I had mine removed laprascopically at 9:00am and went out to dinner that night, feeling much better.

I did find out a couple of interesting facts about gallbladders. One, if you eat a HUGE Mexican food dinner, and wake up in the middle of the night in screaming upper rt. abdominal pain, which could even radiate around to the back, you may well be having a gallbladder attack, because the fat brings it on... Like you cannot even begin to imagine...

Two, after you have it removed, you still may not be able to tolerate eating a lot of fat, because your GI tract may decide to pass on its contents-like a freight train coming on down the track... This could mean if you love real butter loaded on your baked potato or rolls, there had better be a MacDonald's or a Burger King on your route home, in case you need to make a pit stop, if you get the drift...

My Yorkie is admiring Barbara's cat, although worrying she might become its little midnight snack...
Cathie