OT: Gall Bladders, Anybody missing theirs? Options

[Qarl]

I seem to be having gall bladder issues.

I have an ultrasound and upper GI scheduled for the 8th of December.

I get an intense pain on my right side below my ribcage after I eat heavy... Thanksgiving triggered the reaction nicely. The pain is usually a brief throb or surge and then it subsides for 5-10 minutes and repeats this pattern for several hours. This is a classic inflamed gall bladder/gall stone symptom.

Lately, I have a dull pain (constant) in the same location which intensifies when I sit down. I believe this is because my abdomen is compressed when I sit and I am applying pressure to my gall bladder. The only comfy way to sit is to stretch out by sitting on the edge of my chair and leaning back (like I was in a lazy boy).

Anybody have their gall bladder removed. Any bad side-effects or complications to report afterwards.

[balljoint]

My sister had her Gallbladder out last year at this time. She was 26 years at the time and although it took them some time to diagnose the actual stones the surgery was an out patient procedure (using 4 holes and scopes and a vacuum etc. kinda like the first time I changed the spark plugs on my 914), she arrived at the hospital at 11 am and was back home by 6 PM. The surgery and the various specialists that she saw leading up to her day in the hospital didn't cost anything.
She was back to her old self and working in a couple of days.

My understanding is that the Gallbladder is just a storage sac for bile that is made by your liver (?). And when you eat, particularily something fatty, the gallbladder squeezes out the bile to assist in digestion of the fats. After removal there is no more bile storage and bile just continuously flows into the digestive system.

Miles, didn't you used to post under the name "colostomy"
on another website?