@4lori4 Hi there - try to eat foods that are safe for the gallbladder so, nothing greasy or fatty. Google post-cholesectomy syndrome. You may be experiencing it and it often improves over time. Was your gallbladder removed due to gallstones, due to infection or because it was failing? I don't understand what the doctor meant by saying it 'wasn't that bad.' Depending on the issue that caused the need for the cholesectomy, a visual observation of the organ wouldn't provide enough information to determine 'how bad' it was.
What helps me: small, non-greasy meals, eating more frequently so you're never completely empty, nibbling on Saltines or pretzel thins with surface salt, drinking hot black tea.
Keep track of your symptoms - when are they better, when are they worse? Maintain a food diary. To speed up the diagnosis process, document things like that.
You are not alone. The nausea is extremely common.

Hi, I completely understand what you are going through. I an a female and was nauseated as well. I started out being very weak. I used freeze pops at first. I had to start slowly introducing foods and figuring out what worked and what didn't work. Since the gall bladder was removed (mine was badly diseased at age 53), my doctor told me I would not be able to tolerate much food at a time. I was told to eat very small meals and nothing greasy or fatty. Dairy was an issue for me. For instance cheese did not seem to digest well at all. It is like my body could not break it down. I could handy crackers, pretzels, and small meals but not much. Even now years later my body lets me know what I can handle. I purchased baked potatoes that are individually wrapped for in the microwave. I love them for a meal. I like wraps but do not put much in them and that is a meal for me. It is a matter of trial and error. At first I even purchased baby food fruits. I can eat egg salad I make which I add a touch of vinegar, miracle whip and a little mustard and put it on a potato roll. That is enough to make a small meal for me as I still do not eat a lot at one time and I am now 68 years old. It does get better with time, but I do better with smaller meals more often. However sometimes I only eat 2 to 3 meals a day. I seriously can say it is a matter of trial and error and believe that each person is different in what their bodies can handle and tolerate after gall bladder surgery. I was very wiped out for several months and mine was laproscopic surgery. It really knocked me for a loop. I was sick for a year because the doctors believed it was my gall bladder, but the tests were not showing that is what the problem was. Eventually after running every test. They did it as an exploratory and found it was badly diseased and removed it. I was very weak already from only being able to eat hard pretzels before the surgery. I was beyond exhausted before the surgery from the pain and not being able to eat, which wore me down as I was working a lot of overtime which was mandatory as well as I needed to work to keep my medical insurance in order to have the surgery. You are in my thoughts and prayers as it is a take it one day at a time process for sure. Hugs and prayers. God bless!