Question: Hello. I have been struggling for four long years of attacks that cause a squeezing pain around my ribs, between shoulder blades, jaw, teeth, ears. I have had a non functioning gallbladder removed fifteen months ago. Still no relief. I have been diagnosed ibs, small hiatal hernia, gerd. I take prilosec and dicyclomine when needed. It feels like the dicyclomine does not work as well anymore. I do not have diarrhea or constipation, or any alternation between the two. It is as if something is trying to pass out of my body. I have had colitis last summer, my doc thought it was infectious, didn't think it was crohns. The inflammation was in my descending colon. I have four children and cannot live like this anymore. I never know when it will strike, some weeks several days, other weeks once or not at all. I have tried gluten and lactose free, to no avail. My honest opinion is that I know it s not ibs. I need to know what it could be. I have had a colonoscopy and endoscopy normal.

Thank you for responding. I have had several EKGs as well as a sonogram of my heart and was told I was fine. I do have an innocent heart murmur. It definetkey has to do with my digestion/intestines. What els could t be? Crohns without diarrhea? Strictures? Thanks