I agree with kindachaotic once it comes out it is such a relief. It took a year for me to get diagnosed because they kept saying the pain was memories of trauma, they won't even do a rule out investigation. After a year of pain, I threatened to take all the pain pills if they didn't rule out physical causes I got sent to the psych ward where the intake nurse took one look at me and called a dr to order tests. With in 2-3 hours there was a surgeon in my room with several forms for me to sign, she said she had never seen such a bad case outside of a third world country. I had stones in my esophagus that had to come out though my mouth. But after all the surgery I felt such a relief I didn't need the pain pills they wanted to give me for the surgery. Best of luck.