LStew, I have also heard that gall stones are very painful. Now they have some kind of laser treatment that busts them up without surgery.
Enjoy your new quilting frame. I don't know anything about that one, but I do know that to get good at FMQ, it takes consistency in practice. It would be more beneficial to practice just 10 minutes every day, than to do an hour once a week. Hope that makes sense. Hope your learning curve is short!