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I too have abdominal pain, and have had GERD in the past. My pain is only caused by lying on my left side, but once I've been lying down for about 20 minutes the pain gets strong (dull, but strong) and will last for about 10 minutes or so after I've moved away from the offending position. I get the pain on my side, but frankly if I'm sort of on my side (my stomach or back) it is irritating as well. I can't really palpate anything significant. I have had dysphagia (trouble swallowing) for years and can't swallow even a midsize gel-cap type pill. I chew everything extensively. I don't know if its a GI problem, so I'm just mentioning it. I am a serious athlete (runner etc) so thought it could be some type of muscle tear, but the pain is deep starting half-way between my hip girdle and my belly button and extending around my abdomen to the back of the same place, so it doesn't seem consistent with a muscle tear to me. I recently had a blood test and urine test. I had high urea (dr. said it might be that I was dehydrated when I took the test), high creatine, high billirubin and high ALT/SGPT serum level. This could indicate liver or kidney issues, but would this cause this type of pain?   The only symptom I've ever had is a very stiff spine and neck but thats probably unrelated.