hi, I had my gallbladder removed 2 years ago. It was emergency surgery. I took ill over night and had bad tachycardia with severe abdominal pain. luckily they didn't send me home and done surgery very next day. This was done keyhole. I have 3 small scars. on my stomach and you are discharged within 24 hours. you will tender for a couple of days and I think they say 10-14 days off work as you will be tired although think this is more recovering from general anaesthetic. don't worry its not a bad procedure and much simpler than suffering pain the gallstones cause.