lwheelr
Lovin' The Homestead
I had my gallbladder out. I started out VERY low fat the first week - no added fat, very lean meat, fat free salad dressing, veggies, spuds, pasta, bread, cereal, milk, fruits, etc.
The second week I started adding a little fat back in - a pat of butter on potatoes, a little bit of regular salad dressing, etc. Nothing fried or high fat.
I kept gradually increasing the fat amount until six weeks, after which I went back to a normal diet.
I've known other people who avoided fats completely for the full six weeks, and they have problems with fat still.
I went on the theory that if your gallbladder is removed, and your common duct has to enlarge to take the place as bile reservoir, then it is more likely to do so if there is a gradual NEED to adapt. So I gave it a gradual need to adapt.
I suspect if you wait six weeks to introduce fats at all, your common duct won't adapt as well. But that is just my own personal feeling on the subject, doctors just say avoid fats until you adapt (which doesn't make much sense, really).
I handled fats just fine, until the Crohn's caused fat malabsorption. Now that that is healing up, I can handle them pretty much normally again.
I was three and a half months pregnant when I had mine out, so I don't know how the pregnancy hormones might have affected my recovery either.
The second week I started adding a little fat back in - a pat of butter on potatoes, a little bit of regular salad dressing, etc. Nothing fried or high fat.
I kept gradually increasing the fat amount until six weeks, after which I went back to a normal diet.
I've known other people who avoided fats completely for the full six weeks, and they have problems with fat still.
I went on the theory that if your gallbladder is removed, and your common duct has to enlarge to take the place as bile reservoir, then it is more likely to do so if there is a gradual NEED to adapt. So I gave it a gradual need to adapt.
I suspect if you wait six weeks to introduce fats at all, your common duct won't adapt as well. But that is just my own personal feeling on the subject, doctors just say avoid fats until you adapt (which doesn't make much sense, really).
I handled fats just fine, until the Crohn's caused fat malabsorption. Now that that is healing up, I can handle them pretty much normally again.
I was three and a half months pregnant when I had mine out, so I don't know how the pregnancy hormones might have affected my recovery either.
