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Can you describe this pain some more? I have never heard of either condition, but, recently, I noticed once in a while it hurts to take deep breaths. The pain will last for a few days and go away. I had a doctor listen to my chest and heart and they found nothing wrong and suggested just that - an inflammation in my chest wall (not sure what they were implying - muscle or cartilege). When I told them that I work out regularly, they brushed it off as an injury - though I think I would have noticed doing something that would result in that pain. I have been working out for years and never noticed this problem. Is this something like what you have? Wow, if I have yet another thing wrong with me, I'll be like Mr. Burns from the Simpsons (he had so many diseases/health problems, they all canceled each other out and he's living to a ripe old age!).

If you all want an to read an interesting case of appendicitis - I had my appendectamy when I was 20 and diagnosed with celiac disease when I was 23 (though no doctor ever tied the two togther and no doctor ever thought of celiac disease, even with my other symptoms; I had to ask to be tested). Anyway, the night before, my undergraduate advisor asked me to try a wheatgrass drink of his (soemthing he had just gotten into - sounds hippie, maybe, but I was an ecology major). I did and thought it tasted like grass smelled...mmmm....not really. Then the next afternoon, I had severe abdominal cramps, and of course, being female, the doctors thought it was my ovaries (God forbid a woman ever has any other medical culprit considered that doesn't have to do with gyn stuff). After 8+ more hours and plenty of vomiting later, they finally got the picture and took me to the operating room. Now, looking back, I wouldn't be at all suprised if there was a connection, especially considering the wheat grass. I have thought about calling that hospital to see if the doctors noticed anything unusual with my GI tract, curious if there were any clues for them.......then again, half those guys couldn't put a diagnosis other than "flu" or "ovarian problems" together if it hit them in the head.