Why am I getting this pain ?

[Terrifiedandtearful]

OK I know I should not have googled my symptoms and I will be trying to get a apt with the GP .

For the last few days , about 5 I have woken either in the night or in the morning with severe pain in my shoulder blades/back and upper abdo ( under ribs ) . Once I am up this subsides over the course of about half an hour , still get niggling pain in shoulder blades and in breasts , against breastbone , but this goes too .

When I wake , I have no other symptoms other than the pain , no nausea , breathlessness , sweating , nothing , just very bad pain .

During the day I have no symptoms .

I am fat , 40's , smoker and drinker . Google suggests pancost tumour or pancreatic cancer , actually couldn't find anything innocent to match these symptoms .

Poo perfectly normal , no heartburn or reflux .

Please suggest some non life threatening conditions that might explain these symptoms .

I am going to work now but will be back later .

[ChipInTheSugar]

Gallstones/gall bladder

[purplecoathanger]

See your GP.

[Witchend]

Right hand side mostly?

Gallbladder.

[Ellapaella]

Gall bladder or even acid reflux most likely scenario, particularly if it's eased by sitting up.

[Terrifiedandtearful]

Purple I will of course be seeing my GP just as soon as I get a apt , missed the five minute time slot to get one yesterday so will try again on Monday .

Only had one glass of wine last night and pain not so bad this morning , so will give it a miss for the rest of the weekend and see how that goes .

[VintagePerfumista]

Gallbladder or, possibly, trapped wind.
I have recently had 2 night episodes where I am woken with pain like you describe- though mine radiates all the way across my chest, back and up into my shoulder and lower jaw. Google tells me I am about to drop dead with a massive cardiac arrest but when I get up and drink some fizzy water, fast, I do a massive burp and symptoms disappear.

I was checked for gallbladder issues a year or so back (it was h.pylori in the end) and the GP told me the three Fs are indicators, "fair, forty, fat"

Try not to worry.

[soundsgreektome]

I second trapped wind! Try laying on your back, arms above your head and stretch for about 5 mins. If it's wind - you'll soon know!

[Redhead17]

Ahhh Doctor Google always suggests imminent death.

Probably acid reflux

[MissBax]

You might have sleep apnoea and when you have intermittent bouts of not breathing your intercostal muscles may be going into spasm. Have you got a partner? Have they mentioned excessive snoring or a sudden stop in breathing? Often people who are larger, smoke and drink suffer most.

[Terrifiedandtearful]

I do have a tendency to go straight to bed once I have eaten , I do tend to be quite burpy in a morning and initially it hurts when I do it and then I am fine .

Not sure about the sleep apnoea , DH has it, so I sleep mostly alone ( DS2 normally ends up lying limpet fashion next to me at some point) My neck isn't fat iyswim and I tend to lie foetal position on my right side .

[LuluJakey1]

Gall bladder - classic pain