have any of you ever had plurisey?

[tye]

had to go to emergancy docs thurs night due to pains in back and chest whilst breathing doc gave me painkillers and said it was a muscle. been to my own docs today as pain is still there and the doctor as diagnosed plurisey. dont no much about this other than it being an inflamation in the lining of the lung. has anybody ever had this and how long did the pain last?

hi charlie cat and ywbd the pains eased a little although it still hurts terribly to take a really deep breathe and do things like yawning/sneezing. thanx to everyone thats posted. also does anyone no if you can drink alcohol while taking the painkiller diclofenac? whent through a real bad time with the m/c still trying to come to terms with losing my 2 little angels now and this weekend my mil is taking my son to give me and dp a break and we really fancied chilling out with some time on our own with a drink and dvd but it dosent say anything on the leaflet?

You're probably best to avoid it tbh how about a romantic dvd, the quilt on the sofa and a warm drink with lots of cuddles So sorry to hear about you mc

i feel like i'm drowning at night, incredibly short of breath and extreme discomfort but not pain. what have i got (has come on v suddenly, over last 3 days, no snot, can breath through nose, but can't breathe properly).

Yup, I had it too, about 4 years ago. Horrible. I was in the process of splitting up with DD's dad, & he was furious that I fell ill on his birthday & couldn't "perform". I grinned & beared my way through the party, then walked 3 miles to the out of hours GP the next day. Every step felt impossible. Ended up in hospital for 3 days. Can relate to all the "I thought I was dying" posts.

Poor you Tye. I'll be thinking of you.

And so sorry that you lost your two little ones

And sophable - that sounds ghastly. Get thee to a doc!

oh limit the dairy products...something to do with mucus, and prop yourself up so you arent drowning..

I've got viral pleurisy. I have found out after a horrible afternoon spent in A&E (which snowballed from calling out of hours GP who said to go to Walk in clinic at hospital who took one look at how out of breath i was and sent me straight to A&E).

Am feeling extremely sorry for myself.

what does the viral in fron mean? Its crap innit? what have you been given?

you're going to have to excuse my language for a second now:

IT MEANS THAT NOT EVEN ANTI-BIOTICS WORK AND THERE IS FUCK ALL THAT ANYONE CAN DO APART FROM TAKE IBUPROFEN AND PAINKILLERS.

sorry about that.

OMG
YOU poor thing

Oh, how do they KNOW its viral or not?

OOps pressed post before i got to the, what a shitter bit and dont lay down flat, avoid dairy products bit!

I had pleurisy and pneumonia simultaneously a couple of years ago, it was sooo grim, and to top it off I could hear the rustling every time I breathed . I am (usually very mildly) asthmatic and ended up on oral steroids for a month and had a horrible asthma attack from which I could have apparently died according to my GP . The whole episode took about 6 months to get over.
Poor you