"the pain"

Does anyone ever get what i call "the pain"? I sometimes get it with liquor but i also get it randomly, about once a month or so, sometimes twice a month. And it comes in my chest, like right in between my breasts, and it's trapped gas, i know that's what it is, i have no way of knowing whats going to trigger it, it just randomly happens. I can take some gas-x and lessen it but the only thing that makes it go away is laying on my left side or my stomach and burping a lot (sorry gross i know) and then for about 20 minutes after the pain i have tons of gas! it's not a blockage, there is no change in output, and it doesn't seem to have a common trigger. other than it does happen more often wtih liquor, but other things cause it too. Sometimes it just randomly happens. And it hurts so bad it makes me cry almost it goes all the way up into my shoulders and back. Its like the gas gets stuck right between my breasts and has nowhere to go.
Any ideas?

Yea, I agree.  Does sound like acid reflux.  Is it kind of a burning pain?  Either way, you might talk to a dr about it.  I have problems with it and went on rx for it.  I ran out and just started taking an otc for it, but it didn't do the job, so I went back and got on protonics.  It's like Nexium.  When I was in the hospital they gave me pepcid.

hi there,

I know exactly what you mean, I had and sometimes still do get exactly the same pain in the same place although mine doesn't go to shoulders or back.  I was really worried about mine as like yrself mine used to make me cry and make me feel physically sick.

People said to me that it could have been trapped wind and after a visit to the local accident and emergency dept at my local hospital they confirmed it wasn't, and couldn't tell me what it was. I got myself some tablets called windeze and they cleared it up straight away, so maybe it was trapped wind after all (but who thought that wind could be so painful, definately not me). Like yrself I haven't got a clue what brings it on and thankfully haven't had it for a little while now, so maybe if yr's keeps reoccurring you could try different types of wind relief tablets until you find one that suits you.

Jo x

Summer, my friend had episodes of this exact pain and it ended up being her gallbladder and she had to have it removed. I would ask your doctor...

I've had something similar since my ileo, and my guess is that its because finally things aren't just hurrying out the other end...does that make sense?

Maybe Gas-X would help dissolve the gas. I like the chewable cherry ones.

Sounds like gallbladder symptoms.