Hi I'm new here and terrified. I'll try and keep it short. For over a year now I have been having severe disabling pain right bang into the middle of my chest/sternum bit right under your breast between ribs. I get this pain every other week and it's bad enough I want to call an ambulance for myself. I'm no snowflake when it comes to pain and would take a lot for me to go to a&e. Any ways I've had evry anti acid under the sun. An endoscopy. An mrcp. And a gallbladder scan. All clear. I had this pain a week ago and it has lingered on so I went to a&e yesterday. The dr there suggested I should go back to my gastro (who has ordered a ct scan to check pancreas and things again but kind of fobbed me off with ibs if u can believe it) and ask for a test called a barium swallow to check my oesophagus for "blockages" (tumours) or spasms. Now I'm in a complete panic. When i swallow I do feel a pressure right where the pain starts when it's at it's peak. I don't choke but I can feel pain like a blockage. I have two small children and I'm terrified my biggest fear is leaving them and I just can't cope right now. I've been given amitriptyline in the meantime but I am seriously freaking out.