hey guys. please forgive me if i'm posting this in the wrong area. i want to ask a question to anyone who has had an ulcer. did you ever feel pain in your left shoulder blade? i have suffered with gerd for about 2.5 years. about 4 months ago i started having pain in my upper left abdominal area. my pcp ran some labs and ordered an xray but everything came back fine. they chalked it up to ibs. well about a month ago i started having pain in my left shoulder blade. it showed up after i had been horsing around with and picking up one of my kids so i figured it was a pulled muscle. the pain came back again yesterday. i did read online that left shoulder blade pain can be from several things one of which is ulcers. of course i've also read that it could be heart related too so i will be scheduling a dr's appt tomorrow. i had my first set of lab work done today which included testing for h-pylori. i'm just really curious now if i may possible have an ulcer. i would appreciate to hear from anyone who has experienced an ulcer regarding symptoms, trigger foods, etc. thanks so much!

I do not have a ulcer, been checked and I'm good. However, I was getting that type of pain. Found out taking ant-acid's for heartburn cleared up the pain.

Spoke with my Dr. about this and we both agreed, that since my band is so tight and I eat very little, I have to avoid the hot-spicy foods, which I have been and

have not had any problems since. Yes, I would put hot sauce on everything. Used to be Ok, but not now with the band.

hmm i guess i need to start weaning myself off spicy foods because i do love them. thanks for taking time to reply!