Confirmed what the ultrasound tech showed me: many, many gall stones in my little gall bladder. Yesterday, I reminded myself what the gall bladder does with a little reading on WebMd. I realize now that I've been having some symptoms of gall bladder problems and I didn't even know it. I thought I had developed a lactose intolerance because every time I would eat ice cream or some other milk, I would get gassy and have diarrhea. I feel bloated all the time, no matter what I eat. Now I know that having gall stones can make your body have a fat intolerance. That might not be so bad...

I have a surgical consult next Thursday. I hope they can do the laproscopic surgery. My grandmother had to have hers cut out and she took weeks to recover. I don't have that kind of time.