question: I feel like I have a knot under my bottom ribcage on the left side of my body.   I have trouble breathing because I swell so much in my abdomen and it feels like i will burst, even though I don't eat that much.   I also have a lower stenosis of the spine in the back and am concerned this might be part of the problem, but I believe something is wrong in the stomach area.   I do not have a gall bladder.  Just the knot and pain under the left ribcage and some pain in the right side of my back and the left side also.