cholestectomy

January 13, 2007

Dear friends, colleagues and teachers,

I have a patient who is scheduled to have a cholestectomy (gall bladder

removal surgery) this coming week. I have been treating him for about a month.

Though initially, he was completely resistant to being treated by acupuncture,

gradually he has come to trust me more and more, and over the past two weeks he

has agreed to it. I have also treated him with herbs and CranioSacral therapy.

Unfortunately, he had a sister who had to have emergency surgery when a stone

became infected, and though I asked him for a month, he has succumbed to family

pressure. During the time I have treated him, he has modified his diet and has

stopped eating dairy, fatty foods, fried foods and spicy foods. Nonetheless,

though, the results that he has seen have been less than dramatic.

My questions to you are: 1. What do you respond to a patient who tells you

that his doctor has told him that he can do just fine without a gall bladder,

that he doesn't need to change his diet or limit fat intake, that digestion is

not affected, that when the gall bladder is removed, the liver continues to make

bile, but instead of being stored in the gall bladder, the bile flows directly

into the small intestine. Furthermore, problems following laperoscopic

cholestectomy are few. 2. Can any of you relate protocols that you have

followed to successfully resolve gall stones?

(BTW I know all about liver and GB flushes, as well as traditional points and

herbs that treat liver and GB damp heat (which this certainly was), but as I

said, he basically wasn't interested in acupuncture nor did he have the patience

nor inclination to start with a lemon juice and olive oil flush or enema). This

was a busy professional who expects to miss a day or so from the procedure and

quickly return to work.

SIncerely,

Yehuda

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