Need advice....

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In a nutshell, here's my history --

I had one gallbladder attack during my second pregnancy in 2003. I

didn't know at the time what it was but figured it out 2 years later.

I was able to stop that attack by throwing up and I think it was

triggered by a particularly bad (ie: fatty) meal I ate that night. I

didn't have any more attacks until my third pregnancy. They started

about 6 months into it. At first they were infrequent. Then they

started coming much more often and were harder to get rid of. At 37

weeks along, I was throwing up everything I ate and was in constant

pain so I went to the emergency room. They did bloodwork and a sono

and said I needed to have my gallbladder removed after the baby was

born. She was born a week later and I stopped having attacks. It's

now 15 months later and I have started having pain in the upper

stomach area, right under my ribs. I thought it was just a stomach

bug because this is NOTHING like the pain I had before. I went to my

family doctor Monday and he referred me to a surgeon. I saw the

surgeon today and he scheduled surgery for next Friday. No new

sonogram or bloodwork -- he just couldn't believe that I didn't

already have it out a year ago. I have tried the olive oil flush

before and didn't get anything from it -- no stones, not even diarrhea.

I'm not sure what to do now -- more flushes this week to see if I can

get rid of the pain? Just give in and let them take my gallbladder?

I think my husband would like to see me have the surgery just to end

all of this, especially since neither one of us wants to go through

those debilitating attacks again if we have more children. He has

been supportive of me avoiding surgery, though. Any opinions?

Thanks,