Costo-What?????

This morning when I got and went to get in the shower, I had a sudden shooting pain in the left side of my ribs.  It was so painful I had to stop where I was and hope it would subside.  It really didn't so I carefully showered and got dressed in pain so I could go find Benjamin and get his "expert" advice.  He was a little concerned so he quickly made a doctor's appointment.  After talking to the doctor and some chest x-rays, he told me he had a prognosis but he needed to do one more test to make sure it wasn't a blood clot or something else dangerous.  So I headed for a finger poke and then settled into wait for the results.  The doctor came back to tell me the test came back negative, thank goodness.  Anyway, his diagnosis is costochondritis (never hear of it), but I guess it's an inflammation of the cartilage in the ribs.  I just have to take it easy, take a prescription and use lots of heat.  I am very relieved that it is not more serious and easily fixed.  Right now it is just extremely painful and any movement of my torso makes it worse.  It's a good thing my house is clean because today I am doing a lot of laying on the couch with a hotpack.   I am just thankful it's an easy fix and not anything more serious.