HI LISA, CONGRATS ON YOUR SURGERY!!!!!!!!! I AM HAVING MY SURGERY TUES. THE 24TH AND I AM ALSO HAVING IT OPEN, HE IS GOIN THROUGH A OLD SCAR FROM GALLBADDER 21YRS AGO I HOPE MINE DOES THAT GREAT, WAS YOUR PAIN VERY BAD WITH OPENED? AGAIN GOD BLESS YOU