It's about 11 months since the surgery, and I have only good news at this point.
For starters, I am still alive and I did not become a statistic ... always a plus. I have been pain free for as long as I can remember, and 99% of the time I don't even think about my missing gallbladder or my surgery.
At this point I can eat anything I wish. I try to follow a paleo style diet anyway (mostly real food: meats, veggies, fruits, nuts, healthy oils, etc.) and avoid fast food now, but from time to time I go to town and the system seems to work just fine.
If I go nuts eating foods that are high in the unhealthy kinds of oils such as fried chicken, deep dish pizza, and so forth, I may feel a little bloated and uncomfortable, but isn't that normal?
I only have two regrets at this point:
1) I should have done it sooner.
2) Wish I had eaten better earlier in life as poor diet was probably the reason I had issues to begin with.