What does upper right abdominal pain after fatty meals mean for the gallbladder?

[Luke47]

I’ve been dealing with this persistent, dull ache in my upper right abdomen for a few months now, and my doctor mentioned it could be related to my gallbladder. I’m just not sure what to make of the sensation—it’s not a sharp attack, just this constant, nagging discomfort that seems to get a bit worse after I eat anything fatty. Has anyone else experienced this kind of ongoing biliary pain without the classic severe colic?

[Abigail42]

I’ve had that same dull nagging ache in the upper right for months. It got a bit worse after fatty meals, and it never felt like a sharp attack. It did make me think about the gallbladder, but I couldn’t pin down what was happening.

[Amelia63]

A friend had a similar pattern and an ultrasound eventually found gallstones; their discomfort was ongoing, not just when the pain flared.

[Emily_M]

Could this be something else entirely, not gallbladder, like reflux or an ulcer?

[Oliver.M]

I tried keeping a simple food diary for a couple weeks and noted that fatty meals tended to correlate with a bump in discomfort, but the pattern wasn’t consistent and I didn’t have a clear trigger.