When I was 17, 8 years ago, I was diagnosed with gall stones. Before that, I remember eating something before going to sleep, it was around 2AM (bad eating habi

When I was 17, 8 years ago, I was diagnosed with gall stones. Before that, I remember eating something before going to sleep, it was around 2AM (bad eating habits, I know) and as soon as I finished my sandwich an acute pain hit my chest. I was 100% sure I was having some kind of heart attack and I rushed into my parents' room asking for help. I had to lay down on my bed with my mom panicking while my father called an ambulance, by the time they arrived the pain had completely stopped. I was given a quick check but nothing serious so they just went away. Then the following night it happened again (curse you, bad eating habits) and I got rushed into ER. They found a lot of gall stones and one of them was blocking some ducts, I think with pancreas but I don't remember. Due to an atrociously slow and bureaucratic process, I had to stay in the hospital for a whole month before surgery, because my delicate situation wouldn't let me eat even the lightest of foods, not even soup. Eventually I got surgery and said bye to my gall bladder. It's certainly an experience I wouldn't recommend to anyone. It's fairly low risk and very common, however the pain and feeling of something holding your chest was atrocious.