Hello.I am posting re: my husband.Last night he awoke at 1AM with severe pain,centered at rt back just below ribcage.Pain rated at 7 so we headed to ER.EKG normal as well as heart enzymes.Chest Xray normal.After a couple hours gave him IV Toradol--relieved pain in 1/2 hour.Doc sugg he pulled a muscle while helping sons move over wknd..Pain ret'd on ride home(35 mins)but he was able to sleep for 2 hours then awoke for work.Pain had worsened,was going to take Flexeril they'd prescribed (plus Motrin 600) but felt better with shower.Tells me the pain is still there now and moved toward front diaphragm. I'm concerned for a no. of reasons. 4-5 years ago we spent numerous nights in the ER with what was dx as esophageal spasms.(Awoke from sound sleep,felt like lump of ice cream stuck btwn lower ribs.) Countless specialists,tests,etc. finally wrote off to stress and poss connection to Synthroid,thus switch to Levoxyl.Prior to these "spasms" gallbladder was removed: numerous stones and inflammation. Prior to the gallbladder removal he'd had a few of these episodes over the course of 1-1/2 years. Thus, when the new wave started up they explored poss stone in duct--negative. We now live 35 mins from the ER, vs. 5 mins. at height of "spasms". I don't think I can take many middle of the night drives to the ER at 70 mph fearing a poss heart attack (all the docs say he should never write off any of these pains for that reason) and worry that lackadaisical diagnoses such as a muscle pull will not help matters. I'm hoping you'll be able to give me something more to go on. P.S. Other things I noted last night: his BP was 180+/110 when we arrived at ER and settled to his norm of 130/76-78 as he was in the exam room. His eyes were VERY bloodshot which subsided by the time we left. (I'm assuming the high BP was due to pain, andthe bloodshot eyes due to the BP but thought I should mention just in case.) Also, his O2 level was 93% when we arrived. (I know this always read 99 for him with past ER trips.) They put him on oxygen for about an hour and a half and those readings were 98-99. After EKG and chest xrays came back normal they removed the oxygen and the level went back to 93%. Aside from the Levoxyl for decreased thyroid function, he takes Prilosec every other day. (Preventive as he used to take Bextra, now Ibuprofen for inflammation of cervical disc.) He is very healthy and walks a mile and a half daily. He's of normal weight, maybe 5 pounds over. Thanks in advance.