question: Hi, may I answer your health queries right now ? Please type your query here I suffer with indigestion and this is pretty much all the time. I get a really stabbing pain in my back across my left shoulder blade and in the left side of the chest. This is particularly acute if I am propped up in bed. If I lie flat the problem lessens. I don t take any remedies as I feel they only mask the problem. I eat a healthy diet hardly any alcohol, don t smoke and am not overweight. If I eat or drink milk it seems to go away for a while and then comes on as my stomach empties.