is it a must to remove gallbladder for right upper abdomen pain
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hi doctor about a month ago I experienced acute pain in my right upper abdomen and that radiated to my back it happened after I had a high fat meal that night the pain lasted for hours and continued as a dull ache for the next week I made an appointment with a gastroenterologist and he advised an abdominal it the report revealed that besides a mildly hydronephrotic kidney for which I have already seen a urologist everything else was normal except for the following a focus of calcification is in the gallbladder lumen or the posterior gallbladder wall the gallbladder wall is minimally prominent however the gallbladder is collapsed all of my laboratory blood work showed that my kidney liver and pancreas functions are normal the gastroenterologist did not really give me any insight he said to find a surgeon in case I have another attack so that the gallbladder can be removed I have found a surgeon but I would like to get a second opinion from a different gastroenterologist I have had a dull ache since the initial attack but I have not had any more excruciating pain should I wait to get the gallbladder out if I do have another attack when the report says focus of calcification does that mean I just have one gallstone though I do not have any extreme pain is this an emergency any advice you can provide would be helpful