This test actually sort of sucked more than the upper endoscopy. They made me eat egg beaters laced with some nasty radioactive dye or something. I don't eat eggs anymore, so they felt like a big pile of rocks in my stomach and I felt very queasy... but apparently eggs work best for this test in my doctor's opinion. Then I layed under a scanner machine for 60 seconds as a picture was taken of my belly. This was repeated at different time intervals. Luckily I was able to get up and read my book, use the restroom etc. in between pictures but it took FOREVER and I was not allowed to drink even a tiny sip of water for four hours after eating the eggs. At the four-hour mark, they took my last picture and I was free to go, eat, drink and take meds etc. At that point there was a raging blizzard going on and I thought it was definitely up there with one the weirdest days in my entire life. But, hopefully they will tell me the results within the next couple of days.
Meanwhile the vitamin D definitely has calmed my tummy a bit and also I did some research and saw that calcium supplements can sometimes help with bile after gallbladders have been removed. Apparently something in the calcium sort of soaks up the extra bile that is now flowing freely through. So after I got used to the vitamin D I started taking some Citrical tablets and those have helped a LOT - WOW! Maybe I won't have any more of those "rushing to the bathroom with the IV bag" spells ever again :-) I wish someone would have told me this little tidbit before! I guess that's not something people go around talking about. I do still take bile salts and digestive enzymes but I was still having a diarrhea attack maybe once a week until I took the calcium now - none!
Meanwhile the vitamin D definitely has calmed my tummy a bit and also I did some research and saw that calcium supplements can sometimes help with bile after gallbladders have been removed. Apparently something in the calcium sort of soaks up the extra bile that is now flowing freely through. So after I got used to the vitamin D I started taking some Citrical tablets and those have helped a LOT - WOW! Maybe I won't have any more of those "rushing to the bathroom with the IV bag" spells ever again :-) I wish someone would have told me this little tidbit before! I guess that's not something people go around talking about. I do still take bile salts and digestive enzymes but I was still having a diarrhea attack maybe once a week until I took the calcium now - none!