lyme, mold and gallbladder

Hi all,

Was hoping to pick some of your brains here tonight. Had to have emergency surgery to remove my gall bladder on friday. It did not have stones but it was enlarged. Severely enlarged. I'm lucky it didn't pop!

My tests showed that I had slow movement going into the gall bladder and pretty much no movement out. It just stopped working. The surgeon wasn't exactly sure why, could be the lyme or some other bacterial infection.

I have also had some heavy exposure to black mold. It got so bad I had to leave our home. Haven't been back home for about two months now.

My understanding is that any sort of toxins can hide out in the gall bladder and do not get released until the bile is released.

Theoretically, if mine wasn't releasing bile or toxins, I had all of this bacteria accumulating and not moving. I have been so sick!

What are the chances that this was actually because of the mold and not the lyme. Or perhaps a combination of the both. I really need to know which way to go with this because I draw the line at organ failure.

I'm going to see some specialists I'm just not sure which ones. I can't help but think I might still have mold toxins in my body I can't get rid of.

Also, I'm 29 and have been on welchol for awhile up until a couple of weeks ago when I started having some really weird symptoms. Looking back, I think these were all "gall bladder attacks".

I really think I ingested a TON of mold. I was running on our treadmill three miles a day before I realized the familiar basement smell was from mold and not just a damp smell :( sometimes I wonder how I am still alive and I'm scared this isn't the end of it.

So what do you guys think and where should I start with this? Would really appreciate some feedback.

Much love, Kbone

Hi K*bone—

Welcome… That is certainly an interesting experience you've had. I think a really good starting point would be Dr. Shoemaker's website:
www.survivingmold.com

He is a mold specialist and I learned a lot from his website and newsletters. He also offers consultations, which you might really benefit from, given your extreme exposure to mold.

Hope this helps-

-p

I too would encourage you to treat the mold first - we know that mold is one of the things that can stop a person from healing from Lyme disease. I've read some good things about Shoemaker's protocol on this forum.

I hope that you get this figured out soon and start feeling better quickly!!

Kbone, I have mold and umpteen tick borne diseases and I ended up at Sponaugle. Feel free to email me if you have any questions about my stay there and what I did to get better. I may be able to give you some tips about how to go about your protocol. I am not 100% but much better.

Kbone, can you enable your email. I'll send you some info