Pericarditis and pericardial effusion

[Westie2012]

Well just when I thought I wouldn’t have any more hospital stays thats what happened. I was discharged on Saturday 6th December,after developing pericarditis and a pericardial effusion followed my pacemaker fitting and lead displacement and needing both leads replaced, I was still in a lot of pain especially at night. The following Tuesday I’d been a bit better so I walked to take my daughter to school. A few hours later I started getting a mild right sided chest pain that got worse upon breathing in. This got worse over the next 30 minutes. I was advised to go to A&E, more heart scans, ecgs, chest X-rays and bloody tests. They said they thought I might have a tiny blood on on my lung, took round to another department, given blood thinning injection, sent home with strict instructions to do nothing at all and go back immediately if I felt more unwell . CT scan the following evening thankfully no blood clot but they were concerned about the fluid still around my heart so another two night stay on coronary care. Thankfully I’m now slowly feeling better, lots of medication to continue over the next 3 months. Just hoping that is my last hospital stay for a very long time.