Oh Dawn I nearly missed this update, I am truely sorry to hear you need surgery, I always suspected it might be the gall bladder from what you were describing, I have heard that the operation can be done by keyhole surgery most cases, believe me if so you will breeze through it ,My mother had her hysterectomy done this way and she was sitting up watching TV the night following her op, could not believe it myself, so take heart in knowing it might not be so bad, and I am sure you will feel much better once it is all over and you are recovered, no more of that ghastly pain you have been suffering, Good luck sweetie and I sure will be thinking of you.