I am pre-op, hopefully will get a date in November.  My tests show stones in my gallbladder, and my surgeons office said that the Dr may want to remove it during rny surgery. Has this happened to you? What was your experience? Pros/cons? It seems like it's common to get it removed within a year after surgery. If that's the case, might as well be now to avoid an additional surgery. Thanks so much for your time. 

For insurance to pay for the removal you usually have to have stones or 'sludge'... not sure exactly what that is...but have heard it mentioned. I know my Doc won't remove it if it is healthy. That being said I had my gall bladder out long before  WLS surgery and haven't missed it. Not sure how that works, but your body somehow compensates for it missing.

had mine removed at surgery.  Only thing now is to watch fatty foods, like pork roast in a crock pot

I am nine years out and had no stones when I had surgery.  I have stones now and scheduled for removal in November.  Doctor says I should have no problems after surgery because I am already on a low fat diet.

I didn't know this. Good luck.

I still have my gallbladder.

Normal people (i.e. No WLS surgery) and WLS post ops get stones. If they stones are small, you can pass them. If not, according to a non-WLS colleague who had his gallbladder removed, it is a new version of pain and hell that you never want to experience.

Gallstones are related to fat metabolism. I know a lot of people that "eat out a lot" and often it is "burgers and fries".  Interestingly, these people had gall stone issues.

Perhaps WLS'ers are predisposed to gallstones because we are metabolizing our fat (versus a fatty diet) for fuel in the weight loss phase?

-Skinny scientist

I had 3 gallbladder attacks prior to having it out, Worse pain I have ever been thru, child birth was a walk in the park compared to it!  Have them take it out before you have an attack! 

I still have mine, and have never had problems.

My surgeon looks at gallbladders during surgery, and removes them during WLS if they are bad. But no surgeon will remove a healthy organ. They just won't. So if yours thinks it's bad, you should have him kill two birds with one stone, so to speak.

Gallstones are common in anyone with rapid and massive weight loss, not just those with WLS. So if yours is already iffy, it might be best to be rid of it.

Some bariatric surgeons do remove healthy gallbladders during WLS. I used to belong to a support group made up of mainly DSers and most had theirs removed during their WLS. None of them had anything wrong with their gallbladders.

I had mine removed several years prior to my RNY because I was having terrible pain. I would definitely have it removed before you experience any symptoms. I ended up in the ER, thinking I was having a heart attack!