Talk to Dietitian/Nutritionist on Post Chole Diet And Lifestyle.

Dear Doctors I've a knack for research and I'll highly appreciate if you could kindly address my queries : Note : I've had elective lap chole on June the 7th. My GB specimen reports claim I had chronic cholecystitis with cholelithiasis (multiple calculi)

Q1: it's an outpatient procedure then: are all the patients kept in the ICU for one whole day post op ?

Q2: I had a drain in my abdomen. Is it placed in subhepatic space and later pulled out ? The surgeon told me they put the normal plastic tubing in because the tight GB attachment to liver cause post op bleeding and the drain is used to collect it. But other surgeons told me they've never heard of this reason. In fact it's used when there is some complication in surgery.( Obstruction, inflammation, injury to CBD)

Q3. My surgeon told me bile has no role in fat absorption it only breaks it. But I find losing weight hard. I was 69kgs now 71kg. Is it true we can't lose weight easily now?

Q4. Should I avoid greedy fri