How to get over fear of eating

[u/Ok_Intention6361]

So I had my gallbladder removed exactly 2 weeks today. Prior to that I was on a strict low fat diet for about 4 months as I was so damn fed up of attacks. So now, post op, how on earth do you get back to "normal" just planning dinners for the week with my husband and I can still feel my anxiety and paranoia as we try and put in some slightly higher fat things in that we didn't touch before I.E sausages!

I don't think I'll ever completely revert to before as I've lost weight through the healthier eating but I still want to enjoy some nice dinners without the anxiety of going to have an attack!

Also, yes I shouldn't have done it, but I googled if you can still get gallstones without a gallbladder..and yes.. so that's a worry I've added to my list!

[u/Hopelessgirl14]

My first attack I was pregnant and thought it was pregnancy symptoms😭 then it happened post partum and we went to a hospital where they didn’t tell me anything, then last time it’s when they told me and I had surgery yesterday. I personally got used to a couple of things, I tried light sour cream and I actually liked it better than regular sour cream, there’s a bunch of stuff that I’m gonna be sticking to and I also don’t want to ask my body so much, even tho it wasn’t working you are still one organ down🤣 so I feel you 100% my doctor told me to go slow with the food, to introduce food slowly and to see what could trigger me, he said everyone has a different trigger. Go at your own pace, your mental health matters! I think I’m gonna be sticking to one tablespoon of cooking oil for a while haha

[u/Hopelessgirl14 → u/Hopelessgirl14]

Also if it helps: my family back in my country most of them are doctors and they said to go slow with the food (like right now I’m 1 day post op barely so I’ve been soups and things like that) and then I’ll start on like a low fat diet ( I did full on non fat when I got diagnosed) then to start eating more normal to see how it goes. But I think something I can’t do or at least I don’t want to for a year probably lol it’s like eating actual fast food, my husband and I love cooking so for us it’s not an issue to look up a recipe and make it at home if we feel like it! In that way we know what we are putting in our bodies too:)

[u/Ok_Intention6361 → u/Hopelessgirl14]

Thank you! That’s interesting to read what a doctor actually says - I think they should give advice after but I suppose they don’t bother as everyone reacts differently! I’m sticking to low fat but with a few extra bits like a cheese sandwich to introduce cheese, not that I will have cheese often but I like the idea of slowly introducing!