About 2 1/2 years I started to notice a painfull lump at the bottom of my sturnham and my ribs just to the right side of my sturnham seemed to be swollen. It is sometimes uncomfortable to take deep breaths or lay on my stomach. The Dr diagnosed it as costacondritis, told me to take it easy for about 2 weeks and take anti inflammitories. 2 years later, it's still ther and still very sore. The pain comes and goes, somedays it doesn't bother me at all and others it is very uncomfortable. I have not had it rechecked, however it seems to be getting worse. Is costacondritis something that would be re-occuring or shud I have it checked out again?