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[markpkessinger]

141. All I know is that at a time in my life when I didn't have health insurance . . .

. . . and had, in the space of a year, four gallbladder attacks, causing me the worst pain I have ever experienced (far worse, in fact, than the pain I had when my appendix burst a couple of years ago), after visiting the emergency rooms of two different hospitals during the first three attacks and barely even getting diagnostic, let alone palliative, treatment, in desperation I began researching homeopathic and natural remedies. I came across something called a "gallbladder flush" (also known as a "liver flush&quot , which involved a total fast for three days (which wasn't a problem because eating was the last thing I could even think about -- breathing was hard enough), then drinking THREE CUPS of olive oil (with a bit of grapefruit juice afterwards to help cut the oil in my mouth), and then staying very close to a bathroom for about the next 48 hours, I DID get relief. I followed up by taking a supplement sold under the brand name "Stone Free," and consuming, several times a day for the next month, lemon water with a bit of peppermint oil (which also happens to be quite refreshing). That was over 10 years ago, and I've never had another attack since. So, while my first instinct and preference is still mainstream medicine, I am not at all closed-minded about alternative remedies!