Having a Gallbladder Sucks or Why I Will Never be on Man Vs. Food

Yesterday I ate potato chips. Have I mentioned that I hate potato chips? Not only are they fake, but they're high in calories and non-existent in nutrients. It was the first time I had more than a single serving of potato chips in over...5 months? I also had a piece of fried chicken (I can't even remember the last time I ate that), a serving of Ben and Jerry's vanilla ice cream, two candy canes, and six blueberry muffins. It's not even like I like muffins that much, or chips, and fried things make me want to gag. I'm fairly certain it's the most junk  food I've had in a singe sitting in over a year. I woke up and my stomach was hurting a big, ate an apple and a blueberry muffin and that was it.

Gallbladder attack. The first in over a year. I hate American food.

It started out like heart burn, but the pain spread out into my back and crawled down my spine. I noticed my stomach was swollen as well and I couldn't see any definition (I may not be a skinny chick but I can probably kick your butt in the Captain's Chair). As the pain went my sides and stomach started to swell more and my intestines hurt. It didn't start like the last gallbladder attack I had (or it may have but I was asleep). Luckily I'm staying at my mother's house today with my sister and she had some gallbladder meds. I took them right away and only had to deal with about 15 minutes of that pain that freezes your spine and turns your breath into short little pants.

Now, I'm in fairly good shape. I usually eat very very well. My family considers me a food and exercise example (my brother might be more of an exercise example but he eats what he wants when he wants, and doesn't have a bad gallbladder).

Why haven't you gotten yours out?" You might ask. Well, firstly my sister got hers out and she has explosive diarrhea every time she eats anything with fat. I like not pooping all over myself, thanks. Also, I don't normally have problems with my gallbladder and considering the stressers from this week I think they contributed to it significantly. Third, do you have the money to get my gallbladder out? Because I'm a girl without a job and that means any insurance I technically have is only there because I haven't tried to use it. But, hey, you want to drop some $5000 dollars for me to get that pesky gallbladder out? Feel free.

Anyway, after that I went to sleep and woke up with a migraine. The light's felt like strobe lights or spot lights or something really harsh and blinding and I was crazy dizzy. I went back to sleep; it was the only reasonable thing to do when my stomach, while not feeling like it was about to spill open and drop my bleeding guts on the floor, still hurt. Now I'm alright, but tender, and my spine feels like the joints are stiff.

So, I see this as a wake up call. I need to drop back down to my 1300 calories a day thing, because I can't do 1500, it ends up being 1800 or 2000 (or like yesterday, gosh, 2000+, ick)

Yep, and that's why I'll never be on Man Vs. Food. Oh, but what fun would that be.