Pericarditis and pericardial effusion recovery

[Westie2012]

I had pericarditis and an effusion in December , latest echo scan showed that all the fluid has reabsorbed , no evidence of any scarring , really pleased . I get pain by my ribs on both sides, when I lean forward it’s like there’s something pressing on the inside . I have no idea what is causing the pain, cardiologist says everything looks ok. I’m still on colchicine for another 2 months until I see the cardiologist again .

[redshock11]

Speedy recovery. The pain you get from this problem is all the time or only at certain positions? Any trigger?

[Westie2012 in reply to redshock11]

It starts as soon as I’ve been up and moving around for an hour or so , it’s there in and off through the day, as I mentioned if I lean forward it’s much worse , I was out shopping last week and as the bag of shopping was a bit heavy I felt a really strong pulling pain on left side . I do try to avoid lifting anything too heavy.

[Westie2012 in reply to Westie2012]

I was getting some food shopping yesterday and tried to get something of the lowest shelf almost floor level . I had a sudden very sharp pain by right ribs , I stood up and the pain lessened , I was left with a dull ache . Pain is so sharp again today 😢