I freaked out about this and had to turn over!! Apparently gall stones are more painful than childbirth... :-s arrr..... x
I watched this last night...and i kinda knew it was going to be very speculative and annoying. and sure enough, i felt i wasted a good 45 minutes of my life on it.
And i agree with you all, it's very "media-hyped" to get you scared and really, it's just something to fill air-time.
As for gallstones/gallbladder...
I'm 33 now. But when i was 24/25, i was in yet another attempt at WW and maybe only losing like a lb a week. I remember waking with horrible bloaty/servere belly pains. after suffering 24 hours of what i thought was wind, turns out i was admitted into hospital for emergency gallbladder removal. the stones and the gallbladder was sooo huge, it had to be cut into little pieces to be taken out..
omg tmi. sorry, breakfast eaters! :jelous:
the doctor admitting me into surgery did say it was very out of character for someone so young to experience this. and that the norm was the "3 F's"...
Fat. Female. 40's.
My point is, it's NOT because of the VL that causes gallstones. The surgeon said it was very common for those who spend years yo-yo dieting...no matter the diet.
Grrr. that program is still irritating me, just thinking about it now. hehehe
As for the pain...i've had 2 babies since then. And since they were both c-section, i can't compare it to childbirth/labour pains. But i can say, NOTHING relieved me of the pain completely. The only soothing was when i layed in a hot bath. And even in the ER, they hooked me up to a morphine i.v. drip and i was still uncomfortable. very uncomfortable.
anyways, i'm sure that program irritated most of the country who are in the know. But at the same time, the inexperienced or the gullible are probably freaking out about it now. oh well. what can ya do eh?