I’ve been struggling on and off for a year now with chest pain/rib pain, I really don’t know where it’s coming from but it’s driving me mad! It’s smack bang in the middle of my chest and spreads down under my breasts on both sides. Like a band around my lower ribs. Sometimes I get a pain in my right shoulder blade area aswell. I’ve had a chest X-ray, a echo cardio gram, endoscopy and ecgs, all normal apart from a small hiatus hernia. I was originally told this pain was reflux but no amount of medication stops it or makes it go away. Sometimes I really don’t know what to do with myself, it’s so uncomfortable and I get to the point where I can’t take it anymore. My recent visit to gastroenterologist and he tells me he doesn’t think it is reflux anymore and thinks it’s musculoskeletal. I’m terrified it’s lung cancer or heart problems even though I’ve had a chest X-ray and echo which were normal. Could it still be one of these with the results I got? I thought maybe Costochondritis but there is no tenderness to touch. Does anyone else suffer like this or have any insight as to what it could be? Should I ask for a ct of chest. My gastro showed me images of my abdominal ct which included part of my chest (6 ribs up he counted) would that have shown lung cancer or bone cancer in my ribs? I’m desperate for an answer to what is wrong with me. I can cope with it for so long but I get spells (like now) when it gets the better of me and I kind of give up and worry about it constantly. I should also add it seems to come in what I call flare ups. It can go away for a bit then comes back with avengance and I have no idea what triggers it or what makes it go away but recently it’s just been relentless. Thank you if you made it to the end of this post !