hooray! :) success in the bathroom!
haha

i did end up taking a vidocin around 4. I was on my feet since noon getting my own food and sitting up to watch tv and i just started to get that ominous pain in all my incisions. It's better now though. I got a tip to try being as active as possible while still taking it easy in order to heal more quickly and I think it's working. If I just keep forcing myself like I have to keep getting up and then take short rests I think it will have its advantages.

Thanks Harry for the advice.

Gerbilaurus: How old are you? I can't remember if you mentioned it before. I was terrified of surgery. There is so much that could possibly go wrong if the surgeon were careless but the most reassuring thing you can do is research surgeons in your area a little bit. A family doctor might know a little information as to which surgeons are smooth and experienced, and which ones tend to be a little big clumsy. It is reality that some surgeons tend to pop gb's more often, or something even more serious. One that my mom works with (as an OR nurse) is prone to popping and she didn't want me to go with him. I went with a surgeon with a great reputation and it's paid off so far. But the most reassuring thing is, that if they're a practicing surgeon, no matter how slightly clumsy they are, they likely have a high success rate, and you should turn out fine no matter what.
Ask any questions you want about post-op. it's all fresh in my head. If you're nervous about remembering the surgery, in my reality the only part where you can possibly be nervous is before they take you away. The nurse prepares your IV in the pre-surgery room, and the various people like anesthesiologist and the supervisor come in to speak with you. They make sure they know your allergies, medications, and medical history and they like quadruple check it. Then ALL THE SUDDEN the anesthesiologist comes in. "It's time to go! Have any more questions or concerns?"... yous say, "no"... so immediately before you can even be scared he injects versed(pronounced: ver-said) into your IV and when it hits you, you can't even answer a question, or think, and you don't even want to move because it feels so good. I bet it's like close to the heroine family or something haha (no i've never done it don't worry). So, I do not remember even being wheeled to the OR. They made me remove my glasses though before he took me, so everything was super blurry. I'm blind as a bat without those. So, I remember being in the OR, meeting all the staff who would be operating while i was blind drugged and laying on the table. They're all doing stuff around you and you just don't care what's going on at that point. They give you the mask, tell you to breathe in deep, and within 3 breaths the next thing I remember is waking up in the recovery room.
By that point it's over, and even if you become scared in there you just have to try to stay awake. The quicker you are awake and responsive, the quicker you get to go to your bed and see your family and friends. You might feel sick to your stomach from all the drugs but they give you more drugs to get rid of that and more drugs for pain ( or they don't. they have to ask you. APPARENTLY they asked if i wanted morphine and i said no but i do not remember that.) Once you're in recovery they let you go home as long as you can walk, keep food down, and pee. I had to stay longer since I threw up and I couldn't pee because I was so dehydrated after surgery that my mouth was parched.
But that's kind of exactly documented what happened to me. Basically the surgery is nothing you'll remember. anticipation is the worst part.

Make sure it's your gb that's really the problem though first and foremost. If you have stones, then you might want to first look into holistic remedies for bile problems. Stones sometimes aren't a gb problem at the root, and if you got your gb removed you might still get stones in your bile ducts or liver. There are some things you can take to make you less likely to get stones that you could try. Maybe if you surf the net you can find out more about it.
my gallbladder pain was a little atypical. I did have it under my right rib but also in the middle and to the left rib. the surgeon said my gallbladder was large, My mom as an OR nurse said it may have been one of the largest she's seen when she saw the picture. This could be why my pain spread further to the left. Everybody's different and sometimes you can get referred pain. Try doing another HIDA! It couldn't hurt anything. Have you seen a gastroenterologist?