NextGen: Custom field slideshow-need gallery title, description in separate div

I’ve included various slideshows on different pages of my site using the gallery custom field with value slideshow on each page.

My slideshow shows up in a div on the left side of the page (https://tomasi-design.com/?page_id=7). I would like to somehow automatically pull in the gallery title and gallery description into the div on the right side (div class = postright – see below) based on the slideshow that shows up on that page.

Sounds like an if, then: If the custom field gallery is included on a page, then echo the title and description of that particular slideshow. I’ve tried several different options, including the one below, but I can’t seem to get it right.

Here’s one attempt to pull in the gallery description! Have included the code from my page template.php file (See div class=postright section)

<?php
/*
Template Name: Page Gallery
*/
?>

<?php get_header(); ?>

<div id="content">

	<div class="slideshowleft">

		<?php $gallery = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'gallery', true); ?>
		<?php
		$gal = $gallery;
		$gal = apply_filters('the_content', $gal );
		echo $gal;
		?>

	</div>

<div class="postright">

		<?php if(get_post_meta($post->ID, 'gallery', true)) {;?>
		<?php
		echo $gallery->galdesc;
		?>
		<?php } ?>

	</div>

	<div style="clear:both;"></div>

	<?php include(TEMPLATEPATH."/recent.php");?>

</div>

<!-- The main column ends  -->

<?php get_footer(); ?>

Any help is appreciated!