the gall bladder is a little pouch that is tucked up near the liver, and holds bile that is produce in the liver. the bile is then squirted through bile ducts to the stomach when a fatty substance needs to be digested.

your gall bladder has lots of little stones in it, and the report is basically saying that some of the smaller stones might move down into the ducts, causing a blockage and another painful attack. the thickening of the wall of the gall bladder suggests it's already inflamed and you're again likely to have another painful attack.

my understanding is that removal of a gall bladder is a last resort. most doctors suggest a really low fat diet to try and get the inflammation settled - the "squirting" action of the bladder to send bile to the stomach is generally quite painful.

if a gall bladder has to be taken out, it is, in most cases, an elective surgery, so wouldn't be pushed through before Christmas - my guess is your doctor will probably suggest a low fat/low acid diet to see if that works - and only surgery if it's needed

gall bladder removal is done via laprascopic/key hole surgery. i had mine out a few years back, was in hospital just over 24 hours, and was up and walking around the hospital within 10 hours of surgery. it wasn't super comfy, but it was tolerable pain (no worse than nasty AF - but just in different parts of the tummy) - mine was caused by not eating for six weeks when i had a kidney infection - only one stone, but it was blocking the ducts so had to be removed. yours doesn't seem to be blocked at all according to that report

good luck with it all hun - hope you're able to control it with diet!!