First off, let me say that I am so very sorry that you're feeling under the weather. It's amazing how bad you can feel during an attack of gall stone colic. Years ago, when I went for a job at The World Bank Group, you had to pass a physical before being hired. I passed but the doctor told me that I had some elevated liver enzymes which could possibly indicate gall bladder problems. It wasn't long before I had my first attack. I tried to ignore the problem, but eventually my doctor sent me to a gastroenterologist. He was an idiot. The first thing he wanted to do was a liver biopsy. I told him no, that biopsies hurt and I wasn't thrilled about pain. He was mortally offended. My response was the classic medical koan: If you hear hoof beats, think horse, not zebra. He finally agreed to send me for an ultrasound and then said snidely that it didn't hurt. Imagine his chagrin when the ultrasound turned up gall stones and no other obvious signs of liver disease. I had it out a few months later via laproscopic surgery. Of course the hospital experience was amusing too, but that's a story for another day. Seriously, if your doctor decides your gall bladder needs to come out, most likely it can be done laproscopically. The only down side is that the CO2 gas leaving your body after the surgery is a bit painful because the CO2 molecules are larger than some of the small blood vessels they need to travel through to get either to your lungs to be exhaled or your gut to be, well, I'm sure you can figure it out. . . 
But it's worth it for no more colic attacks. You'll need to watch your fats intake somewhat afterwards too.
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