Hi, My name is Nicole. A couple of evenings ago I was sitting on the couch and I had an experience of discomfort in my upper abdomen, in between where the rib cages meet. I got up from the couch and soon the pain became unbarrable. It didn t matter what I did I could not get rid of the pain. I do not know how long it lasted, I didn t look at the clock. It did eventually ease up and now it feels like a bruise under my skin. I had trouble sleeping last night as this same area was causing my discomfort.