pain, difficulty braething etc.
For those of you who have read my previous messages regarding severe shortness of breath and pain and suggested the cause might be pericarditis/ Dressler's syndrome I just want to let you know that I saw a lung specialist today and she immediately put me back on the same medication tha tI was given in hospital fo pericarditis. I am 10 weeks post-op and the medication after 5 doses has made such a differemce. I am not having trouble breathing 100% of the time and the pain is much less, now it is probably more like what post-op triple bypass surgery pain should be like. I did not accept the first medical opinion that it would get better on its own and I am glad I didn'totherwise I would not be seeing the improvement. The doctor does not think it is pericarditis, she feels it is neuropathy from the diabetes as I already have it in other areas. I am being sent for more tests on Nov 24 to make sure her diagnosis is correct. The medication is called indomethacin. Gail (Breathless Wonder)