Glad your surgery went well. I had mine out in 2003, eight months after the birth of my first child, and twenty weeks pregnant with my second. I first noticed the pain shortly after the birth of my first child, and by the time I went to the doctor, I was already pregnant again so no one wanted to touch me.
By the time I had the surgery, the doctor told my husband afterwards that had I waited any longer, both me and my child would have died. My gallbladder had turned to mush and was attaching itself to my liver, suffocating my liver.
I've had about seven surgeries since then, and an emergency c-section, but the gallbladder was by far the worst. Probably because it was my first, and because I was pregnant.
Anyway, Im glad youre doing well... Just had to "vent" my story, I suppose!