A blog about my recent gallbladder removal, surgery and recovery. The audience of this blog is those who are going through or are about to go through this experience. Please feel free to ask questions and I would be happy to answer whatever I can.

I recommend starting with the first post and working your way forward in time for the complete picture!

Thursday, June 28, 2012

Almost One Year After Surgery

It's about 11 months since the surgery, and I have only good news at this point.

For starters, I am still alive and I did not become a statistic ... always a plus. I have been pain free for as long as I can remember, and 99% of the time I don't even think about my missing gallbladder or my surgery.

At this point I can eat anything I wish. I try to follow a paleo style diet anyway (mostly real food: meats, veggies, fruits, nuts, healthy oils, etc.) and avoid fast food now, but from time to time I go to town and the system seems to work just fine.

If I go nuts eating foods that are high in the unhealthy kinds of oils such as fried chicken, deep dish pizza, and so forth, I may feel a little bloated and uncomfortable, but isn't that normal?

I only have two regrets at this point:

1) I should have done it sooner.
2) Wish I had eaten better earlier in life as poor diet was probably the reason I had issues to begin with.