They told me I could have it before I left the hospital after the surgery
(my removed gallbladder
).
I had this picture in my mind of a jar filled with alcohol and my gallbladder floating inside sitting on my fireplace mantlepiece,
a nostalgic keepsake... LOL
But, in the end I decided to leave it for them to dispose of
I've been living without it for many months now, and I don't miss it either,
It doesn't impact my life in any way... I can still eat what I want
(even a NZ/Australia sized BBQ session
).
I think the gallbladder is an evolutionary dead-end,
probably useful 50.000 years ago when, for survival in winter, people had to resort to eating large amounts of raw fat tissue from spear-killed mammoths/elephants etc...,
and their bodies had to break it down and digest it...
But nowadays, with our fancy cooked "lean" meats, it's not necessary anymore...
Cheers,
Radiance