I was banded in Feb 07 and have lost 70+ lbs then I started waking up in the night throwing up. The dr. unfilled my band and Monday I had an endoscope of my stomach and ultrasound of my gallbladder and they saw gallstones.

My dr. doesn't want to remove the gallbladder because I'm not have symptoms right now but my opinion is that the stones will not go away so why wait to have it removed??

Does anyone have suggestions/ideas about this and what are the symptoms of an attack??

If you really think about it, having your gallbladder out and then gaining weight doesn't make sense. Everything pretty much works the same it's just you don't have the storage compartment anymore. Plus if you eat fatty foods, you get dirrahea (I assume because the fat isn't digested efficiently and runs right through). A lot of the information that I have researched says you can eat like you did before the surgery. So how would that contribute to weight gain?? Good questions for the doctor!!

Well here I am at work, and feeling fine...surgery on 24 oct--sunday drove myself to have my nails done and yesterday swept and washed the floor!! not to mention baking and cooking in the interm. hard to believe i had surgery but I have the stones in a jar to prove it. incision is a little larger cause the gb was enlarged and filled w/infection and 2 stones were stuck in the bile duct...if you have to have this surgery don't be afaid...it really went well and the doc did not take out the fill. I am down 120# banded 6/13/06. I am thinner now than the day I married 36yrs ago!!