How long does it take to recover from gallbladder surgery

it depends on if they do microscopic surgery or if they have to cut you open firther than that a couple weeks for micro and about a month and a half if they cut you wide open

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For open surgery it takes 6-8 weeks because they cut through the thick abdominal muscles. Laporoscopy surgery takes 1-2 weeks.

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It took me longer than I expected, and I would not describe the post-op pain as mild at all. I was angry I’d been led to believe recovery would be no big deal at all, and it was much more painful than I expected. How long it will take to re…

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A: For open surgery it takes 6-8 weeks because they cut through the thick abdominal muscles. Laporoscopy surgery takes 1-2 weeks.