Costochondritis (the end of catch up)

So as my ankle was starting to feel better, I reduced my intake of advil and my chest started to hurt. It was just the right side and I had noticed it bothering me a little but without advil, it was killing me. Monday night, I barely got any sleep because it was hurting so badly so I decided I'd go get it checked out at the doctors. I have Kaiser insurance out here which after going to for my ankle, I had decided that I would go there as little as possible but of course, I had to go back almost right away. I managed to get an appointment for Tuesday after convincing the nurse that I was OK and not having a heart attack. After poking around a little bit, the doctor diagnosed me with costochondritis which is a swelling of the cartilage that connects my ribs to the sternum. There's no real cause, although sometimes it is linked to a virus so there wasn't too much the doctor could do except give me some extra strength pain killers. It certainly feels better with the drugs and I slept a little better last night. It's a very interesting thing though-if anyone has unexplained chest pain, you too could have costochondritis!