The last two nights I have woke up with extreme pain in my left abdominal area below my rib cage, & even extending to a tenderness in my penis. This pain gets me out of bed, where sitting in a chair seems to make the pain slightly less. It does not seem to have anything to do with what I eat, & I do not drink alcohol. The pain lasts about an hour & 30 minutes, then I can fall back asleep. In the morning the pain is gone but a tenderness remains in the same area the pain was for several hours. Some people have told me it could be stress related, as my father is in the hospital dying with bone cancer?? I am worried, I have lost my job, & have no health insurance, please help. Thanks, ralph