Costochondritis! AKA: False Heart Attack

So, for the last five days I have had this pain in my chest. I finally decided to go into the doctors and check it out. I called the doctors office to make an appointment and the receptionist said that the doctor wanted to talk to me. I explained to her what was wrong and she thought that I was having a heart attack. She told me to go to the E.R. I assured her that it wasn't a heart attack - although it was painful so she scheduled an appointment with me. When I went into the office, I explained again to a different doctor what was going on. He did some tests, pushed on my chest, pin pointed the pain, and found out what was wrong. Luckily it was not my heart. He told me it was something called Costochondritis. Basically, the cartilage that connects a rib to the breastbone (sternum) is inflamed! Mayoclinic.com says: "It causes sharp pain in the costosternal joint — where your ribs and breastbone are joined by rubbery cartilage. Pain caused by costochondritis may mimic that of a heart attack or other heart conditions. Most cases of costochondritis have no apparent cause. In these cases, treatment focuses on easing your pain while you wait for costochondritis to resolve on its own." I have a gnawing pain in my chest, it hurts to breathe, and it is just uncomfortable. The doctor was trying to figure out what could have caused this and the first question he asked me was, "Has anyone sat on your chest recently?" Haha. I thought that was funny. I guess Costochondritis is caused by injury, infection, or pain from other areas of the body; including stress. This will go away on its own. The doctor said to take inflammatory pills, put heat on my chest, and take it easy. Be even more lazy than I already am? Alright . . . Doctors orders. Ha ha. He said the pain will go away slowly, but it will go away, hopefully within 10 days. That's it. It looks like I'm going to survive another day. :)