chest/back pain

Posted By confused on April 21, 1998 at 14:13:56:







i am a 37 year old, healthy mom.  I have had confusing chest/back pain for several months.  My doctor doesn't think it's my heart and suspected esophagitis, but prilosec seemed to make it worse.  She wondered about some type of esophagael spasm, but the pain is always relieved by lying down, which wasn't consistent with a GERD problem.  Can this still possibly be an esophagus problem? The doctor is having x-rays done to check for problems in my back(and put me on relafen which does seem to ease the pain a bit, but it is such an odd pain that i am still worried that it is something with my esophagus. Any info would be helpful.