I had my gall bladder out on 10-19-07 and I am exactly back to where I was before my surgery. I went almost 4 weeks feeling great for once. I went 4 years before they found out what was wrong and I was like you....no stones...but the Hida scan showed that my gall bladder wasn't functioning as it should and during the last part of the Hida scan my pain came like it did for the last 4 years so it was decided that I needed to have my gall bladder out. Surgery went great....recovery was great and now for the last four days I have experienced the same exact pain...sometimes way more intense than others. I'm at my wits end...I'm 29 with an 8 year old and she wonders why I'm sleeping when I'm not at work...I sleep through the pain because nothing seems to help. It doesn't matter what food I eat because I get it no matter what.