Beef Wellington Rare with a side of Vicoadin

As far as Gallbladder disease goes it works on a scale like anything else. Some people have stones form but never have any symptoms. Some people may only experience a gallstone attack if they eat excessively fatty foods. For myself I am neither of these. Since my largest attack in March 2011 I have not had a single day go by without a Gallbladder attack.

If your wondering what is so bad about some indigestion, think again. A Gallstone attack is more similar to food poisoning except that your body is unable to expel the problem. The average symptoms are nausea, a fever over 100 degrees and severely debilitating pain in the right upper abdomen. Your body is also going into shock so you may experience a panic attack and even heart trouble not unlike that of a actual heart attack.

Doctors tend to avoid pressuring people into surgery to remove it because it may be a small one time blockage which never occurs again. In my own case I have been highly symptomatic since early 2006 but a thorough look into my pediatric records uncovered a early diagnosis that wasn't followed up because I hadn't show anymore symptoms at that time. After my stroke in March 2011 I was sent home and told to stay on a broth diet until the inflammation went down. This was no problem since a side effect of my neurological medicine was anorexia. In fact coupled with the pain of my acute kidney failure my family had to force me to eat again. In the span of 3 months I had dropped about sixty pounds of weight. The best diet my family could get me to keep was a child's size bowl of rice crispies cereal in the morning and a single pudding in the afternoon.

Eventually my body adapted to the medications and surrendered. That wasn't until after at least five months had passed of being bedridden and unable to sleep more than two hours at a time.

Around the time my weight was lowest at a grand total of seventy pounds lost I began eating whole meals with a Vicoadin. The best time of this past year was on a non fat diet of just skim yogurt, a single pop tart and a Vicoadin laced dinner.

I even tried the all fruit diet that is a supposed cure all. It did not make a difference. Only recently has the hospital finally agreed to do my actual surgery. It has taken almost a year of return visits for a heart attack scare, more gallbladder attacks and a long standing kidney infection which has severely dehydrated me multiple occasions.

My second to last visit had been in June thanks to heat stroke and a possible heart attack that my county clinic doctor had noticed. Since then I had not visited a hospital until this last week. Testing revealed a infection and large solid stones that require surgical removal. The only true obstacle now remains the same as it was before. Insurance.

Reimbursement seems to be a dirty word at hospitals because they hate to be paid at someone else's convenience. The SSI office however is more than happy to make them wait. Meanwhile I have to hold onto my last bottle of Vicoadin so that I can eat at all. Even water can send me into a fit of nausea. Yet the hospital is reluctant because of that damn dirty word.