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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ButtterflyLady" data-source="post: 969993" data-attributes="member: 43498">Thanks for your post, it helps.  I actually think in Americanisms for medical terms but I try to use the UK spelling here, lol.  I also try to use UK spelling when I am talking/writing to my doctors, in case they think all my medical info comes from "dr google".Good to know more about gallstones... pesky things, aren't they?  I'm "fair, fat, female, and forty(ish)" so I know I'm at risk of gallstones, unfortunately.  I'm committed to LCHF but I sure hope there isn't a link between eating a little more fat, and getting these attacks (or getting gallbladder problems).  I'd be more than happy to have my gallbladder removed if needed, and I didn't know you can still have problems after, so thanks for the heads up.  Also didn't know about the risk from using Gaviscon.  If I have no gallbladder, I can still do LCHF but it sounds like it would need a bit more planning.  But, if I'm in agony, I will probably say get the darn thing out asap, lol.I have assumed that since I can no longer taste acid in refluxed liquid that the PPI is reducing the acid sufficiently all the time, but is it possible that during these attacks there is some acid being produced?  When I read about acute attacks, it said the pain is caused by acid, and I didn't really understand that, being on a PPI.Somehow, understanding what is going on inside my body usually helps me cope with symptoms.</blockquote>

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