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About 18 months ago. The pain was terrible from the gall stones. As long as they can get the bladder out laproscopically, you will be back on your feet in one week (depending on the work you do). I moved over to a complete non-fat diet before the gall bladder come out (salad without dressing, etc, etc). No fancy recipes, just cut the fat out completely. I had a sludging stone so any fat would flare it up. Thats what the gall bladder does, it stores bile used to help digest fat.

Anyway, it is a routine operation if done laproscopically, almost always done out patient. I went in a 6am, was home by 3pm (although I was told my post-op recovery was very fast). For the first few days, the pain is pretty bad and some pain meds are needed, but it quickly goes away. After a week, I was back at work (desk job) and about 4 weeks after was 100%.

There are some complications that can happen if the stone starts to sludge or break apart (like pancreatitis which is life threatening) so have it removed sooner then later. As far as post op eating, was back to normal digestion within a a couple of days.

Good luck