a few years ago I had stones. I had so many They filled my gall bladder and had to have surgery to remove the whole thing... then I had another surgery the next day to remove the 20+ stones in one of my tubes and was backing up bile.. I was hospitalized for a week, I was throwing up for days I had a fever for four days, couldn't eat till fever broke and until after I had my surgeries.. all I could have was ice chips.. It hurt SOOOOOOO bad.. and I was starving!!! My mri showed I had over 100 stones that had to be removed.. Hope to never go thru that again.. But I went home with some awesome drugs and the ok to eat again..