I myself still have my gallbladder, and even though I have what they call "sludge" in my gallbladder it still works. I do however know several people who have had it taken out. But don't think that it's just a CF thing. Even my mom had hers removed, and no She doesn't have CF. Gall-stones are a common thing. I do think more people with CF have more problems because of the mucus that's created. Remember CF isn't a lung disease. It's a diseas causing a sodium chloride imbalance in the cells, therefore creating thick mucus. Every mucus membrain will be effected. Lungs, Sinus, Digestive, Reproductive. Everybody is different so one person might have a problem, and someone else will not.
After my tx I got a virus (from my doner) called CMV. This is like a chicken-piox virus. You get it once, and don't have it again, but you carry the antibodies for it. 3% of the population has not had this virus, and I am in the 3%. My donor had it, and of course was carrying the antibodies. I developed the virus, and was in major pain in my abdomon. They (UCSD-where I had my trnasplant) originally thought I was going to have my gallbladder taken out. But then Kaiser ran a second blood test, and dicovered the virus. Saved my gallbladder, not that I couldn't live without it. I took some anti-virus to get rid of it, and that was that.
Denise
