[the long march]

And if your gall bladder had become gangrenous while waiting for your herbs to cure you, the tale would be entirely different. Glad you only had stones and were not fully blocked. IF you had been packed with stones, the pain would have been sufficient that you would not have been able to wait to get to your herbalist. You would have been doubled over, sweating like a pig, and near organ shut down. Not something to mess with

[Seruzawa]

Yeah, doc, whatever you say. Sorry I threatened your income lines.

[null and void]

You would have been doubled over, sweating like a pig, and near organ shut down.

*shrug* In my case, add watching the paramedics work on you from somewhere near the ceiling...

[LucyJo]

And, this young man still has his gallbladder. They can’t take it out because of his condition. They are afraid of infection.