2 weeks ago I went to the hospital with acute abdominal pain. Seemed to start in the middle, then moved to the right side. I had an attack of acute pancreatitis 10 years ago. No cause was found. Emergency doctor ordered an abdominal ultrasound which showed gall stones. Initially he was going to send me home with pain killers and have me see a surgeon on Monday (this was Friday). He then said he wanted to do a CT scan as my gall bladder and ducts didn't look irritated or inflamed. He came back and told me it was my appendix, and scheduled me for emergency surgery. The surgeon removed my appendix via laperascopically (sp?). The pain was gone. However, he wants me to have my gall bladder removed in 6 weeks. He said that often when you have appendix, it is a pre-cursor to gall bladder attack? And that if I get a gallstone stuck in a duct it can cause serious problems. Has anyone ever heard of removing a gall bladder with gall stones without a person having any symptoms? And why wouldn't he have removed the gall bladder when he removed the appendix? (More money for 2 surgeries?) He said I was lucky the emergency doctor did the CT scan as my appendix was in bad shape and would have burst by Monday. So...do I get the gall bladder removed?