Brad,

You should talk to your surgeon about this.  I would imagine that every case could be different.  Someone who had the same surgery 10 years ago might not have had the procedure done the exact way you will since surgery techniques advance quickly.  The surgeon will know what his other patients went through on recovery and can answer your questions more capably than someone here.

Good luck and hope you get back to bowling quickly.

i would trust what the surgeon tells you for restrictions..it depends on how bad or good the surgery goes.

It depends.  But, I know they do most gallbladders laproscopic (spell?) which reduces recovery time drastically.  I had emergency appendectomy in which I was cut open about 4 inches and I missed 3 weeks.   Hope everything goes well for you and godspeed.

Thanx all for the well wishes.   Freak....it is a much easier simpler procedure than when they used to have to cut you open to do it. My surgeon allows up to 4 weeks off from work, but a minimum of 1 week...after the 1st week we'll see how I feel(I won't be in any rush).   

One thing I found over the summer when I first learned this was the case for me and it had to be removed was this website

  http://www.squidoo.com/post-gallbladder-surgery-diet

this is very informative about it and the posts by others who have gone through what we are going to go through. check it out

Then again after the way I bowled the first week of the season on Thursday, they'd be better off without me       

seriously, last season the few weeks I was out they always did really well.

Brad

if they are able to do it laproscopically they poke 3 holes usually...1 for a camera one for a tweezers and one for the scissors. recovery from the hospital is usually 1-2 nights and back to work in 7-14. realistically you could prob be bowling in 3-4 weeks but the surgeon will recommend 4-6 weeks off

Yup! 4-6 weeks is usually the standard depending on how healthy you are before the operation. Good luck with that!

Well, I had it removed Monday...was not in as much pain as I thought I would be afterward. Couldn't eat the remainder of that day--nausea and vomiting, but Tuesday I ate all 3 of my meals, ..solid food no less, was good. They ended up keeping in the hospital for a 2nd night last night because of how gangrous my gallbladder was when it was removed.   

I have a follow up appiointment with the surgeon son Tuesday so we'll see what he says. I hope I don't have to sit out 4-6 weeks from bowling...yikes...but we'll see how I feel and what doc says.  Here's hoping for a speedy recovery.

Brad