u/Couchcatnap

For several years now I've had pretty regular, dull/aching back pain between my shoulder blades that I always referred to as "trapped gas", and would be able to massage out on a wall corner with accompanied belching. I recently learned this could be a hiatal hernia. I currently have an appointment scheduled for about 2 weeks our for an endoscopy to check into it.

Here's the weird part: I also occasionally, like once or twice per year, get this sudden, debilitating back pain in the same spot. I've been assuming that its a pulled muscle, but the normal treatments for that, including muscle relaxers, don't even touch it. I only yesterday realized, in the middle of one of these episodes, that it could potentially also be related to a hiatal hernia.

Has anyone else experienced something like this? My scope is scheduled for July 8th, and Ive had maybe a dozen of these instances before, but I don't know if it's considered an emergency and I've just been lucky. My back hurts more than normal in the spot, but nowhere near as severely as it did yesterday.

Did anybody see the bright orange fireball falling in Allegan County today?