10/15/2026
I had my gallbladder out at twenty, and nobody asked why someone that young had gallstones. I didn’t ask either. I thought it was bad luck.
Recently, in a root cause consultation, a client described a constant ache under her right ribs. It was tolerable, but it never went away. Certain foods set it off, her energy was low, and her digestion had changed.
Her last ultrasound was ten years ago. It showed polyps, and the plan was to wait and watch. So the first step was an updated ultrasound and full blood work, since she hadn’t had labs in over a year.
The polyps had grown, and there were stones now too. Her blood work showed autoimmune activity, high cholesterol, and a thyroid that wasn’t keeping up. A sluggish thyroid can raise cholesterol and slow bile flow, which sets the stage for sludge and stones.
The good part is that there isn’t much inflammation yet, and her bile ducts look okay. She’s meeting with a gastroenterologist, and alongside that care, we’re building a nutrition plan to support her gallbladder, bile flow and thyroid.
Symptoms are signals, not the whole story. Liver and bile flow are one of the steps in my Signature Method, because I know what it costs when nobody connects the dots.
If a symptom of yours was brushed off as random, this is where we start. My Hashimoto’s Root Cause Consultation is a 60-minute session where we look at your symptoms, history and patterns together, and map out what to check next.
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