I had my gallbladder taken out pre-pregnancy when I was about 21. It took 3 different doctors and 2 1/2 years for them to diagnose me! And in the end all it took was one little ultrasound to see the single MEGA stone in my gallbladder.

I didn't have any trouble with my liver at the same time... but a few years earlier I had been diagnosed with a viral infection that caused inflammation of my liver for about 5-6 months. Killed my immune system for about 2-3 years, but I haven't had any further trouble since then though.

I went through the private health system and still had to wait 2-3 weeks in excrutiating pain (I can't take painkillers) before I could have the surgery. The surgery was keyhole and went really well, except that my gallbladder had to be sent to pathology because there was something strange about it that my surgeon had never seen before. Turns out the stone was so big that it was totally blocking my cystic duct and had caused acute inflammation and the beginning of necrosis of the tissue in one end of the gallbladder. Ewww.

And now for the weird bit... I asked the surgeon to record the entire surgery (one of the instruments in keyhole surgery is a camera) and I have it all on video tape, lol.