Hello,
Your doctors must be talking about hiatal
hernia and gall bladder disease. A hiatal
hernia is an anatomical abnormality in which part of the stomach protrudes through the diaphragm and up into the chest.Hiatal hernias are one of the very important causes of GERD(gastroesophageal reflux disease) which can be responsible for causing the severe pain that you are having in the left,arm,shoulder and back.Diagnosed by upper gastrointestinal x-ray or endoscopy.