How small are small gallstones?

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Hi,

I am new to this group, and already have gleaned a lot from reading

the messages.

I have been through three months of tests to try to find out why I am

having chest pains (mainly on the left side) which now have expanded

to the point where all of my " innards " seem to be aching. An

ultrasound indicated that I have one (visible) " 8mm, mobile

hyperechoic lesion within the gallbladder " . The report says that it

could be a sludgeball, but is more likely a gallstone. When I found

out that i had the gallstone, I started searching for alternatives to

surgery--and now have a wealth of information on cleanses. Some of

these sources say that they should only be used on small stones. So,

how small is small? Will this one get stuck and create more problems

than I have now? And, if this is really my problem, why is most of my

pain and aching centered more on the left side than the right?

Thanks

CarolM