Hehe, I was having MASSIVE pains in my esophagus a few months back, turn out it curves <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">....... YEH! I'm a curver..... Anyways, They said my thyroid could be causing it, but hey, they threw me on some Nexium, and now I'm zooming around the house like never before!