Holy Hannah, what a day.
My other thread explained how I was having so much chest pain/breathing since last week.
Well, DH left on a business trip yesterday morning and by afternoon, the pain was getting worse. I was having so much pain while breathing. I couldn't sleep on either side and called him in Las Vegas at 1:40 AM crying.
I slept in 1 hour chunks.
My Dr. told me this morning that he felt it was a pulmonary embolism. He insisted I go straight to the ER.
I had the IL's meet me there and they took DD.
This was at 10:00 AM.
I finally went back to triage and said the pain was getting worse/having more trouble breathing-so at 12:30 I got back to the exams.
At 1:45 I was finally seen.
He sent me to the Cancer center for a lovely chest scan.
This entailed getting lost in a massive 100 yr old hospital and huffing and puffing the whle way and being sent in circles by staff.
Then more waiting and falling asleep sitting up.
Then inhailing radioactive oxygen, 6 scans, then being injected with more radioactive crap, then 6 more scans.
All to be told no, it's not a PE.
Back to the original ER.
Then finally being told I have plurisy. (ironically, one of the 3 things I suggested to my GP this morning)--An inflamation of the sac around the lung)
DH flewhome from Vegas to middle Canada and just got in 30 mins ago and is now out getting my demerol.
I am in a world of hurt.
I've never hurt like this before. I think this may be worse than my labor/c/s!
And now, I think it is crossing over the midline to infect my right side.
The only thing that could be worse is if I develop pericarditis too. (Inflamation of the sac around the heart)
Please think happy thoughts that I get over this and can breathe and move again soon!
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My other thread explained how I was having so much chest pain/breathing since last week.
Well, DH left on a business trip yesterday morning and by afternoon, the pain was getting worse. I was having so much pain while breathing. I couldn't sleep on either side and called him in Las Vegas at 1:40 AM crying.
I slept in 1 hour chunks.
My Dr. told me this morning that he felt it was a pulmonary embolism. He insisted I go straight to the ER.
I had the IL's meet me there and they took DD.
This was at 10:00 AM.
I finally went back to triage and said the pain was getting worse/having more trouble breathing-so at 12:30 I got back to the exams.
At 1:45 I was finally seen.
He sent me to the Cancer center for a lovely chest scan.
This entailed getting lost in a massive 100 yr old hospital and huffing and puffing the whle way and being sent in circles by staff.
Then more waiting and falling asleep sitting up.
Then inhailing radioactive oxygen, 6 scans, then being injected with more radioactive crap, then 6 more scans.
All to be told no, it's not a PE.
Back to the original ER.
Then finally being told I have plurisy. (ironically, one of the 3 things I suggested to my GP this morning)--An inflamation of the sac around the lung)
DH flewhome from Vegas to middle Canada and just got in 30 mins ago and is now out getting my demerol.
I am in a world of hurt.
I've never hurt like this before. I think this may be worse than my labor/c/s!
And now, I think it is crossing over the midline to infect my right side.
The only thing that could be worse is if I develop pericarditis too. (Inflamation of the sac around the heart)
Please think happy thoughts that I get over this and can breathe and move again soon!
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I sure hope you're feeling better soon.
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