I had a cat scan late December/early January which showed too much fluid in the sac around my heart. As I hadn't attended attended the surgery I wasn't informed, so I thought everything was OK.
Around 6 weeks ago I started experiencing really strong, burning pain down the front /back/left side of my left chest with pain radiating down my left arm. My Dr diagnosed a trapped nerve in my neck and told me to continue with my normal medication. I asked about the results of the cat scan and the Dr said he wasn't certain what it meant as it just said something about too much fluid in the sac around my heart., and he would send a letter off to the consultant for confirmation.
I received a copy letter from the consultant confirming I had Pericarditis with effusion ba few days before I went to the drop in.
As the pain was progressively getting worse and worse each day, about 10 days ago I couldn't take the pain any longer and i left work early to visit a drop in centre who then referred me straight to the Acute Medical Unit at our local hospital where I was kept in for various tests etc over the weekend.
I am still in a lot of pain and I feel fatigued and weak? I also have high blood pressure and IBS. In the past I have suffered with slipped discs and sciatica and was diagnosed with a degeneration disease of the spine many, many years ago.
I am currently taking 2x 30mg/500 cocodamol every 4-5 hours, my naproxen got changed today to 1x500 morning/evening, because the 3x 250gm made no impact after a week I am also on propanol 80gms morning/night originally prescribed for ocular migraines and 50 gm Amitriptyline taken at night for muscle spasms.
I would appreciate anyone with this condition ,getting back to me.