I had gall bladder surgery 40 years ago and things are MUCH better now. Then it was 3.5 hours on the table, in hospital for a week and off work for 6 weeks. Now it is almost an outpatient procedure.
They took 300 small stones out of my body and left me with scars that looked like I lost a sword fight.
My Mother had gall bladder surgery back in the early 60s. She actually came close to dying. Even after the surgeon said she was doing fine, she looked almost dead.
All of her children saw her and almost panicked us. We all went to the surgeon and he said she was fine. My oldest Sister did somehow find out that she in fact almost died.
It did make us realize just how much we loved her.