I got onto this web site after I started having gallbladder attacks. I went to the doctor who told me I had a stone that was over an inch big. Basically impossible to pass. All the messages on this web site just about gave me a nervous breakdown! I was so scared to have the surgery after reading all the things that went wrong and all the negative things being said. Well, I'm here to tell all of you that I had the surgery over a month ago and have had NO problems after surgery. I'm sorry for all of you that had problems, but I thought it was about time somebody put something positive on this message board so that somebody like me who is scared to death after reading all of this stuff will have a little hope for a good outcome! Not everybody has the option to do the flush! Sometimes surgery is necessary!