I’m a 53-year-old man living in Shanghai, and I spent nearly a decade searching for a way to remove my gallstone without removing my gallbladder. Despite repeated recommendations for cholecystectomy, I held firm in my belief that lifestyle changes—not surgery—were the real solution. After years of fruitless research and worsening symptoms, I finally discovered the GO-SCOPE procedure through ChatGPT in 2024.

Following a severe gallbladder attack, I traveled to the U.S. and met with the interventional radiology team in January 2025. They patiently answered all my questions, and I underwent the GO-SCOPE procedure shortly after. Recovery was quick—I was up and walking the next day and never needed pain medication. Two weeks later, my drainage tube was removed painlessly.