I’ll be 6 weeks post surgery on Saturday. The first 5 days or so felt like a “normalish” surgical recovery. Then I got body slammed with phantom gallbladder pain that I can best describe as second only to childbirth level pain. Couldn’t sleep or really function at all for most of four weeks. None of the tests - labs, EGD, ultrasounds, CT scans showed anything structural wrong. The conclusion was that it was nerve pain. I was prescribed 200 mg gabapentin at bedtime two weeks ago and am finally feeling human again. And I can lie down in bed again. That’s a game changer! This doesn’t apply to everyone, but if you have IBS, like I do, recovering normal digestion function is harder and takes longer. Getting your bowels back online really helps with the abdominal pain, I’ve discovered. Still on the journey, but moving in the right direction.