Gall Bladder Surgery

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My daughter was born in April of 2012 and ever since she was born, I've had excruciating pain in my upper abdomen and the right side of my body. For the first few months I just ignored it because the pain was random but it wasn't unbearable. Then in August I was rushed to the emergency room because I was in so much pain I couldn't get off the floor. They did some blood work, ran some tests, and did an ultrasound. That's when I found out that my gall bladder was inflamed and I had gall stones. They said I would need it removed but it wasn't an emergency procedure. I wasn't able to get the surgery because the surgeon didn't accept the insurance I had. I had to wait until October of 2012 in order to change my insurance and it wasn't activated until December. While I was waiting on my insurance, I was rushed to the emergency room an additional three or four times. They just kept sending me home with a prescription that didn't help. Finally, my insurance was approved and I got my new insurance card. So I finally got my gall bladder removed this morning! It was an out patient procedure (meaning they sent me home after surgery) and the surgery took an hour and a half because I had so many gall stones. I had eight large ones and a bunch of smaller ones. Everything went fine but I'm in a bit of pain and I've been tired all day. I've been awake for five hours, which is the longest time I've been awake today. They did a small incision in the middle of my upper abdomen, two small incisions on the right side of my stomache, and a small incision in my belly button. They had to go in with a scope and cut the gall bladder out and then they pulled it out through my belly button. I imagine it was pretty disgusting. Lol