Go through these in order and stop at the first one that applies. If you are reading this for someone else, answer for them.
Severe illness, confusion, fainting, or breathing difficulty warrants emergency help.
Contact the surgical team promptly after gallbladder removal for worsening abdominal pain, fever, repeated vomiting, increasing redness or drainage from an incision, jaundice, or inability to eat or drink.
Seek urgent care rather than waiting for a routine appointment if upper abdominal pain lasts several hours, is getting worse, or occurs with fever, chills, jaundice, or persistent vomiting.
For stable, recurring symptoms without warning signs, arrange routine follow-up with a primary care clinician, gastroenterologist, or surgeon.
Keep track of when pain occurs, how long it lasts, what was eaten beforehand, and whether there was vomiting, fever, jaundice, or a change in stool or urine color.
If surgery is planned, follow the surgical team’s instructions about medicines, eating and drinking before the procedure, activity, wound care, and returning to work.
Attend the postoperative appointment even if recovery seems straightforward.
And for anyone, someone who:
Every sign above is quoted from the sofidex article on Chronic cholecystitis. If you are not sure, err upward — it is always reasonable to be checked.