Ruth I had my gallbladder out earlier this year - 16 months after my DD was born but in hindsight I was having mild gallbladder attacks all along (I thought it was reflux) but they got really bad towards the end. The actual surgery was pretty minor, they kept me in over night, basically to check that your pain management is ok and that you're eating before they discharge you. I was flat and tired for probably a week or so afterwards, but recovered pretty quickly, and the relief from the gallstone attacks was immediate.

In the meantime, if you strip out as much fat as you can from your diet it will help prevent attacks. I went thru the public hospital system so had to wait for a few months for surgery, so I had quite a lot of nasty attacks in that time. I took pain killers and maxolon (to stop the vomiting) when I was first having attacks - but at the end they gave me buscopan in the ER one time and it worked really well -so check with your GP what you can take if the attacks are bad for you.

If you can have surgery sooner rather than later I would do it, just because those attacks can be really nasty and in my case they were quite frequent and debilitating. If you're breastfeeding it's a good idea to start expressing now so you have a supply of EBM for the short time you can't feed - and discuss how to manage the breastfeeding when you see the surgeon. Good luck!