I had the operation. Doctors said it wasn’t just the stones. The whole gall bladder went bad. The problem was that I didn’t bring the problem in within days of its first appearance. Instead I waited for several weeks. Those weeks caused cascading effects which ruined the gall bladder. I ignored the problem for those weeks because. It was a localized low grade pain that I thought would go away. It didn’t. Instead I went to the ER in terrible pain. I’m on sedatives now. They were not able to remove the whole gall bladder. So I’ll have to return in 6 weeks to remove the rest.
I am saddened to hear that. Normally, people can’t handle the level of discomfort you could.
My wife was in the Emergency area of our hospital and thankfully was okay, but she and the person in front of her were laying on carts. A doctor came up to that person and in a lower voice said this person would quickly have their gallbladder removed, then wheeled the person away.
I turned to my wife and said, “You wound up being fortunate.” We thought she had a similar problem, but it wasn’t. She nearly vomited a couple times in the waiting room.
What level of inflammation did you have, such that they couldn’t get it all out, yet, you were able to handle the pain? You must have a very strong pain tolerance!
Also, as an aside, I do know two people who naturally got rid of their gallstone issues. It is, most definitely, possible.