Back in about 2000 I was having some dull pain on my right side just above the belt line. This pain would become worse when I ate food that was cooked in oil or fried.
One time I ate a doughnut and about 20 minutes later the pain was off the charts. I took 7 Tylenol to try to stop the pain but it didn't work. That many Tylenol is not good for you.
The thing that reduced the pain was for me to lay upside down off the sofa with my head on the floor. Apparently that stretched my stomach so that the pain was not as bad.
After that I decided go to the DR and he diagnosed it as gall stones. At that time he scheduled surgery for the next week on Friday. I went in and had the surgery on that Friday and came out with three 1/2 inch taped up incisions at 3 points on my stomach.
Top at my rib cage, at my belly button and on the right side. They were taped up with surgical tape. The tape came off about a week later. I went home the same day of the surgery and layed low for the weekend. On Monday I went back to work for a half day and on Tuesday went back to work as usual.
The DR said that there might some foods that I might not digest the same as before such as beans and such. I haven't had any noticeable problems with eating food that I know of even to this day. I look back at the surgery and think that it was not a problem or a big deal. At this time you can't even tell where the incisions were made.