Guest guest Posted July 2, 2006 Report Share Posted July 2, 2006 Dear Bhaktin Shachee Thank you for inquiring. I had my gall bladder removed 3 years ago in a hospital in Australia. In my case it was one single stone, the size of a huge olive. So they removed the gall bladder. When there are many small stones and you know what you're doing you can always try to remove them naturally or a surgeon can try and blast them. But hospitals nowadays dont bother with blasting. They just remove the whole thing. The first ten days after the surgery your husband should only have very very light food, soups and thoroughly cooked vegetable. As far as long term diet, I can only give you my experience. I have said goodbye to temple prasad especially if it's cooked with ghee. I have also drastically slowed down on cheese and pizzas. He has to stop completely eating spicy hot food, give up french fries and fried food (puris, pakoras, samosas or even halava). Of course occasional feast can be handled by the lonely stomach, but it should not be a habit.Olive oil is better than ghee for someone without gall bladder. Just be kind to your stomach because it has no bile secration anymore to break the food down. I hope it helps. ys Radhacaran Melbourne > Dear Prabhus > > Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada > > My husband has been suffering from ill health caused by stones in the > gallbladder. He is booked to have his gallbladder removed after trying > several alternative treatments in the hope of avoiding the operation, > unsucessfully. > > Has any devotee had their gallbladder removed? that can offer him some > information of how their diet and health was affected by the removal of > the gallbladder. Could they carry on eating temple prasadam normally? > > I would be very grateful for any information you could give us. > > your servant > > Bhaktin Shachee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 3, 2006 Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 > Just be kind to your stomach because it > has no bile secration anymore to break the food down. That is not quite accurate. There is still bile secretion, but without the bladder there is no reservoir for processing a large amount of fats at once. Hence moderation is the key. I take some butterfat daily with no ill effects, but am not eating 3 laddus, 5 pakoras and a ghee drenched veg at one sitting either. Then finishing it off with sweet rice. Butterfat is beneficial for the liver and helps in regenerating the liver. Everyone is contantly regenerating their liver, even if in perfect health. One to 2 tablespoons of butterfat (count ALL sources, not just ghee) is beneficial, more than that can start to be a negative. One cup of 4% milk (200+ ml (bit of a guess)) is 2/3 of a tablespoon of ghee. It is also going to vary acording to body weight, age, and type of constitution. Some fire can cook a meal but too much fire can burn down your house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 Just a note to Radhacarans sound advice about diet. Our comments are just to give support that if the machine that we drive is properly maintained then a proper detox program will be most helpful, leading to a lessened distraction to our sadhana and communication ventures. 28 years ago as a brahmacari it was difiicult for me to digest milk products, so by coming in contact with various fasting programs, that cleanse the liver, colon and kidneys, one can easily change ones entire chemistry(now I could probably digest a piano(smile). Allopathic medicine works well for emergencies, but many of its practitioners have no idea about detoxification. Unfortunately many people fall into the rut if it ain't broke don't fix... For example if one has low energy levels 90% chance this is due to a toxic colon which is the blood filter for the body. The result is toxic blood. Some colon etc. cleanse programs can consist of 4 days of intense herbal in take(no prasadam) which does the job but I have found a very good program that goes for 15 days where you just have to refrain from milk products for that short time. It is great for the devotee caliber with the minimum austerity and the maximum results. Every country will have a compatible product, but in Australia it is called '15 day detox' by ----- Totally Natural Products 13-14 Durian Place,Wetherill Park NSW 2164 Sydney Australia Phone 029756 0400 Int. 61 29756 0400 web site: www.tnp.com.au ---- With out getting into the extremes of bodily maintenance...if one at least gets rid of the heavy toxins (mostly done by those in the non devotional days) and eats simply then one can lead a more productive life in KC... best wishes Your servant, Bhaktisiddanta Swami On 3/7/06 4:43 AM, "Radhacaran (das) TKG (Melbourne - AU)" <Radhacaran.TKG (AT) pamho (DOT) net> wrote: > Dear Bhaktin Shachee > > Thank you for inquiring. I had my gall bladder removed 3 years ago in a > hospital in Australia. In my case it was one single stone, the size of a > huge olive. So they removed the gall bladder. When there are many small > stones and you know what you're doing you can always try to remove them > naturally or a surgeon can try and blast them. But hospitals nowadays dont > bother with blasting. They just remove the whole thing. > > The first ten days after the surgery your husband should only have very very > light food, soups and thoroughly cooked vegetable. > > As far as long term diet, I can only give you my experience. I have said > goodbye to temple prasad especially if it's cooked with ghee. I have also > drastically slowed down on cheese and pizzas. He has to stop completely > eating spicy hot food, give up french fries and fried food (puris, pakoras, > samosas or even halava). Of course occasional feast can be handled by the > lonely stomach, but it should not be a habit.Olive oil is better than ghee > for someone without gall bladder. Just be kind to your stomach because it > has no bile secration anymore to break the food down. > > I hope it helps. > > ys > Radhacaran > Melbourne > >> Dear Prabhus >> >> Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada >> >> My husband has been suffering from ill health caused by stones in the >> gallbladder. He is booked to have his gallbladder removed after trying >> several alternative treatments in the hope of avoiding the operation, >> unsucessfully. >> >> Has any devotee had their gallbladder removed? that can offer him some >> information of how their diet and health was affected by the removal of >> the gallbladder. Could they carry on eating temple prasadam normally? >> >> I would be very grateful for any information you could give us. >> >> your servant >> >> Bhaktin Shachee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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