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09/23/2009 08:15 PM
jnsuss
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Just had surgery to have it taken out today...I don't really know the mechanics of how the lyme works with the gallbladder, but my LLMD sent me for a test last month and found out that it was functioning at 16%. This came after pains and horrible reflux that began after I got lyme in May - is lyme alone enough to kill your gallbladder?

My LLMD is sending it part of it to be biopsied for lyme, bartonella, and some viruses (I think they'll do a PCR test), and my surgeon found a lymph node on the gallbladder and is getting it biopsied, too. Interesting.

For anyone who got your gallbladder out, did you feel like your lyme improved afterward? I'm hoping that will be the case...
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09/24/2009 03:32 AM  Top
Julie4848
I had mine out years ago....Don't know about lyme and the GB tho..

I hope you are feeling better...

Julie

09/24/2009 07:46 AM  Top
angela4design
 
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My doc just told me two days ago that I'll probably need mine out. Lots of symptoms; nausea, vomiting, pain, diarrhea, constipation, etc.

I will have an ultrasound next week to see what's going on, but we expect it will need to come out.

The way my doc explained, the GB helps clean out toxins. With the overload of toxins, it's not uncommon for Lyme Patients to overwhelm this organ, whereby it ends up needing to come out.

09/24/2009 10:53 AM  Top
Ramilin
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I know of alot of lymie's that have lost their gallbladder, most of them before they even knew they had lyme.

Mine is destroyed too, but I can't get mine out. So, I'm stuck with it..for now.

24/7 headache started: 7-14-08
Dx myself -Lyme Disease- treatment started: March 2009
24/7 Headache resolved: June 2009
Treatment ended June 2010 (about 15-1/2 months)

Lyme Disease, Bartonella, and BLO's. Son confirmed with Bartonella and Lyme at 14 months old (he is now 3yrs old).

09/25/2009 09:07 AM  Top
jnsuss
jnsuss
 
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How come you can't get it out?

09/25/2009 09:52 AM  Top
cmal
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Mine had to go by way of emergency surgery in 2002. I got diagnosed w/lyme in 2009. I have been sick since the early 90's though. Have heard the same thing that the gallbladder is an organ that can get overwhelmed in such a toxic enviornment. Also why a lot of lymies have enlarged livers...over taxed cleansing organs!
Christi

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09/25/2009 10:23 AM  Top
cmany
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Mine had to go when I was pregnant with my 4 child - she triggered the lyme into full swing...

For me things did get MUCH better - now my digestive system is only effective if I have too much Gluten or when a specific set of nerves in my spine go on the fritz...

Lyme is also supposed to collect in the GB from what I have heard...

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