I love to eat. Food, food, food. Since my gallbladder issue, I have been in a food transition to a mix of raw/vegan/vegetarian mostly. I haven’t had an attack for three weeks so I reckon I do something right. Overall, I feel great and I even enjoyed some of the food we prepared for Christmas today. I am completely honest here; I did indeed a bit of an eye roll here and there when I saw everybody eating sausages, meat and whatnot but then again, I never want to feel this severe pain again so I rather opted out. (owt!)
I have more energy since I changed my eating habits and I know that I do not want to have surgery to have my gallbladder removed. This is why I even consider a complete change of my diet, just to avoid living without it. I have seen a “specialist” recently who told me everything about a gallbladder removal and how I can, after one week of recovery, eat everything I want again and continue life the way I did before. I expected a bit more of this consultation; especially, that this particular doctor would have told me of possible options so I won’t need surgery. All they really want is to remove things of my body as fast as possible it seems. Isn’t it all about money anyway?
My diet was actually pretty good before I have gotten sick. However, cutting out certain fatty foods makes me feel less tired and sluggish. My beloved camembert had to stay on the cheese tray tonight. In a nutshell: What I am trying these days is to cut out as many fatty foods as possible and to detox with green smoothies every morning. I have this overall feeling that my body is cleaning. Sometimes, it just feels good to kick out the garbage and junk, even though it is Christmas and all the food in the world is available to indulge in, I reckon. It is not that I am ever dying for french fries or anything specific, right? I don’t need junk food or high oil foods. What I don’t want to live without though is pho and sushi which I can still eat. And as long as my intestines don’t feel weird I think I figured out a good rhythms that works well for me. I am getting thinner but I don’t feel weak, instead stronger. I cannot see into the future and I really don’t know what will happen or how I will feel after whatever I eat these days but right now the improvements have been good and somewhat completely undeniable. So for now, I will stick with this diet because I feel good and steady but I also know it changes my life which is also pretty exciting.
Besides the food issue, I hope your overall mood tonight was great. Christmas and the entire family being together in one house sometimes might be rather challenging. Everybody has their issues. There might be anxiety, stress, rollercoaster emotions, the occasional fight and argument here and there and whatnot. But it is all good. I just do whatever feels okay for ME. What makes me happy and content. I am signing off now, making myself another cup of tea, reading a bit and then going to bed. Life is good, comfortable and calming these days. I hope it is for you, too.
