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What should I do and should I be worried about my gallbladder?

Since June 2022 i have been experiencing moderate to sever upper right abdominal pain to the point have been to the ER 5 times and several doctor visits. I have had sever ultrasounds and cat scans done with zero results found and one ultrasound where the ER doctor said there was a gallstone. After the Doctor stated they did find a stone I was to see a surgeon. The surgeon reviewed the same results and did not see the stone, so he had me do and MRI which i couldn't do because of extreme claustrophobia, then an ERCP which had undefined as the result, and finally a HIDA scan which showed the results that my gallbladder only had an 11% ejection rate. After the HIDA scan I have not been able to contact the surgeon or gallbladder specialist and my symptoms have continued and some have worsened. When having extreme pain some days it leads to nausea and vomiting to some times foaming at the mouth when vomiting. Other days i will have extreme pain and gas then hours of diarrhea. Since September i have developed itchiness of the eyes with some blurriness (some days that are bad enough i cant keep them open) and extreme temperature changes(where one minute i feel freezing and the next I feel like its 100 degrees while standing in a room that's 70 degrees).
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You don't want to overlook an emergency. If you have a fever, go in. Fever, sweating, pain and vomiting are signs of an organ being inflamed or infected. Emergency surgery is very painful so you want to avoid it by getting it removed asap. The ER doctor told me I needed it removed, and the first surgeon refused. I got a second opinion and the second surgeon took me in. By then my gallbladder was barely working. You do not need an MRI. I only had an ultrasound.
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