Help, I cannot figure out what this pain is on my right side! Any suggestions?

I am a little over 6 months post-op RNY. Okay, sorry this is going to be long but I am desperate to figure out what in the world is going on here. I have been having this uncomfortable pain on my right side right under my rib cage. Gall bladder right? I'm not sure? It started out about 2 months ago as just a dull uncomfortable pain now for about 1 month it has been an unbearable pain!! It always starts I swear around 12am to 1 am. It literally wakes me up from a dead sleep & continues this pain for about 2 hours. About 2 weeks ago I did go to the Dr. & they did a scope & found I had yet another ulcer. Then they also did an ultrasound of my gallbladder. The technician said she did see some "sludge" in my gall bladder. What does that mean? At first I thought this pain that was waking my up out of a dead sleep was my ulcer. So I called my Dr. & they gave me Carafate in addition to my meds. I had this problem last night & took the Carafate & it didn't touch it. So I'm assuming it isn't my ulcer. Is this pain that happens around the same time atleast now 2-3 times a week always at night consistant with a gallbladder attack? It hurts so bad I almost want to go to the emergency room! Or could it be something else. I do have a Drs. appt. but they couldn't get me in for 2 weeks from now to go over the gallblader ultrasound results. Any suggestions as to what this could be or has anyone else experienced this? Is there ANYTHING I can take in the mean time to help ease the pain until I can see a Dr.? This is so frustrating!

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