noticeably diminished as compared to a few years before. This steadily worsened as the years went by.
- At 28 years old: One morning I experienced a sudden "jolt" at the bottom of my feet. The muscles at the bottom of my feet suddenly started twitching and has been continuously twitching for decades.
- At 41 years old: I distinctly remember the very first time I felt the itchy hives on my right ankle. We were camping near the Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. As the hives became more frequent and severe, I went to see an allergist doctor. The assistant's eyes widened with dismay when she saw the hives on by back after she did the "prick test." She immediately summoned the doctor. The doctor said that there was nothing she could do for me because I reacted to so many foods.
- At xx years old: A nutritional blood panel test showed severe vitamin and mineral deficiencies and imbalances. I was prescribed a bucket full of vitamins and minerals. After several years, there was no discernible change in my health. The doctor became frustrated and did not recommend any further course of action.
- At 51 years old: The first gallbladder attack occurred. I had been dealing with so many symptoms on a daily basis for so many years, I just dealt with this new pain and waited for it to go away. I pushed it into the back of my mind.
- At xx years old: I experienced irregular heart rhythms that my cardiologist found unusual but not life threatening.
- At 54 years old: My cardiologist had been listening to my complaints for years and suggested I go see the gastrointestinal doctor down the hall. The ultrasound scan showed innumerable gallstones and an overly stretched gallbladder. He recommended that I have my gallbladder removed. I told him I would think about it.
- No bad microorganisms were detected in any of the tests done over thirty years, except for giardia which I got while vacationing in my mid forties. The antibiotic protocol got rid of the giardia infection.
- The results of all the standard blood panel tests I had done over thirty years were in the normal range.
The websites by a number of well-known medical institutions basically state that the best option is to have the gallbladder removed. In fact, the U.S. National Institutes for Health (http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/gallstones/) states that (1) the gallbladder is a nonessential organ because the liver produces enough bile to digest a normal diet, (2) the most commonly performed surgery on adults in the United States is a cholecystectomy (surgical removal of the gallbladder), (3) nonsurgical approaches are used only in special situations, and (4) when patients are treated non-surgically, the stones commonly recur within 5 years. Few of these websites mentioned the risks associated with the operation itself, the possible post operation complications, or the possible increase in propensity for unforeseen health issues related to not having a gallbladder. The position of the U.S. NIH and well-known medical institutions left me cold and unwilling to accept their dismissive verdict about the importance of the gallbladder.
I wanted to save my gallbladder because there was no assurance that I would be better off without my gallbladder. I feared that I would end up like those whose health worsened after their gallbladders were removed. Once the gallbladder is removed there is no going back.
I came across the gallbladder/liver flush while surfing the internet. There were numerous websites and YouTube videos showing that the flush did work, yet I was skeptical mainly because of the opinions of "experts" who claimed that the process did not work. Also, I was afraid to try it because of concern that I would end up worse off.
At 55 years old, I was, fortunately, introduced to a natural health practitioner who helped me through the gallbladder/liver flush process. I went full speed ahead and did not look back. I realized that if the flush process really did work and gallstones did become wedged in the cystic or hepatic ducts, I could do the process again. If the process did not work and I felt excruciating pain, I then had the option of having my gallbladder removed. As I saw it at the time, the worst case scenario was the removal of my gallbladder. It occurred to me later that the flush process could have resulted in my gallbladder or a duct tearing. If my gallbladder or a duct had torn, there would have been a big mess to clean up in my abdominal cavity. This did not happen. The fear of something bad happening during the flush process diminished with each flush that I did.
So far, I have done 49 gallbladder/liver flushes spread over 60 months (from November 2010 to October 2015).
- During the middle of the night of the 2nd flush, I woke up to a "tumbling" sensation in the region of my gallbladder. This sensation happened a number of times during subsequent flushes.
- After the 10th flush, I had another ultrasound scan done. A comparison of the first scan with this scan showed significantly fewer gallstones. The large stones clearly seen on the first scan were no longer evident.
- Before the 24th flush my hands and feet swelled. My skin turned slightly yellow. There was growing pain in the gallbladder region. After I drank the olive oil and grapefruit mixture, I woke up in the middle of the night when I felt a fluid flowing sensation in the region of my gallbladder. It felt like a dam broke. Several 3/4 inch calcified gallstones showed up in the toilet. My skin cleared. The pain was gone. Perception changed, as if my mind became clearer.
- I experienced no pain and no complications during any of the 49 flushes, and the gallstones came out pretty clean.
The daily appearance of the various symptoms has diminished significantly. I still have to be careful on what I eat, and there have been days where it felt like I had been hit in the head. But there have also been days where I woke up happy and stayed happy all day long.
Happy without effort, calm without trying.
I have read that according to traditional eastern medicine anger is "stored" in the liver. I now know that this is true.