Is this a coincidence?

Maybe the problem is something else, like diverticulosis.

Pat wrote:
:: So, I've been on controlled carb for two years now. The last 2
:: weeks, I have had stomach pain. I go to see the doc yesterday and
:: she says: "I think your gall bladder is acting up."
::
:: "What do I do?" sez I. "Go forth and eat a low fat diet until we
:: can run the tests to determine what is going on down there." she
:: replies. "You have been eating too much fat."
::
:: This morning, I had 2 cups of Fiber One cereal with soy milk. The
:: stomach pain is back. How low fat can that be?
::
:: Has anyone else had a similar problem?
::
:: Pat in TX who loves cheese, any cheese, any time.

Pat said:

So, I've been on controlled carb for two years now. The last 2 weeks, I have
had stomach pain. I go to see the doc yesterday and she says: "I think your
gall bladder is acting up."

Low carbing tends to prevent gall bladder problems without helping
pre-existing ones. The gall bladder stores bile, bile digests fat,
low carb diets tend to have plenty of fat, LC tends to exercise and
cleanse gall bladder. Indirect association but th echain of events
works fine.

IMO your doc has a very low chance of being correct in this first
guess.

Quoted message said:

"What do I do?" sez I. "Go forth and eat a low fat diet until we can run
the tests to determine what is going on down there." she replies. "You have
been eating too much fat."

Thus demonstrating the the doc doesn't know the chain above
on how gall bladders work. Any gall bladder problems tend to
be pushed very slowly worse doing low fat.

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This morning, I had 2 cups of Fiber One cereal with soy milk. The stomach
pain is back. How low fat can that be?

Thus increasing the change your doc is wrong on this one.

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Quoted message said:

So, I've been on controlled carb for two years now. The last 2 weeks, I
have
had stomach pain. I go to see the doc yesterday and she says: "I think
your
gall bladder is acting up."

"What do I do?" sez I. "Go forth and eat a low fat diet until we can run
the tests to determine what is going on down there." she replies. "You
have
been eating too much fat."

This morning, I had 2 cups of Fiber One cereal with soy milk. The stomach
pain is back. How low fat can that be?

Has anyone else had a similar problem?

Pat in TX who loves cheese, any cheese, any time.

Did you tell him you've had rapid weight loss? Rapid weight loss can cause
gall bladder problems.

:
: > "What do I do?" sez I. "Go forth and eat a low fat diet until we can
run
: > the tests to determine what is going on down there." she replies. "You
have
: > been eating too much fat."
:
: Thus demonstrating the the doc doesn't know the chain above
: on how gall bladders work. Any gall bladder problems tend to
: be pushed very slowly worse doing low fat.
:
: > This morning, I had 2 cups of Fiber One cereal with soy milk. The
stomach
: > pain is back. How low fat can that be?
:
: Thus increasing the change your doc is wrong on this one.

I have a sonogram next Wednesday. That's the first step to see if there are
gall stones. I went out today and had to cut my ride short after 20 miles. I
was in too much gut pain to continue. And, the 17 mph headwind didn't help,
either. Bah humbug!

Pat in TX
:

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Quoted message said:

So, I've been on controlled carb for two years now. The last 2 weeks, I have
had stomach pain. I go to see the doc yesterday and she says: "I think your
gall bladder is acting up."

"What do I do?" sez I. "Go forth and eat a low fat diet until we can run
the tests to determine what is going on down there." she replies. "You have
been eating too much fat."

This morning, I had 2 cups of Fiber One cereal with soy milk. The stomach
pain is back. How low fat can that be?

Has anyone else had a similar problem?

Pat in TX who loves cheese, any cheese, any time.

You may have a sensitivity to wheat...
Try using a different fiber supplement.

You also may be allergic to soy.

I had a bad stomach reaction to some watermelon the other day. :-(
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

:
: You may have a sensitivity to wheat...
: Try using a different fiber supplement.
:
: You also may be allergic to soy.
:
: I had a bad stomach reaction to some watermelon the other day. :-(
: --
: Om.

Do food sensitivities come and go or start suddenly? BTW: I also had this
reaction when I ate 3 soft-boiled eggs and 3 slices of bacon last Tuesday.
Funny thing is, it's a lot worse early till late afternoon, and then it kind
of quiets down. I can eat supper without any pain afterwards.

Pat in TX

I was on a low fat, almost vegetarian diet back in 1994 when I started
having stomach problems. I had to have gallbladder surgery. The
doctor said it usually ran in the family. My mother had to have hers
out, too. I'm not sure that diet is that big a factor.

The problem is that riding your little bicycle has pushed your little
testicles up into your stomach.

HTH

--
You take stupid to a new level. -- MFW

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Quoted message said:

So, I've been on controlled carb for two years now. The last 2 weeks, I
have
had stomach pain. I go to see the doc yesterday and she says: "I think
your
gall bladder is acting up."

"What do I do?" sez I. "Go forth and eat a low fat diet until we can run
the tests to determine what is going on down there." she replies. "You
have
been eating too much fat."

This morning, I had 2 cups of Fiber One cereal with soy milk. The stomach
pain is back. How low fat can that be?

Has anyone else had a similar problem?

Pat in TX who loves cheese, any cheese, any time.

Change to a doctor that understands low carb....

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Quoted message said:

So, I've been on controlled carb for two years now. The last 2 weeks, I

have

Quoted message said:

had stomach pain. I go to see the doc yesterday and she says: "I think

your

Quoted message said:

gall bladder is acting up."

"What do I do?" sez I. "Go forth and eat a low fat diet until we can run
the tests to determine what is going on down there." she replies. "You

have

Quoted message said:

been eating too much fat."

This morning, I had 2 cups of Fiber One cereal with soy milk. The stomach
pain is back. How low fat can that be?

Has anyone else had a similar problem?

Pat in TX who loves cheese, any cheese, any time.

Pat said:

Do food sensitivities come and go or start suddenly?

Food sensativities don't really come and go but the intensity of
their symptoms can increase or decrease to the point it can
look like it. Suddenly? I can't address that part.

Consider the symptoms of my wheat intolerance. All my
life I'd had a cough like a smoker but I never used tobacco.
It just ran in the family, no one ever thought it might come from
food. But for a long time wheat didn't trigger binges for me.
That symptom build up during my 30s.

Thanks to Atkins I learned of my wheat intolerance. The
cough, the snoring, the digestion (which I never knew was
indigestion before that just normal) turned off like a light
switch near the end of Induction. A few months later my first
wheat turned several symptoms back on with just a tiny bit.

Several years worth of avoidance eventually went from strict
to non-strict so I started getting accidental dosages of wheat
from cream-of-whatever soup and such every couple of months.
The symptoms from these accidental exposures is a LOT
less than it was back when I started.

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From my forever cough it's clear I've always been wheat intolerant.

The rest of the symptoms have been very strng or very weak
depending on my chronic wheat consumption. When I attempted
low fat my wheat consumption increased and the symptoms
went up now that I know what to look for shifting through my
memories.

So you could try some sort of elimination plan on your own.
Don't skip any medical tests because those will be fast if you
have what they are testing for. Suspect eggs, go a week egg
free. Suspect dairy, go a week dairy free. Pick stuff you eat
a lot of regularly and do a week free of each. Can't hurt, might
work.