I remember when i had to get it removed. I was 14 and scared of needles. I had had the gallstones for months, but since i was so scared of everything doctor, i refused to get it checked out. Then i had a particulary bad attack that lasted most of a three day weekend. Monday morning i went to school and after first class everyones asking me why im yellow? I went to the nurse, who then took me to the hospital, turns out id had and neglected my gallstones so long my liver was starting to shut down. Fun fact - my surgeon said hed done thousands of these operations, but i was the first teenage male he'd ever had to do it on.