Gallstones
A 42 year old speech therapist with long-standing obesity developed epigastric and RUQ abdominal pain aggravated by meals. Abdominal ultrasound revealed many medium-sized gallstones and a thickened gallbladder wall. Eventually she could not eat even the smallest meal without pain and nausea with vomiting. She also developed fever. She was told by three different surgeons that her condition required immediate surgery, and that in any event, within weeks surgery would be inevitable. She did a two-week chronic disease program at Lancaster. By the end of the program, the fever and pains had defervesced. After departure in July 1997, she had only one episode of pain in August 1997 and none since. There has not been a repeat ultrasound to document whether the stones are gone. (Her Ayurvedic physician believes that it is in her best interest to continue to believe that the stones exist and therefore to continue to be careful with her diet -- she continues to lose two pounds per month).
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