i lost my gallbladder in 2024 and i tell people that not to frighten them but because slowing down is free, not advice obviously
#side-effects 2025-08-01
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- invoice_mismatch — i lost my gallbladder in 2024 and i tell people that not to frighten them but because slowing down is free, not advice obviously 19:50
- invoice_mismatch — nobody here can tell you whether a symptom is serious. we can tell you the ones that are always worth checking 20:19
- shame_and_meds — right so eating small and often was the only thing that made the first month liveable for me dropping back a rung for a fortnight is a completely legitimate move 20:35
- deadspace — ginger did nothing for me and worked for two other people here. thats where the evidence is at 22:13
if a side effect is new and severe rather than familiar and annoying, that is the line, from memory
is the nausea meant to be worst around day 8 or is that just me
magnesium
magnesium citrate worked for me where oxide did nothing. that might just be absorption
nobody here can tell you whether a symptom is serious. we can tell you the ones that are always worth checking
electrolytes made more difference to my fatigue than anything else i tried
right so eating small and often was the only thing that made the first month liveable for me
dropping back a rung for a fortnight is a completely legitimate move
while im here i had gallstones confirmed on a scan after losing quickly. slow down if you can
powering through is how people quit entirely. reducing is how people stay on it
everything tastes metallic since i went up, does that settle
update from 16 months ago: the nausea did settle, around week seven, completely
my resting heart rate went up a few bpm and stayed there. worth logging from baseline
day two is the worst
| Step | What | Give it |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | water, properly, all day | 3 days |
| 2 | soluble fibre | 4 days |
| 3 | magnesium | 3 days |
| 4 | stool softener | 3 days |
| 5 | pharmacist | now |
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is a bit of bruising at the site something or nothing
taste changes settled for me around week eight and never fully came back
rotate the site
what did your gallbladder symptoms actually feel like before it got diagnosed
ginger did nothing for me and worked for two other people here. thats where the evidence is at
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water first, then fibre, then magnesium, then a softener, then a pharmacist. in that order
*that should say weekly