Gallbladders?

Did I really just make that the name of this post..

I mean, yeah I'm gonna talk about them. But they really don't deserve be given a whole title!

I just couldn't think of anything better.

I think my creativeness (is that a word?) has run thin for today.

As you can tell, I went a little crazy with the blog design.

What do ya think? :)

I'm worried it looks too Patriotic or something.

I mean I'm proud to be an American, but that's not the look I was goin for.

So i'll probably change it soon.

I found the little clip art from an adorable website called inknest.com

They were having a sale on their already super cheap illustrations!

Anyway, the reason I had so much time on my hands to go design crazy is the reason I named this post what it is.

Gallbladders.

Not that I hate them.. Actually scratch that. I HATE them.

Ever since the pregnancy, if I eat certain foods I'll get a really bad gallbladder attack.

When it happened for the first time, (after some Mac n' cheese)

I thought I was dying.

I woke up at 3 AM, literally thinking that it was my time to go.

And it was so painful, that I wouldn't have minded.

For the past month and a half, I've had 2-3 gallbladder attacks a week.

I've tried all sorts of natural remedies including but not limited to:

Apple juice, lemon juice, apple cider vinegar (disgusting), eating whole lemons, drinking an unreal amount of water, eating nothing but lettuce and whole wheat bread

Not saying that these won't help other people. But they haven't done very much for me.

I mean the apple cider vinegar helped by causing me to puke out everything I ate, which made the pain less severe (Sorry, TMI).

Seriously, I heard/read from a lot of women that they would rather go through labor then have a gallbladder attack

That's not an understatement.

They are the WORST.

Jon has suggested multiple times we go to the emergency room, but I don't wanna spend the money if we don't have to.

But something is seriously wrong.

When we were in disneyland, I got an attack after eating cheerios and fruit.

CHEERIOS and FRUIT!!!

So when we got back, I got an ultrasound done, and my worst fear was confirmed:

"Gallbladder is packed with multiple gallstones."

HOW?!?!

Was my first question.

I try my best to be a healthy eater.. And at age 21 I already have gallstones clogging my gallbladder?

I found out gallstones don't just develop due to eating fatty foods. They also can develop from rapid hormone changes (pregnancy) and genetics.

Anyway, my doctor told me I need a surgery to get it removed.

There are two problems with this..

1. We go to the beach in a week.

2. I'm not sure I just want one of my vital organs pulled out of me on a whim.

So if you know of someone who has had gallbladder problems and what they did about it/how long it took to recover after surgery, any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Anyway, just this one last thing.

I had an attack late last night and it lasted until this morning (Sunday).

So I took a sleeping pill and was out all day.

When I woke up, I was weak from not having eaten for almost 24 hours.

Jon came in and said, "K Madds you need to eat, what do you want me to bring you?"

I didn't have to think twice.

"Fruit Loops."

"Really?? Fruit loops? Alright. If you have another attack we're going to the emergency room, and then they can just take it out."

I'd given up at that point. Plus fruit loops haven't caused attacks in the past.

Also, I love them.

"I'm starving. All I want is a big bowl of fruit loops."

He came in with this.