Yesterday I spent the day in the ER. I had called my Surgeons office because I had severe pain and hard time drawing a breath. So I underwent a esophgram and a chest Xray. After 2 hours they called and told me to go to the ER. I got in pretty quickly and the first thing the DR told me was that it sounded like a blood clot. Scared me to death! I sure didn't want to be on blood thinners for life! But, after the chest CT they told me it was pleurisy, whew! I had started weaning myself off of pain killers a day and a half earlier and when I got home I took a dose and felt much better. Has anyone else had pleurisy after surgery?
Yesterday I spent the day in the ER. I had called my Surgeons office because I had severe pain and hard time drawing a breath. So I underwent a esophgram and a chest Xray. After 2 hours they called and told me to go to the ER. I got in pretty quickly and the first thing the DR told me was that it sounded like a blood clot. Scared me to death! I sure didn't want to be on blood thinners for life! But, after the chest CT they told me it was pleurisy, whew! I had started weaning myself off of pain killers a day and a half earlier and when I got home I took a dose and felt much better. Has anyone else had pleurisy after surgery?