I had clear gallbladder symptoms and repeated trips to the ER; no doubt it was gallbladder. Finally, the last time they set me up for surgery and kept me inpatient for three days because it was the week of Christmas and getting a surgeon lined up was apparently an issue. (Don't get sick the week of Christmas. LOL)

Surgery was laparoscopic - no problem. Absolutely no regrets about having the surgery as the attacks were awful. My system has never quite been the same without my gallbladder. I do have to be careful somewhat about what I eat -- particularly fried restaurant foods.

My daughter-in-law was more like what you sound like. Kind of chronic issues. Eventually, she had her gallbladder removed and it was essentially dead. Like me, there are residual issues with digestion -- that's just the price of not having a gallbladder as my gastro says.