serious concern ? should I be?

My sister cannot take a lot of iron even though she's anemic ... causes gastric problems. Do you have any previous heart problems or high cholesterol. I noticed that you said you have high BP. If it's your ht, tums, etc won't decrease the pain. HOWEVER, women have different signs of ht problems than a lot of men .... pain between shoulder blades, etc. I have a friend w/Crohns disease and he has to watch what he eats or it bites him back. If you go to the ER, they will probably give you what is called a GI cocktail ... it gets rid of a lot of GI problems within a few minutes. At least you will know if it's heart related or GI problems. What is cervical DDD? I had to have a spinal fusion of the C5-C6 disk. It caused the left arm to lose some strength and had pain between shoulder blades. After surgery, I regained some strength (not much though due to neuro problem) and the pain stopped until I started having heart problems again. Your family hx has a lot to do w/heart also. Any hx of high cholesterol or coronary artery disease?

Good luck & hope you feel better so you can enjoy the holidays!