Don't be afraid of the surgery. If you have it done before the gallbladder ruptures or becomes necrotic, it's not a big deal (and this is from someone with the worst white coat phobia you've ever seen
). When I had my mine, I had them do a tubal ligation at the same time--they didn't even have to make any extra incisions. I was in the hospital for about 1.5 days, but it would have been shorter if I hadn't had a bad reaction to the general anesthetic. Unfortunately, I'm one of those people who just don't tolerate anesthetics well.
Afterward I kicked myself for not having done it sooner.