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Posted 3/10/2012 1:21 AM (GMT 0)
Just wondering if anyone knows why ileostomates are prone to gall stones.

Rosemary
Posted 3/11/2012 2:56 PM (GMT 0)
Rosemary, I looked it up..... not sure if this is accurate, but it makes sense: the gallbladder stores extra bile to help with digestion. Because our transit time is so much shorter than normal, we don't need as much bile, and failure to empty bile out of the gallbladder properly is listed as one of the causes of gallstones.
Posted 3/11/2012 6:33 PM (GMT 0)
This makes sense what you said. So I wonder do we not eat as much fat to hopefully not get gall stones? or do we eat more fat to use up that bile? Rosemary
Posted 3/11/2012 11:17 PM (GMT 0)
I'd say eat more fat to use up the bile, but that sounds like a case of cure is worse than the disease....
Posted 3/11/2012 11:21 PM (GMT 0)
I know, totally funky. Today I had another tuna sandwich (half) at D'angelo's the kind that normally sails right through me and I had a stomal food blockage for 5 hours. Auuugh! I am supposed to be on a ship in a month. Gotta get another CT enterography and see what is up. I guess it it back to scrambled eggs for me.

Rosemary
Posted 3/12/2012 1:04 AM (GMT 0)
     Wow, news to me!  I never heard we were prone to gall stones rolleyes .  I don't eat much fatty foods and will eat even less now that hubby had the heart attack this past week.  He's doing great, thank GOD...a real wake up call!
Posted 3/12/2012 2:18 AM (GMT 0)
Glad he is doing well Christine. I know we all have stuff to deal with. Yep ileostomates are prone to kidney stones and to gall stones. Lucky us, huh? But I guess low fat diet and lots of water is about all we can do to stave off these possible complications. Rosemary

Luckily my food blockage of today on tuna fish passed. Thank God. Gotta see what is up with that before my trip.
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