I met with a gastro doc and he suggested it was sphincter of Oddi dysfunction, does this seem to match the symptoms I have described?
When there is sludge or stones in the gallbladder, removal is sometimes curative of symptoms of abdominal pain and nausea & vomiting. If the reason is due to a blockage of the common bile duct, the gallbladder removal doesn't take care of that since it's higher up from there. With recurrent right upper quadrant abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting, evaluation of the common bile duct with ultrasound is reasonable to consider.
Enoch Choi, MD
I should also note I am a male and only 24 years old