Good news? I mean, I'm keeping my gallbladder at the moment. Scheduled for an ultrasound to see if there's anything else wrong besides gallstones because I reflexively giggle and squirm when poked in the stomach for some reason. Dunno why they can't just put their hand on my stomach, let me relax, THEN poke.

Bad news? The main reason is that I'm still too overweight and I can literally no longer medically afford to be a fatty. Having a 45 BMI means that there's too much risk of complications for them to operate unless they have to. Granted this is a doctor interview in the modern medical world, so I have no idea if that means I'm 5x as likely or just 20% more likely because either way, risk assessment insurance type stuff means that whatever it is, they'd rather just tell me to shape up and deal with the pain of stones. (And I guess keep eating my new lowfat diet and, you know, pray that my stones shrink and I don't end up with a duct obstruction or something...)