I had my gallbladder removed last year after having had 15 attacks before it was diagnosed. It took them so long to diagnose the problem that it ended up affecting my pancreas and I ended up with acute pancreatitis, and I wouldn’t wish that on anyone! I had to wait from the January until the March for my gallbladder and pancreas to settle down enough so that they could operate, then it took me 3 weeks to recover. As a result of everything I ended up with a pancreatic cyst which took 6 months to heal itself. They told me after that they never thought it could be pancreatitis because I didn’t drink or smoke and was fairly healthy otherwise.
I was like you Pat, I lost over a stone in weight through the whole experience. No fat was the way to go for me too, and to this day I still follow a low fat diet just so nothing else can flare up.
If anyone gets those sort of painful attacks the first thing I would say is get it checked out before it gets out of hand. It’s the worst pain I’ve ever experienced in my life and I was pretty ill as a result.
One thing I have found throughout my experience with both gallstones and now ms is that a lot of ms sufferers seem to have gallbladder problems. Don’t know if they are connected or not.