Lazy gall bladder

[Clau71]

I'm a 38 healthy and not overweight female with Hashimoto disease and 6 year history of bulimia + 2 pancreatitis from  when I was in my yearly 20's. I am completely recovered and currently live a very health-conciouss and fit life with my husband and 2 kids. I started having some strange symptoms about 5 years ago that have progressively gone worst. RLQ pain, fainting spells, Tinitus, heart palpitations and pain in the chest area, nausea along with vomit and often vomiting onlu saliva, fatigue, musle aches, loss of sleep due to pain int eh middle of the night.  I have had CTs, MRIs, colonoscopy, 2 upper GI, duodenum and pancreas tests plus 2 HIDA scanns done. Cardiology tests and all bloodworks is always normal. I finally was diagnosed 2 weeks ago with Lazy gall bladder. According to the last HIDA my ejection rate is 19%. The doctor did not offer any specific diets and said it was up to me if I wanted to see a surgeant. I am trying to figure out what to do here. I am looking for a specific diet online but have not been succesful. I rahter not go for surgery since I heard it is not recommended for cases like mine. I realize that this problem could be due to my past history of abusing my body however, I am having a hard time finding a doctor that would pay proper attention to me since I do not look sick or overweight or terminal to them. The problem is I fear the functionallity of the organ could decrease even more if I do not have access to a proper diet. I also wonder if it would be corrected with the proper diet. I have good days and bad days and lately more bad days than good, which takes a toll on my family becasue it is hard trying to keep up to one's life routines and shcedules when I am feeling sick or extremely tired almost all the time. I do my best eating healthy however I feel that I should be able to find a doctor who could give me better guidance.  Any word of advise is truly appreciated. Thank you!

[Clau71]

I truly appreciate your comments, I will look deeper into the gluten issue.Conventional medicine bloodwork discarded that possibility a long time ago, however I hear that holistic medicine has a different approach. I will also look for the book you mentioned. Thank you very very much!

[CalGal]

Nothing is going to reverse a 'lower' functioning gallbladder, but you may want to consider following a low fat diet to see if that's of help. That would be the 'general' idea in trying to  minimize problems that could be caused by a GB that is not functioing properly.

There are any numbers of good books that detail low fat diets including those by Dean Ornish, etc.

The other thing you might want to check into is the possibility of a food intolerance problem such as gluten issues. The fact that you have an autoimmune problem, and that some of the symptoms you're mentioning could come from gluten issues makes me wonder, and gluten issues can be hard to diagnose at times since it can resemble a myriad of other digestive issues. You might want to inquire of others in your family to see if there is a history of celiac disease. There is a blood test, but it's not perfect and there is a high level of false negatives. You could also try an elimination diet (take out wheat, rye, barley and oat products) and see if the symptoms change.