DtG - Some info about gall stones (not gall bladder disease which is different).

I went in for an ultrasound because they thought I had kidney stones. Nope! I guess I passed the damn thing by drinking volumes of water, however...

They found a gallstone as big as a baseball!

When will I go in for surgery, says I.

Oh no, says the nurse, we don't do that anymore.

Oh, what do you do then? Blast it with a laser or something?

No, funny thing about gallstones. Now that we have ultrasound, we know that everyone has gallstones. The big ones are no problem. Its the little ones that get stuck in the duct that cause the pain. You have nothing to worry about. You're gallstone is very big.

You mean I get to walk around knowing I have a gallstone the size of a baseball inside of me?

Yup, she says.

I hope your family will soon return to good health. In the scheme of things, gallstones are the least of our worries.