i just had my surgery on the 15th of jan and i'm doing fine. i had laprascopic surgery and i had to stay over night but it was because i had a drain tube because my gb was nested in my liver. but overall the surgery will definitly help. my surgery lasted about an hour and a half i had severe pain when i moved afterwards but that is normal for the first few hours i promise the surgery is well worth it and i had a gallbladder at o% function you are very lucky that yours is at least working a little. well i hope everything goes well let me know how you are feeling afterwards

I've had gall-bladder attacks at least twice a week since Christmas, and finally had surgery on the 21st of Jan.......laproscopically. I went in at 8 am and was home by 5 pm. I was really tired for a few days, but I went back to work 4 days later. Other than not being able to lift heavy things, there are no limitations, and I can EAT again!!!! It's well worth the trouble. I've heard of other people having stomach issues after surgery (diarrhea, etc.), but I've experienced NON of that.....but I haven't tried fried foods or really heavily-saturated fats yet, and I hear that's usually the problem). Let me know if you have any more questions!

I hope everything goes well for you cottoncandy. I am afraid of gallbladder surgery also. I know of some people who have had it done and they told me it wasn't that bad. The surgery wasn't too bad and they had a pretty quick recovery. They also claimed they felt so much better afterwards. I do wish more people who have had positive outcomes would post. All we hear about is the ones who have had problems and it makes the rest of us not want to get the surgery done. If you feel that's what you need to do, and you're feeling very badly, then you just need to have faith that everything will work out for the better. Please let us know how things go for you and how you are doing.

I can relate to that fear. I have surgery coming up Friday the 8th. After dealing with gallbladder problems for almost 4 years, I think it's well overdue to come out.

I tried all of the herbal remedies in a desperate attempt to avoid surgery, but this pain has become unbearable. I can see now that I've just been putting off the inevitable. The longer you wait, the more your gallbladder becomes conjested, infected, and inflamed even if you don't have stones(like in my case).

I'll report back on how my surgery went.