I have been having pain in my right upper quadrant of my abdomen, just below my rib cage. I do not have my appendix nor my gallbladder, therefore that can be ruled out. Then pain is not present always, but comes on very sudden and sharp when doing exercises or strenuous work such as lifting, vacuuming etc. Sometimes I just have tp stop and wait for the pain to leave, it is hard to stand up when it is happening, it is a tightness along with the pain, almost in the way of a spasm. I have had this for maybe a year, but the past three days it has gotten much worse, and the intervals are more frequent.